From interview for AIC [2010]

ADOLFO BARTOLI AIC

Education: Queensway School, London, UK [English]; Scuola Tecnica, Rome, Italy.

Career: Started as a technician with the Mole Richardson Co., in Rome. He gained his experience by working for several years as c.asst & c.op on doc's ph by Giorgio Tonti, Angelo Lotti [for dir Vittorio Nevano & Paolo Fondato] & Emilio Bestetti [for dir Beppe Cino]. Became c.asst & c.op on feature films.

Ph doc's dir by Beppe Cino, Duccio Tessari, Corrado Prisco, William Azzella, a.o. Ph commercials.

Ph interviews, events and background footage in Europe (2011) for Ted Nicolaou's docudrama 'An Expanding Light/Cities of Light/The Ananda Movie' (principal ph in August-October 2012 by ph Andrew Strahorn).

Awards: AIC Premio Migliore Cinematografia TV [2010] for 'Un caso di coscienza 4'.

Website: Adolfo Bartoli

FILMS

1973	Pulcinella [?] ?; doc/?m
1980	I viaggi del container [F. Costa] 16mm/c; doc/?m
1983	Dimensione violenza/[The] Savage Zone [Mario Morra] c; doc/?m; cph: Domenico Ciampanella & Giancarlo Pancaldi; uwph: Gianlorenzo Battaglia
1985	Tutto Fellini/All About Fellini [F. Castronuovo] 16mm/c; doc/?m
1986	Per un pugno di diamanti/Lone Runner [Ruggero Deodato] c; 2uc; ph: Robert Bennet
1987	Delta Force Commando [Frank Valenti (= Pierluigi Ciriaci)] c; 2u c.op: Angelo Lotti; as Al Bartholomew
1987	Sonny Boy [Robert Martin Carroll] p/c; 2uc; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1987	Il grande Blek [Giuseppe Piccioni] c; 2uc; ph: Alessio Gelsini
1988	Rosso di sera/Red Sky in the Evening [Beppe Cino] 16mm-35bu/c
1988	Curse II - The Bite [Fred Goodwin (= Frederico Prosperi)] c; 2uc; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1988	Il rivale [Giulio Petroni] c
1989	Beyond the Door III/Amok Train/Death Train [Jeff Kwitny] ts/c; spec creative cons: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1989	Midnight Ride [Bob Bralver] p/c; 2uc; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

1989	The Pit and the Pendulum/The Inquisitor [Stuart Gordon] c; + 2uc
1990	Lambada [Joel Silberg] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1990	Wings [Bob Bralver] ?; aph; ph: ?
1990	Alas de libertad [Adolfo Bartoli] ?; comm doc/?m; for Venezuelan Air Force
1990	No Place to Hide [Richard Danus] c; 2uc; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1991	Trancers II [: The Return of Jack Deth] [: The Two Faces of Death]/Future Cop II [Charles Band] c; high speed ph: Robert Hayes
1991	Puppet Master III - Toulon's Revenge [David DeCoteau] c; 2uc: Jack Cooperman; efx ph: Paul W. Gentry
1991	Netherworld [David Schmoeller] c; 2uc (New Orleans): Aldo Antonelli
1991	Demonic Toys/Dangerous Toys [Peter Manoogian] c; 2uc: Thomas Callaway
1991	Seedpeople/Dark Forest [Peter Manoogian] c/V; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1991	Bad Channels [Ted Nicolaou] c; vfx superv: Phil Meador
1992	Trancers III/Death Lives/Future Cop III/Trancers 3: Deth Lives [C. Courtney Joyner] c/V
1992	Doctor Mordrid [: Master of the Unknown] [Albert Band & Charles Band] c; spec pfx: Linda Obalil & Jim Stewart
1992	Remote [Ted Nicolaou] c/V
1992	Dollman vs. Demonic Toys [Charles Band] c/V; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1992	Robot Wars/Robot Jox 2: Robot Wars [Albert Band] c; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1992	Prehysteria! [Albert & Charles Band] c; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1993	Puppet Master 4 [Jeff Burr] c/V; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1993	Puppet Master 5 [- The Final Chapter]/The Final Chapter: Puppet Master 5 [Jeff Burr] c/V; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1993	Trancers 4 - Jack of Swords [David Nutter] c/V; addph: John Huneck
1993	Trancers 5 - Sudden Deth [David Nutter] c/V; addph: John Huneck
1993	Oblivion [Sam Irvin] c; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1993	Backlash - Oblivion 2/Oblivion 2: Backlash/Badlands [Sam Irvin] c; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli
1993	Lurking Fear [C. Courtney Joyner] c; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli (Romania) & Jim Spencer (USA); + co-2uc (USA); also 'Director's Cut' (108m)
1994	Beanstalk [Michael Davis] c
1994	Leapin' Leprechauns [Ted Nicolaou] c
1994	Spellbreaker - Secret of the Leprechauns/Leapin' Leprechauns! 2 [Ted Nicolaou] c; 2uc: Enrico Lucidi
*1994*	The Primevals [- A Civilization Lost in Time] [David Allen] c; live action + anim; first developed in 1986; unfinished/unreleased
1995	Alien Abduction: Intimate Secrets/Forbidden Zone - Alien Abduction [Lucian S. Diamonde] c; vfx superv: David Parker
1995	Demon in the Bottle [Randall William Cook] c
1995	Magic In the Mirror/Hidden World 1 [Ted Nicolaou] c; 2uc: Antonio Scaramuzza; vfx superv: MacKenzie Waggaman
1995	Magic In the Mirror: Fowl Play/Hidden World 2 [Ted Nicolaou] c
1996	Head of the Family [Robert Talbot (= Charles Band)] c
1996	Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book - Mowgli & Baloo [Duncan McLachlan] tvi/c; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli; vfx superv: John Coats
1996	Turbo - A Power Rangers Movie [David Winning & Shuki Levy] c; addph; ph: Ilan Rosenberg
1996	Vampire Journals [Ted Nicolaou] c/V
1997	The Creeps [Charles Band] SpaceVision 3-D/c/V
1997	Subspecies IV - Bloodstorm/Subspecies: The Awakening [Ted Nicolaou] c/V; spec vfx: David A. Wagner & John R. Ellis
1998	Planet Patrol [Russ Mazzolla] c/V; cph: Joe C. Maxwell
1998	Operation Delta Force IV - Deep Fault [Mark Roper] c
1999	City of Fear [Mark Roper] c/V
1999	Octopus [John Eyres] b&w-c/V; 2u c.op: Emil Topuzov (as Emil Tupuzov); doc ph: Borislav Tolev; vfx superv: Mark Harris
1999	For the Cause/Final Encounter [David & Tim Douglas] c/V
1999	The Horrible Dr. Bones [Art Carnage] c/V
2000	Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express [Mark Roper] c
2000	Queen's Messenger [Mark Roper] c/V; 2uc (+ 2ud): Emil Topuzov
2001	Pinocchio [Roberto Benigni] p/c; co-2uc (+ vfx ph); ph: Dante Spinotti
2001	Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song [David Riva] b&w-c; doc/100m; cph: Christine Burrill & Uli Kudicke
2001	Antibody [Christian McIntire] c/V; digital efx superv: Kevin Gendreau
2002	A Chance of Life [Joel Franco] c
2003	Invisible Kids [Iren Koster] s35/c
2003	The Tailor, the Perfect Fit [Kurt MacCarley] c
2003	Meet Me in Miami/My Gardener [Iren Koster & Eric Hannah] c; 2uc New Zealand: John Chrisstoffels; addph: Michael Wojciechowski
2003	Miracolo a Palermo!/Miracle in Palermo! [Giuseppe Cino] tvi/b&w-c
2003	Shark Zone [Danny Lerner] c/V; Venice ph; ph: Emil Topuzov
2004	Caved In [: Prehistoric Terror] [Richard Pepin] s35/c
2004	Schiuma d'onda/Sea Foam [Luigi Spagnol] HD-to-35mm/c
2005	Il piccoli GRANDE ARTISTA [Adolfo Bartoli] dv/c; doc/11m30s; about doph Tonino Delli Colli receiving the ASC International Award (awarded 2004; presented 2005)
2005	Il mercante di stoffe/The Cloth Merchant/The Silk Merchant's Woman [Antonio Baiocco] tvi/c; cph: Maurizio Calvesi
2010	La terra dei santi pazzi/The Fantastic Merry-Go-Round [Augusto Poderosi] pre-production; + co-exec prod

TELEVISION

1984

Il grande oceano di Capitan Cook/In the Wake of James Cook [G. Bernabei] 6-part doc series/16mm

1997

Conan/Conan the Adventurer [2-part pilot 'The Heart of the Elephant' dir by Gerard Hameline and ep dir by various] 22-part series/16mm, 1997-98; other ph: Raphael Smadja

1997

Alien Abduction [: Incident in Lake County] [: The McPherson Tape] [Dean Alioto] tvm

1998

Sabrina Goes to Rome [Tibor Takács] tvm; ep ABC-tv series 'The Wonderful World of Disney'

1998

Il figlio di Sandokan/The Son of Sandokan [Sergio Sollima] 2-part tvm

1999

The Exotic Time Machine II: Forbidden Encounters [Cybil Richards] tvm

2000

High Adventure/Quartermain [Mark Roper] tvm

2000

She [Timothy Bond] tvm

2002

[William Shatner's] Full Moon Fright Night [Charles Band] 13-part series; consists of (released) horror films (several ph by A. Bartoli) prod by Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures

2003

Il bello delle donne 3 [Maurizio Ponzi, Luigi Parisi & Gianni Dalla Pietra] series, 2001-03; 3rd season, 2003 (12 ep); other ph: Luigi Verga & Marco Cristiani

"Carabinieri 5"

2005

Carabinieri 5 [24 ep dir by Sergio Martino] series/s16, 2002-present; 5th season, 2006

2006

Carabinieri 6 [26 ep dir by Sergio Martino] 6th season, 2007; see 2005

2007

Warbirds [Kevin Gendreau] tvm/35mm-to-HD; 2uc: Aldo Antonelli; for The Sci-Fi Channel

2008

Un caso di coscienza 4 [ep #19-24 dir by Luigi Perelli] 24-part series/s16, 2003-10; 4th season, 2009-10 (6 ep); 2uc: Maurizio Felli

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1971	Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso/Sette volti per l'assassino [Umberto Lenzi] c.asst; ph: Angelo Lotti
1971	Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella [Nando Cicero] c.asst; ph: Guglielmo Mancori; or ph Aldo Giordani
1971	Senza ragione/Redneck [Silvio Narizzano] c.asst; ph: Giorgio Tonti
1972	Number One [Gianni Buffardi] c.asst; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1972	I miracoli accadono ancora/The Story of Juliane Koepcke/Amazon Death Trap [Giuseppe Maria Scotese] c.asst; ph: Giorgio Tonti
1973	Moses the Lawgiver [Gianfranco De Bosio; 6-part tv-miniseries & theatrical version] c.asst; ph: Marcello Gatti
1974	Manone il ladrone [Antonio Margheriti] c.asst; ph: Claudio Cirillo

[Right, with moustache] - "Gruppo di famiglia in un interno"

1974	Gruppo di famiglia in un interno/Conversation Piece [Luchino Visconti] co-c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1974	Grazie... nonna/Lover Boy [Franco Martinelli (= Marino Girolami)] co-c.asst; ph: Salvatore Caruso
1974	L'ultimo giorno di scuola prima delle vacanze di Natale [Gian Vittorio Baldi] co-c.asst; ph: Emilio Bestetti
1975	Cadaveri eccellenti/Illustrious Corpses [Francesco Rosi] co-c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1975	L'innocente/The Innocent/The Intruder [Luchino Visconti] c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1976	La prima notte di nozze [Corrado Prisco] c.op; ph: Angelo Lotti
1976	Armaguedon/Armageddon/Quel giorno il mondo tremerà [Alain Jessua] c.asst; ph: Jacques Robin
1977	El taxista de señoras/Taxi love, servizio per signora [Sergio Bergonzelli] c.op; ph: Angelo Lotti
1977	La malavita attacca--- la polizia risponde! [Mario Caiano] c.op; ph: Pier Luigi Santi
1977	Maschio latino cercasi/L'affare si ingrossa [Gianni Narzisi] co-c.op; ph: Angelo Lotti
1977	Il giorno dei cristalli [Giacomo Battiato] c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1978	Sette ragazze di classe/Siete chicas peligrosas/Sette ragazze pericolose/Love Games/7 Dangerous Women/Seven Deadly Females [Pedro Lazaga] c.asst; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1978	Cristo si è fermato a Eboli/Christ Stopped at Eboli [Francesco Rosi] co-c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1978	Martin Eden [Giacomo Battiato; 5-part tv-miniseries] c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1979	La terrazza/The Terrace [Ettore Scola] c.asst; ph: Pasqualino De Santis
1979	[Omar Mukhtar:] Lion of the Desert [Moustapha Akkad] c.asst; ph: Jack Hildyard
1979	Sunday Lovers/Les séducteurs/I seduttori della domenica [seg #4 'Armando's Notebook/Roma' dir by Dino Risi] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli
1979	Beyond the Reef/Shark Boy of Bora Bora/Sea Killer [Frank C. Clark (= Franco Rossi)] co-c.op; ph: Sam Martin (= Sergio Martinelli)
1979	Libero occupato [Nanni Loy; doc] c.asst; ph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1980	Contamination [- Alien arriva sulla terra]/Alien Contamination/Toxic Spawn/Contamination: Alien on Earth [Lewis Coates (= Luigi Cozzi)] c.asst; ph: Giuseppe Pinori
1980	Popeye [Robert Altman] c.asst uwph; uwph: Gianlorenzo Battaglia; ph: Giuseppe Rotunno
1980	Il marito in vacanza [Maurizio Lucidi] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1980	Verdi/The Life of Verdi [Renato Castellani; 9-part tv-miniseries (1982)] c.op; ph: Giuseppe Ruzzolini
1981	Un centesimo di secondo [Duccio Tessari] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1981	Vigili e vigilesse [Franco Prosperi] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1981	The Winds of War [Dan Curtis; 7-part tv-miniseries] c.op 2u; ph: Charles Correll
1982	Regina Roma/Regina [Jean-Yves Prate] c.op; ph: ?
1982	Di padre in figlio [Alessandro & Vittorio Gassman] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany & Claudio Cirillo
1982	Un foro nel parabrezza [Sauro Scavolini] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1983	Il momento dell'avventura [Faliero Rosati] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1983	Champagne in Paradiso [Aldo Grimaldi & (uncred) Maurizio Lucidi] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1983	Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story [Don Taylor; tvm] c.op (with C. Pogany); ph: Cristiano Pogany & Robert Jessup
1983	Zoom su Fellini: I protagonisti di Fellini [Gianfranco Angelucci; doc/50m] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1984	Fatto su misura [Francesco Laudadio] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1984	Era una notte buia e tempestosa... [Alessandro Benvenuti] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1985	Senza scrupoli [Tonino Valerii] co-c.op; ph: Giulio Albonico
1985	Il Bi e il Ba [Maurizio Nichetti] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1985	Nel gorgo del peccato [Andrea & Antonio Frazzi; 2-part tvm] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1985	Iron Warrior/Ator the Iron Warrior [Al Bradley (= Alfonso Brescia)] c.op; ph: Wally Gentleman
1986	Superfantozzi [Neri Parenti] c.op; ph: Cristiano Pogany
1986	Scuola di ladri [Neri Parenti] c.op (with Pogany); ph: Alessandro D'Eva & Cristiano Pogany
1987	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [Stephen Herek] c.op Italy; ph: Tim Suhrstedt
1987	[Mario Puzo's] The Fortunate Pilgrim [Stuart Cooper; 2-part tvm] c.op (with Pogany); ph: Reginald H. Morris, Ned Vidakovich & Cristiano Pogany (1 week 1st unit)