He was the first editor of the nine-volume Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo (Encyclopedia of Performing Arts),[2] published between 1954 and 1965, that covered theatre, music, cinema, and dance.

"What mass theater could be more authentic than that of the people gathered in Piazza Venezia, when Mussolini speaks from his balcony?"

After graduating in law in 1911, he was appointed to the Ministry of Education as the Directorate General for Antiquities and Fine Arts.

The following year, he became the head of the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico[notes 4] which, since the 1940s, has taught many of Italy's most successful actors.

D'Amico championed the works of the Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer Luigi Pirandello.