Began working in film industry as editor, dubber, screenwriter (date approximate)

Made amateur film, "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune" (banned by Italian censors)

First screen credit as writer of "Luciano Serra, Pilota" (also directed some sequences)

First feature as director, "La Nave Bianca/The White Ship" (expanded from original documentary form)

Made breakthrough film, "Roma, Citta Aperta/Rome, Open City"

Made first film with Ingrid Bergman, "Stromboli"

Made last film with Ingrid Bergman, "La paura/Fear"

Directed last film, "The Messiah"

Posthumously appeared in Jonas Mekas' experimental compilation of sketches, "He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life"