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Vittorio Storaro


Vittorio Storaro, the award -winning cinematographer who won Oscars for "Apocalypse Now," " Reds" and "The Last Emperor," was born on June 24, 1940 in Rome, where his father was a projectionist at the Lux Film Studio. At the age of 11, he began studying photography at a technical school. He enrolled... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideCinematographer (62 titles)
2010 Rigoletto a Mantova (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
2009 I, Don Giovanni
 
2007 Caravaggio (TV movie)
 
2005 All the Invisible Children (segment "Ciro")
 
2000 Dune (TV mini-series)
Episode #1.3 (2000)
Episode #1.2 (2000)
Episode #1.1 (2000)
 
2000 La traviata (TV movie)
 
2000 Mirka
 
1998 Tango
 
1998 Bulworth
 
1996 Taxi
 
1994 Roma Imago Urbis: Parte V - I volti (documentary)
 
1994 Roma Imago Urbis: Parte I - Il mito (documentary)
 
1993 Little Buddha
 
1993 Great Performances (TV series)
Tosca from Rome (1993) (director of photography)
 
1992 Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (documentary)
 
1990 Dick Tracy
 
1989 New York Stories (segment "Life without Zoe")
 
1987 The Last Emperor (photography)
 
1987 Ishtar
 
1986 Peter the Great (TV mini-series)
 
1985 Ladyhawke
 
1983 Wagner (TV series)
Episode #1.10 (1983)
Episode #1.2 (1983)
Episode #1.3 (1983)
Episode #1.1 (1983)
 
1981 Reds
 
1979 Luna
 
1979 Apocalypse Now (photography)
 
1979 Agatha
 
1976 Submission
 
1976 1900
 
1975 Orlando furioso (TV mini-series)
Episode #1.5 (1975)
Episode #1.4 (1975)
Episode #1.3 (1975)
Episode #1.2 (1975)
Episode #1.1 (1975)
 
1975 Le orme
 
1973 Giordano Bruno
 
1973 Malicious
 
1972 Last Tango in Paris (director of photography)
 
1972 Body of Love
 
1971 Eneide (TV series)
 
1970 The Conformist
 
1969 Youth March
 
1966 The Scream (short)
 
1966 Il labirinto (documentary short)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (8 titles)
1986 Captain EO (short) (lighting/photography consultant)
 
1968 Suicide Commandos (camera operator)
 
1967 Il giardino delle delizie (camera operator)
 
1967 Totò Ye Ye (TV movie) (camera operator)
 
1964 Before the Revolution (camera operator)
 
1962 Appuntamento in Riviera (camera operator)
 
1961 Pugni, pupe e marinai (camera operator)
 
1960 The Two Rivals (camera operator)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1979 Apocalypse Now
TV Photographer (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2009 Northern Lights (documentary) (special thanks for inspiration)
 
2006 1900: Creating an Epic (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2006 1900: The Story, the Cast (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary) (special thanks: AFI)
 
1990 Continental (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2012 Side by Side (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Making of 'The Last Emperor' (video documentary)
 
2006 Rise of 'The Conformist': The Story, the Cast (video short)
Himself
 
2006 'The Conformist': Breaking New Ground (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Shadow and Light: Filming 'The Conformist' (video short)
Himself
 
2006 1900: The Story, the Cast (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 1900: Creating an Epic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Witness to 'Reds' (video)
Himself
 
2006 Cinematographer Style (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Giornata nera (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Who Needs Sleep? (documentary)
 
2004 Retrato de Carlos Saura (documentary)
 
2004 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
Himself
Le dernier tango à Paris (2004) … Himself
 
2001 Una giornata con Paco Rabal (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Himself - Cinematographer
 
1995 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 February 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Különbözö helyek (documentary short)
Himself
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
 
1987 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 December 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1986 The Making of 'Captain Eo' (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The 54th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
 
1982 The Making of 'One from the Heart' (documentary short)
Himself
 
1976 Bertolucci secondo il cinema (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 The Dream Studio (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Little Buddha -- Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS.
The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. 

After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.

“When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." 	
 – Leonard  Maltin

Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road. 
Side by Side -- The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation.
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Had a series of custom color gels produced by Rosco International, which he formulated to comply with his theories about emotional response to color. Rosco markets these gels as "The Storaro Selection". See more »

Star Sign:

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