Cesare Zavattini Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Honorable Prize for contribution to cinema at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979
• Attended the University of Parma, where he studied law
• Before becoming involved in filmmaking, he was a journalist, traditionalist novelist and children's story writer
• Collaborated with director and actor Vittorio De Sica for approximately 30 years, producing several films together that are considered classics, such as "Shoeshine" and "Bicycle Thieves․"
• Was one of the first theorists behind and proponents of the Italian Neorealist movement in film
• Served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1958 and the jury of the Venice Film Festival in 1949
• Was a member of the jury at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival