Franco Di Giacomo
Franco Di Giacomo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 September 1932 |
| Died | 30 April 2016 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Franco Di Giacomo (18 September 1932 – 30 April 2016) was an Italian cinematographer.
Life and career
[edit ]Born in Amatrice, Province of Rieti, Di Giacomo started his career as assistant of Aldo Tonti.[1] For many years he worked as an operator, notably collaborating to Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Cleopatra , Vittorio De Sica's Marriage Italian Style and Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West .[1]
Di Giacomo made his debut as a cinematographer in 1970, with Salvatore Samperi's Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It .[1] In 1983, he won the David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's The Night of the Shooting Stars .[1] [2] He also worked, among others, with Nanni Moretti, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio, Michael Radford, Bernardo Bertolucci, Dino Risi, Nikita Mikhalkov and Mario Monicelli.[1]
In 2000, Di Giacomo received a Flaiano Prize for his career.[3] In his late years, he was professor of cinematography at the ACT Multimedia Academy in Cinecittà.[1] He died on 30 April 2016, at the age of 83.[1]
Selected filmography
[edit ]- Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)
- When Women Had Tails (1970)
- The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
- Million Dollar Eel (1971)
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
- Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
- La Tosca (1973)
- Polvere di stelle (1973)
- La sbandata (1974)
- Libera, My Love (1975)
- The Sex Machine (1975)
- Duck in Orange Sauce (1975)
- Plot of Fear (1976)
- Tell Me You Do Everything for Me (1976)
- Victory March (1976)
- The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
- Hitch-Hike (1977)
- They Call Him Bulldozer (1978)
- Amori miei (1978)
- Sahara Cross (1978)
- The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)
- The Meadow (1979)
- Men or Not Men (1980)
- Everything Happens to Me (1980)
- The Day Christ Died (1980)
- Sweet Dreams (1981)
- Buddy Goes West (1981)
- Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982)
- Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
- The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
- Fighting Back (1982)
- The World of Don Camillo (1983)
- Un povero ricco (1983)
- The Mass Is Ended (1985)
- Christopher Columbus (1985)
- Casablanca, Casablanca (1985)
- The Inquiry (1986)
- La Storia (1986)
- Dark Eyes (1987)
- A Boy from Calabria (1987)
- It's Happening Tomorrow (1988)
- Run for Your Life (1988)
- La bottega dell'orefice (1989)
- 'O Re - The King of Naples (1989)
- Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
- Money (1991)
- A Fine Romance (1991)
- Parenti serpenti (1992)
- The Storm Is Coming (1993)
- Il Postino: The Postman (1994)
- Foreign Student (1994)
- Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)
- We Free Kings (1996)
- The Dinner (1998)
- Jet Set (2000)
- Resurrection (2001)
- Luisa Sanfelice (2004)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g Redazione (1 May 2016). "Addio a Franco Di Giacomo. Da Sergio Leone al Postino di Troisi, dai Taviani a Scola e Moretti". Mondospettacolo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (24 October 1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ "Riflessi nel grande schermo 2000". Il Sole 24 Ore . 23 April 2000.