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Vittorio Storaro
| Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC was born in Rome in
1940, where his father was a projectionist at Lux Film Studio.
Storaro began studying photography at a technical school at
the age of 11 and subsequently enrolled at the Italian Cinemagraphic
Training Centre. Storaro began his career as an assistant cameraman
at the age of 20 and stepped up to the role of camera operator.
During a lull in production in Italy, Storaro dedicated several
years to studying all forms of artistic expression including
literature, painting, sculpting and music. |
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| He returned to work as an assistant cameraman
in 1966 on Before the Revolution, the first film directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci. Storaro earned his first cinematography
credit two years later for Giovinezza, Giovinezza (Youthful,
Youthful), by F. Rossi. His third film La Strategia del Ragno
(The Spider Stratagem) marked the beginning of his long collaboration
with Bertolucci. In 1970, Bertolucci and Storaro collaborated
on The Conformist, a seminal film in the history of contemporary
cinematography. Storaro's first mainstream studio film was Apocalypse
Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979. Storaro earned
his first Oscar for that effort. He received his second Oscar
in 1981 for Reds, directed by Warren Beatty and a third Oscar
for The Last Emperor in 1987, directed by Bertolucci. Storaro
earned a fourth Oscar nomination for Dick Tracy in 1990. His
other feature credits include 1900, Luna, Last Tango in Paris,
Tucker: A Man and His Dreams, One From the Heart, Little Buddha,
Ladyhawke, Tango and Bulworth. His eclectic body of work also
includes the TV mini-series, Peter the Great, the opera La Traviata,
a 15-hour documentary, Roma Imago Urbis, which plays at museums
around the world, and Captain E-O, an extraordinary 3-D film.
Storaro was president of AIC (Association of Italian Cinematographers)
and a founder of IMAGO, an alliance of some 20 cinematography
organization in Europe. He coined the phrase and popularized
the concept that cinematographers are co-authors of the films
they help to create. |
Filmography
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2000
Dune (TV Series)
La Traviata à Paris (TV)
Picking Up the Pieces
1999
Mirka
Goya en Burdeos
1998
Tango
Bulworth
1996
Taxi
1995
Flamenco (de Carlos Saura)
1993
Piccolo Buddha
1992
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca (TV)
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
1990
The Sheltering Sky
Dick Tracy
1989
New York Stories ("Life without Zoe")
1988
Tucker
1987
Ishtar
1987
L'ultimo imperatore
1986
Peter the Great (TV Series)
1985
Ladyhawke
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1983
Wagner (TV Series)
1982
One from the Heart
1981
Reds
1979
La Luna
1979
Apocalypse Now
Agatha
1976
Scandalo
1976
Novecento
1974
Le Orme
1974
The Driver's Seat
1973
Giordano Bruno
Malizia
Blu gang vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati
1972
Ultimo tango a Parigi
1971
Addio, fratello crudele
Una Giornata nera per l'ariete
1970
Il conformista
La strategia del ragno
L'ccello dalle piume di cristallo
1969
Delitto al circolo del tennis
Giovinezza, giovinezza
I Normanni
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