1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1923–2021 · ITALY
Giuseppe Rotunno
Rich, panoramic colour for Visconti and Fellini.
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2021
- Country
- Italy
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1963The Leopard
- 1979All That Jazz
- 1976Fellini's Casanova
WHY THEY MATTER
Academy Award nomination for All That Jazz; seven Silver Ribbon Awards; first non-American admitted to the American Society of Cinematographers (1966).
THE LIFE
Rotunno, sometimes credited as Peppino Rotunno, worked on 77 productions. He was director of photography on eight films by Federico Fellini, including Amarcord, and on Luchino Visconti's The Leopard, and also worked with Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Mario Monicelli. He was nominated for the Academy Award for All That Jazz. He shot Julia and Julia, the first feature made with high-definition video and then transferred to 35 mm film.
Also born in 1900–1929
1901–1996 · United States · Cinematographer
John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
1901–1974 · United States · Cinematographer
Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945Source: Wikipedia
1902–1998 · United Kingdom · Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
1902–2000 · Italy · Cinematographer
Otello Martelli
Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
1904–1948 · United States · Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia