1901 - 1974
Vittorio De Sica ( də SEE-kə, Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka]; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves (honorary), while Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vittorio De Sica has received more than 1,073,739 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Vittorio De Sica is the 37th most popular film director, the 384th most popular biography from Italy (up from 398th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Film Director.
Vittorio De Sica is most famous for his use of neorealism in his films. Neorealism is a style of filmmaking that seeks to represent the reality of life.
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Among film directors, Vittorio De Sica ranks 37 out of 1,581. Before him are Fritz Lang, Quentin Tarantino, Billy Wilder, Roberto Rossellini, John Ford, and Paul Verhoeven. After him are Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Ken Loach, Tinto Brass, Michael Haneke, and James Cameron.
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 31
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 32
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 33
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 34
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 35
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 36
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 37
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 39
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 41
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 42
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 43
Among people born in 1901, Vittorio De Sica ranks 20. Before him are Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Magda Goebbels, Gary Cooper, Alberto Giacometti, and Paul of Greece. After him are André Malraux, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Joaquín Rodrigo, Margaret Mead, and Jean Dubuffet. Among people deceased in 1974, Vittorio De Sica ranks 8. Before him are Charles Lindbergh, Georgy Zhukov, Georges Pompidou, Juan Perón, James Chadwick, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. After him are Amin al-Husseini, Pär Lagerkvist, Baldur von Schirach, U Thant, Imre Lakatos, and Rudolf Dassler.
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 14
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 15
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 16
1901 - 1961
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 17
1901 - 1966
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 18
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 19
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 20
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 21
1901 - 1954
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 22
1901 - 2004
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 23
1901 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 24
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 25
1901 - 1985
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 26
1902 - 1974
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 2
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 3
1911 - 1974
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 4
1895 - 1974
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 5
1891 - 1974
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 6
1916 - 1974
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 7
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 9
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 10
1907 - 1974
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 11
1909 - 1974
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 12
1922 - 1974
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 13
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 14
Among people born in Italy, Vittorio De Sica ranks 384 out of 4,668. Before him are Camillo Golgi (1843), Bronzino (1503), Annibale Carracci (1560), Pope Pelagius II (520), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), and Pope Anacletus (1). After him are Charles I of Hungary (1288), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Pope John I (470), Pope Zachary (679), Pope Stephen IV (770), and Pietro Mascagni (1863).
1843 - 1926
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 378
1503 - 1572
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 379
1560 - 1609
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 380
520 - 590
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 381
89 BC - 13 BC
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 382
1 - 92
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 383
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 384
1288 - 1342
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 385
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 386
470 - 526
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 387
679 - 752
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 388
770 - 817
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 389
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 390
Among film directors born in Italy, Vittorio De Sica ranks 8. Before him are Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922), Luchino Visconti (1906), Sergio Leone (1929), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), and Roberto Rossellini (1906). After him are Tinto Brass (1933), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Frank Capra (1897), Dario Argento (1940), Lina Wertmüller (1928), and Ettore Scola (1931).
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 2
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 3
1929 - 1989
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 4
1941 - 2018
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 5
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 6
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 7
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 9
1923 - 2019
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 10
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 12
1928 - 2021
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 13
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 14