Manuel De Sica Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Silver Ribbon from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for Best Score for "Al lupo al lupo" in 1993
• Won a David di Donatello Award for Best Music for "Celluloide" in 1996
• Attended the St․ Cecilia Academy of Music, where he studied with Bruno Maderna
• Son of the famous film director and actor Vittorio De Sica, who was a leader of the neorealist movement
• Completed his first film composition for "A Place for Lovers" in 1968
• Was a Professor of Applied Music for the FormArte Cultural Association
• Best known as a film composer who worked on the scores for "Cemetery Man," "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis," and "A Brief Vacation․"