Born in Fondi, Italy, in 1917 and died in Rome in 1997, De Santis was a film critic and committed communist who helped shape Italian neorealism. His films combine social realism with popular melodrama, and Bitter Rice was one of the biggest successes of the movement.
Filmography
- Giorni di gloria (1945)
- Tragic Hunt (1947)
- Bitter Rice (1949)
- No Peace Among the Olives (1950)
- Rome 11 O'Clock (1952)