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Marco Pontecorvo | |
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Occupation | Cinematographer |
Parent | Gillo Pontecorvo (father) |
Marco Pontecorvo (born November 8, 1966, Rome) is an Italian cinematographer and film director.
Marco Pontecorvo was initially interested in black and white photography, but eventually became a filmmaker like his father Gillo. He debuted as director of photography on In sailing in the wrong direction (1997). Some of his best known works are Rome , The Last Legion , Letters to Juliet and Game of Thrones .
He has also directed films. His first film Pa-ra-da received several award nominations, including the Silver Ribbon for the best debutant director and the David di Donatello for Best Debut Director, and won the Pasinetti Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival [1] and the Francis Laudadio Award for Best First Feature at the Bari International Film Festival.
Year | Title | Genre | Notes |
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2020 | Fatima | ||
2018 | Carlo & Malik | TV series | |
2015 | Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells | ||
2013 | Fading Gigolo | ||
2011 | Game of Thrones | TV series | |
2010 | Passione | ||
Letters to Juliet | |||
2009 | Evidence for a Sicilian Tragedy | ||
My One and Only | |||
2007 | The Last Legion | ||
2006 | Firewall | ||
2005 | Rome | TV series | 2005 - 2007 |
2004 | Eros | ||
2003 | Perduto amor | ||
My House in Umbria | TV movie | ||
2002 | Una seconda occasione | short | |
La prossima volta | short | ||
2000 | On the Beach Beyond the Pier | ||
Voci | |||
1999 | Katja's Adventure | ||
Banana Splatter | short | ||
1998 | Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna | TV series | 2000 |
The Guest | |||
Greener Fields | TV movie | ||
Fuochino | short | ||
Bambina in metro B | short | ||
1997 | In sailing in the wrong direction | TV series | 2000 |
La tregua | |||
The Many Women of Fassbinder | TV documentary | ||
1996 | Binari | short |
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