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Born: 1 May 1942, Rome, Italy; a.k.a. 'Beppe' Lanci.
Education: Centro sperimentale di cinematografia [CSC], Rome.
Awards: 'David di Donatello' Award [1986] for 'Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti'; 'David di Donatello' Award nom [1991] for 'Il sole anche di notte' & 'La condanna'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1993] for 'Fiorile'; 'David di Donatello' Award nom [2000] & Italian Film Journalists 'Silver Ribbon' nom [2000] for 'La balia'; Italian Film Journalists 'Silver Ribbon' nom [2001] for 'La stanza del figlio'.
About Andrei Tarkovsky and 'Nostalghia' [1982]: 'The rapport with Andrei on 'Nostalghia' certainly was an event which I remember with great emotion until this day. [We met] by accident. He was looking for a director of photography who was also mentally prepared for this adventure, and through various sources my name came up. A friend of mine introduced me to Andrei. We met at Piazza Navona for tea, and at the end of this encounter he takes out a script and offers it to me. I can feel the emotion of that moment right now.'
'Andrei used to tell me that cinema uses time like a narrative element, while the photography normally remains constant for the duration of a sequence. It is precisely time that the 'dynamic photography' exploits to render a different consistency to the film. An example is the atmospheric conditions within nature: if during a cloudy day the sun comes out at a certain moment this will modify the condition of the light. In an interior space if someone enters a dark room and turns on the light this will change the condition of the light. However, this is all tied to precise actions. This discourse is amplified in 'Nostalghia', where in addition to variations in natural light were added variations, which correspond to emotional motivation rather than any sense of logic.'
'During the shooting phase we used a transport mechanism posted in front of the lights - a series of metal sheets hung on a frame - to vary the light intensity without modifying the color temperature. While in postproduction there was a much more marked technical intervention because the film was printed with a system called ENR at Roma Technicolor laboratory. With the ENR process I was able to desaturate the colors to the maximum and augment the contrast in a scene, even if this restricted me to print on color positive even the sequences shot in black and white.'
'During the filming Andrei would [sometimes ask for] a slight increase in shooting speed, hardly noticeable, and therefore far from the slow motion effect we have been accustomed to seeing in many films. This was solely to have greater suspension, therefore always in the service of a certain atmosphere in the film. Technically this variation in speed consisted of a slight adjustment of the diaphragm. Andrei was very precise and exacting with his choice of photography, and not only myself but also the whole troupe was so impressed by his personality that we complied voluntarily with his every request.' [From interview with Roberto Aita, 2001.]
FILMS | |
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1963 |
Pane e altro [Andrea Frezza] ?; short/25m; prod CSC |
1963 |
Montagne russe [Luigi Perelli] ?; short/25m; prod CSC |
1963 |
Gino Severini [Sandro Franchina] 16mm/b&w; doc/47m; cph: Jean Rouch, Bernard Zitzermann, Guido Cosulich, a.o. |
1965 |
Violino [Silvano Agosti] c; doc/11m; cph: Antonio Piazza |
1976 |
Aborto: Parlano le donne [Dacia Maraini] b&w; doc/50m |
1977 |
Maternale/Mother and Daughter [Giovanna Gagliardo] c |
1977 |
Difficile morire [Umberto Silva] c |
1977 |
Starcrash/The Adventures of Stella Star/Female Space Invaders [Lewis Coates (= Luigi Cozzi)] c; co-addph; ph: Paul Beeson & Roberto D'Ettore |
1979 |
Salto nel vuoto/Leap Into the Void [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1980 |
Con... fusione [Piero Natoli] c |
1981 |
Piso pisello/Sweet Pea [Peter Del Monte] c |
1982 |
Gli occhi, la bocca/The Eyes, the Mouth [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1982 |
Ehrengard [Emidio Greco] c |
[Left] with Andrei Tarkovsky [center] - "Nostalghia"
1982 |
Nostalghia/Nostalgia [Andrei Tarkovsky] b&w-c; see above |
1983 |
Stelli emigranti/Wandering Stars [Francesco Bortolini & Claudio Masenza] c; doc/58m; cph: Eugenio Bentivoglio & Robert Levi |
1984 |
Enrico IV/Henry IV [Marco Bellocchio] c |
[Left] with the brothers Taviani - "Kaos"
1984 |
Kaos/Chaos [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c; 2uc: Roberto Locci; aph: Folco Quilici |
1984 |
Blues metropolitano [Salvatori Piscicelli] c |
1984 |
Elogio della pazzia [Roberto Aguerre] c |
1985 |
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti/Camorra [: The Naples Connection] [Lina Wertmüller] c |
1985 |
Diavolo in corpo/Devil in the Flesh [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1985 |
La Venexiana/The Venetian Woman [Mauro Bolognini] c |
1986 |
Every Time We Say Goodbye [Moshe Mizrahi] c; add unit ph: Daniel Schneor |
1986 |
Good Morning Babilonia/Good Morning Babylon [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c |
1987 |
Havinck [Frans Weisz] c |
1987 |
La visione del sabba/The Witches' Sabbath [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1988 |
Francesco/St. Francis of Assisi [Liliana Cavani] c; 148m; cph (3 weeks in Perugia): Ennio Guarnieri |
1988 |
Paura e amore/Three Sisters/Love and Fear [Margarethe von Trotta] c |
1988 |
Zoo [Cristina Comencini] c; cph: Alfio Contini |
1988 |
Palombella rossa/Red Wood Pigeon [Nanni Moretti] c |
1988 |
Un amore di donna/Love of a Woman [Nelo Risi] c |
1989 |
Il prete bello/Les p'tits vélos [Carlo Mazzacurati] c |
1989 |
La Baule-les-Pins/C'est la vie [Diane Kurys] p/c |
1989 |
Il sole anche di notte/Night Sun/Sunshine Even by Night [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] tvi/c |
1989 |
I taràssachi/The Dandelions [Rocco Mortelliti, Francesco Martinotti & Fulvio Ottaviano] c; docudrama/65m; 10 seg |
1989 |
In nome del popolo sovrano/In the Name of the Sovereign People [Luigi Magni] c; cph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli |
1990 |
La condanna/The Condemnation/The Conviction [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1990 |
La villa del venerdì/Husbands and Lovers/In Excess [Mauro Bolognini] c |
1991 |
Le amiche del cuore/Close Friends [Michele Placido] c |
1991 |
Johnny Stecchino/Johnny Toothpick [Roberto Benigni] c |
1991 |
Caldo soffocante [Giovanna Gagliardo] c |
1992 |
Fiorile/Wild Flower [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c |
1992 |
Tra due risvegli/Between Two Awakenings [Amedeo Fago] c |
1993 |
Caro diario/Dear Diary [Nanni Moretti] c |
1994 |
Il teppista [Veronica Bilbao La Vieja (= Veronica Perugini)] c |
1994 |
Con gli occhi chiusi/With Closed Eyes [Francesca Archibugi] c |
1994 |
Roma dodici novembre 1994/Rome, November 12, 1994 [idea & co-ord: Francesco Maselli] 16mm/c; doc/33m; cph: Alessandro D'Eva, Franco Di Giacomo, Sergio Salvati, Gianlorenzo Battaglia, a.o. |
1995 |
Il principe di Homburg/Ritratto di un eroe romantico/The Prince of Homburg [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1995 |
Compagna di viaggio/Travelling Companion [Peter Del Monte] c |
1995 |
Le affinità elettive/The Elective Affinities [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c |
1995 |
Scooter [Roberto Palmerini] c; short/20m |
1995 |
La strategia della maschera [Rocco Mortelliti] replaced by ph Maurizio Dell'Orco |
1996 |
Aprile/April [Nanni Moretti] c |
1996 |
Il grido d'angoscia dell'uccello predatore - 20 tagli d'Aprile [Nanni Moretti] c; short/27m; 20 scenes shot for 'Aprile', but not used in the final film; released in 2003 |
1997 |
Tu ridi/You're Laughing [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c |
1997 |
I piccoli maestri/Little Teachers [Daniele Luchetti] c |
1997 |
Santo Stefano [Angelo Pasquini] c; cph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1998 |
La balia/The Nanny [Marco Bellocchio] c |
1999 |
Tierra del fuego/Terra del fuoco [Miguel Littin] c |
2000 |
La stanza del figlio/The Son's Room [Nanni Moretti] c |
2001 |
Nowhere [Luis Sepúlveda] c |
2001 |
Bimba - È clonata una stella [Sabina Guzzanti] c |
2003 |
La spettatrice/The Spectator [Paolo Franchi] c |
2003 |
Nel mio amore/Answer Me [Susanna Tamaro] c |
2004 |
Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia/Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers [Lina Wertmüller] c |
2006 |
La masseria delle allodole/The Lark Farm [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c |
2008 |
No Problem [Vincenzo Salemme] c |
2009 |
LO STrAGE [various students] c; short/8m |
2011 |
Di là dal vetro/Beyond the Glass [Andrea Di Bari] HD/c; short/18m |
2012 |
Occhi a sogni aperti [Giancarlo Marinelli] pre-production; scheduled to start shooting in May 2009; later September 2012 |
TELEVISION | |
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1978 |
La macchina cinema/The Cinema Machine [Silvano Agosti, Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli] 5-part doc series/b&w-c/225m/16mm (1979); collab; ph: Tonino Nardi; for RAI 2-tv |
1997 |
Oscar per due [Felice Farina] tvm |
1998 |
La vita che verrà/Ombre sull'ofanto [Pasquale Pozzessere] 4-part miniseries |
FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
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1965 |
Idoli controluce [Enzo Battaglia] co-c.asst; ph: Guido Cosulich de Pecine |
1965 |
I pugni in tasca/Fist in His Pocket [Marco Bellocchio] c.op; ph: Alberto Marrama |
1965 |
Altissima pressione/Highest Pressure [Enzo Trapani] co-c.asst; ph: Mario Montuori |
1966 |
Arizona Colt/Il pistolero di Arizona/Man from Nowhere [Michele Lupo] co-c.asst; ph: Guglielmo Mancori |
1966 |
Morire gratis [Sandro Franchina] c.op; ph: Guido Cosulich de Pecine |
1967 |
La morte ha fatto l'uovo/A Curious Way to Love/Death Lays an Egg [Giulio Questi] c.asst; ph: Dario Di Palma |
1967 |
La Cina è vicina/China Is Near [Marco Bellocchio] co-c.op; ph: Tonino Delli Colli |
1967 |
Il giardino delle delizie/Garden of Delights [Silvano Agosti] co-c.asst; ph: Aldo Scavarda |
1967 |
Grazie, zia [Salvatore Samperi] co-c.asst; ph: Aldo Scavarda |
1968 |
Metti una sera a cena/Love Circle/One Night at Dinner [Giuseppe Patroni Griffi] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli |
1968 |
C'era una volta il West/Once Upon a Time in the West [Sergio Leone] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli |
1968 |
Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! [Giancarlo Cobelli] co-c.op; ph: Dario Di Palma |
1968 |
Il diario segreto di una minorenne (è nata una donna) [Oscar Brazzi] c.asst; ph: Alfio Contini |
1969 |
Porcile/Pigpen/Pigsty [Pier Paolo Pasolini] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli, a.o. |
1969 |
La moglie più bella/The Most Beautiful Wife [Damiano Damiani] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1969 |
Strategia del ragno/The Spider's Stratagem [Bernardo Bertolucci; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro |
1969 |
Con quale amore, con quanto amore/How Much Do I Love You [Pasquale Festa Campanile] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1969 |
Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo [Salvatore Samperi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1970 |
Quando le donne avevano la coda/When Women Had Tails [Pasquale Festa Campanile] c.op; Franco Di Giacomo |
1971 |
4 mosche di velluto grigio/Four Flies on Grey Velvet [Dario Argento] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1971 |
Veruschka [- poesia di una donna] [Franco Rubartelli] co-c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1971 |
Nel nome del padre/In the Name of the Father [Marco Bellocchio] c.asst; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1971 |
Un'anguilla da trecento milioni/An Eel Worth 300 Million [Salvatore Samperi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1972 |
Chi l'ha vista morire?/Who Saw Her Die?/The Child [Aldo Lado] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1973 |
La Tosca [Luigi Magni] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1973 |
Polvere di stelle/Stardust [Alberto Sordi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1974 |
La sbandata [Alfredo Malfatti & Salvatore Samperi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1974 |
La nottata [Tonino Cervi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1975 |
L'anatra all'arancia/Duck in Orange Sauce [Luciano Salce] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1975 |
Marcia trionfale/Victory March [Marco Bellocchio] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1976 |
...e tanta paura/Plot of Fear/Too Much Fear [Paolo Cavara] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo |
1976 |
Autostop rosso sangue/Death Drive/The Naked Prey/Hitch Hike/Hitchhike: Last House on the Left [Pasquale Festa Campanile] co-c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo & Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
1976 |
Quelle strane occasioni/Strange Occasion [seg #? dir by ?; 3 seg] c.op; ph: ? |
1977 |
In nome del Papa Re [Luigi Magni] c.op; ph: Danilo Desideri |
1978 |
Viaggio con Anita/Travels with Anita/Lovers and Liars [Mario Monicelli] co-c.op; ph: Tonino Delli Colli |