Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. In 1942, De Santis collaborated on the script for Ossessione, Luchino Visconti's debut film, which is usually considered one of the first neo-realist films. His third film Bitter Rice (1950), the story of a young woman working in the rice fields who must choose between two socially disparate suitors, made a star of Silvana Mangano and was a landmark of the new cinematic style. It also earned De Santis an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story.
God Will Forgive My Pistol
(Jerome/Charley Clanton)
God Will Forgive My Pistol
(Charley Clanton)
Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
(Self (archive footage))
I'll Teach You to Dream
Giuseppe De Santis
(Himself - Host)
Luchino Visconti
(Self)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
(Self (archive footage))
Sergei Eisenstein
(Himself (archive footage))
Under the Olive Tree
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Ricordami
Ossessione
(Screenplay)
Bitter Rice
(Story)
Bitter Rice
(Director)
Bitter Rice
(Screenplay)
Days of Love
(Story)
Days of Love
(Screenplay)
Rome 11:00
(Story)
Angels of Darkness
(Screenplay)
Under the Olive Tree
(Story)
Under the Olive Tree
(Screenplay)
Under the Olive Tree
(Director)
Tragic Hunt
(Screenplay)
A Husband for Anna
(Story)
Attack and Retreat
(Screenplay)
Outcry
(Screenplay)
Rome 11:00
(Director)
Rome 11:00
(Screenplay)
Tragic Hunt
(Director)
Men and Wolves
(Director)
The Year Long Road
(Director)
Attack and Retreat
(Director)
Days of Love
(Director)
A Husband for Anna
(Director)
A Husband for Anna
(Screenplay)
National Theatre Live: Obsession
(Original Film Writer)
Ossessione
(Assistant Director)
The Visitor
(Story)
Ossessione
(Dialogue)
The Apartment
(Director)
The Apartment
(Writer)
Tragic Hunt
(Story)
The Year Long Road
(Writer)
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
(Director)
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
(Story)
Desire
(Screenplay)
Days of Glory
(Director)
Men and Wolves
(Story)
Men and Wolves
(Screenplay)
Engaged to Death
(Writer)
Attack and Retreat
(Story)
One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
(Producer)