Cesare Zavattini
WritingBorn September 20, 1902 · Luzzara, ItalyDied October 13, 1989
Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. In 1935 he met Vittorio De Sica, beginning a partnership that produced over twenty films, including such masterpieces of Italian neorealism as Shoeshine (1946), Bicycle Thieves (1948), Miracle in Milan (1951), and Umberto D (1952).
