Franco Di Giacomo

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Franco Di Giacomo
Born18 September 1932
Amatrice, Kingdom of Italy
Died30 April 2016 (aged 83)
Acilia, Rome, Italy
Occupation Cinematographer

Franco Di Giacomo (18 September 1932 – 30 April 2016) was an Italian cinematographer.

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Life and career

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
  2. ↑ Enrico Lancia (24 October 1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   8877422211.
  3. ↑ "Riflessi nel grande schermo 2000". Il Sole 24 Ore . 23 April 2000.
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