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Vittorio Storaro is an Italian cinematographer and a member of both the Italian Society of Cinematographers (AIC) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Storaro's early films were made in his homeland of Italy, where he began early collaborations with Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, with whom he has continued to collaborate with throughout his career. Storaro and Bertolucci's first major project was the 1970 film The Conformist , based on the Italian novel of the same name.
Storaro's first American film was Apocalypse Now , directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Storaro won an Academy Award for his work on the film, followed by two more Oscars for his work on Reds and The Last Emperor , and a nomination for Dick Tracy . Storaro also acted as cinematographer on films such as Last Tango in Paris , Ishtar , Bulworth , and Exorcist: The Beginning . In addition to Bertolucci and Coppola, Storaro has worked with directors such as Richard Donner, Warren Beatty, and Carlos Saura. Throughout his career, Storaro has been nominated for and won many awards for his work as a cinematographer, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers.
Year | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | Best Cinematography | Apocalypse Now | Won | [1] |
1982 | Reds | Won | ||
1988 | The Last Emperor | Won | ||
1991 | Dick Tracy | Nominated |
Year | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | Best Cinematography | Apocalypse Now | Nominated | [2] |
1983 | Reds | Nominated | [3] | |
1989 | The Last Emperor | Nominated | [4] | |
1991 | The Sheltering Sky | Won | [5] |
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1986 | Best Cinematography for a Miniseries or Special | Peter the Great | Nominated |
2001 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Won |
Year | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Technical Grand Prize | Tango, no me dejes nunca | Won | [6] |
American Society of Cinematographers
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1988 | Outstanding Cinematography | The Last Emperor | Won |
1991 | Dick Tracy | Nominated | |
2001 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Limited Series | Dune | Nominated |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
International Film Festival of India
Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | [7] |
British Society of Cinematographers
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1979 | Best Cinematography | Apocalypse Now | Nominated |
1988 | The Last Emperor | Won | |
1990 | Dick Tracy | Nominated |
National Society of Film Critics
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1972 | Best Cinematography | The Conformist | Won |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1987 | Best Cinematography | The Sheltering Sky | Won |
1990 | The Last Emperor | Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1981 | Best Cinematography | Reds | Won |
1988 | The Last Emperor | Won |
Year | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Best Cinematography | Goya en Burdeos | Won | [8] |
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1996 | Best Cinematography | Flamenco (de Carlos Saura) | Nominated |
1999 | Tango, no me dejes nunca | Nominated | |
2000 | Goya en Burdeos | Won |
Year | Award | Result |
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2017 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
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