Vittorio De Seta

Vittorio De Seta 15 October 1923 28 November 2011 was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter considered one of the Italian cinemas great imaginative realists of the 1960s De Seta made ten short documentaries between 1954 and 1959 before directing his first featurelength film Banditi a Orgosolo Bandits of Orgosolo His early documentaries focus on the everyday life of many of Sicilys poorest workers and are notable for their lack of voiceover narration quiet mood and striking color