Vittorio De Seta


Vittorio De Seta was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter, considered one of Italian cinema's great imaginative realists of the 1960s.

Biography

He was born in Palermo, Sicily, to a wealthy family, and studied architecture in Rome, before deciding to become a director.
De Seta made ten short documentaries between 1954 and 1959, before directing his first feature-length film, Banditi a Orgosolo.
His early documentaries focus on the everyday life of many of Sicily's poorest workers, and are notable for their lack of voice-over narration, quiet mood, and striking color.
In 2005 the rediscovery of Vittorio De Seta's work was a highlight of Tribeca Film Festival and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, where Détour De Seta, a documentary on the Italian director was presented.

Filmography

Documentaries

  • Lu tempu di li pisci spata, 1954
  • Isole di fuoco, 1954
  • Surfarara, 1955
  • Pasqua in Sicilia, 1955
  • Contadini del mare, 1955
  • Parabola d'oro, 1955
  • Pescherecci, 1958
  • Pastori di Orgosolo, 1958
  • Un giorno in Barbagia, 1958
  • I dimenticati, 1959
  • In Calabria, 1993
  • Dedicato ad Antonino Uccello, 2003

Awards