Luciano Tovoli
Luciano Tovoli (luˈtʃaːno ˈtoːvoli; born 30 October 1936) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. Films that Tovoli has photographed include The Passenger (1975), Suspiria (1977), Titus (1999). He is a member of the American, Italian Society of Cinematographers, and an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Cinematographers and the European Federation of Cinematographers.
Luciano Tovoli
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- Name
- Luciano Tovoli
- Born
- 30 October 1936
- Birthplace
- Massa Marittima, Province of Grosseto, Kingdom of Italy
- Education
- * University of Pisa
- Occupation
- * Cinematographer
- Nationality
- Italy
- Honours
- David di Donatello for Best Cinematography
- Languages
- Italian
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Luciano Tovoli (luˈtʃaːno ˈtoːvoli; born 30 October 1936) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. Films that Tovoli has photographed include The Passenger (1975), Suspiria (1977), Titus (1999). He is a member of the American, Italian Society of Cinematographers, and an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Cinematographers and the European Federation of Cinematographers.
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In 1983, Tovoli directed and cowrote Il Generale dell'armata morte based on a novel by Ismail Kadare, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimée.
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• Name — Luciano Tovoli • Born — 30 October 1936 • Birthplace — Massa Marittima, Province of Grosseto, Kingdom of Italy • Education — * University of Pisa • Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia • Occupation — * Cinematographer • film director • film producer • screenwriter • Years Active — 1961–present • Organization — * American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) • Italian Society of Cinematographic Photography Authors (AIC)
1960s
1960s
• Year — Film — Director — Notes • 1968 — Something Like Love — Enzo Muzii — Nominated - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography • 1969 — The Uninvited — Vittorio De Seta • Four Came to Kill Sartana — Demofilo Fidani
1970s
1970s
• Year — Film — Director — Notes • 1970 — Rose Spot — Enzo Muzii • Tulips of Haarlem — Franco Brusati • 1971 — Io non spezzo... rompo — Bruno Corbucci • Down with Your Hands... You Scum! — Demofilo Fidani — Co-cinematographer with Franco Villa • 1972 — We Won't Grow Old Together — Maurice Pialat • Chung Kuo, Cina — Michelangelo Antonioni • La vita in gioco — Gianfranco Mingozzi • 1973 — Dirty Weekend — Dino Risi • Bread and Chocolate — Franco Brusati • 1974 — The Peaceful Age — Fabio Carpi • 1975 — Mistress of the Devil — Juan Luis Buñuel • L'altro Dio — Elio Bartolini • The Passenger' — Michelangelo Antonioni — Won - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography • Weak Spot — Peter Fleischmann • The Sunday Woman — Luigi Comencini • Snapshot of a Crime — Mario Imperoli • 1976 — The Last Woman — Marco Ferreri • The Desert of the Tartars — Valerio Zurlini • 1977 — This Is the Night — Carlo Di Carlo • Suspiria — Dario Argento • 1978 — Behind Convent Walls — Walerian Borowczyk • Noccioline a colazione — Mario Orfini • Bye Bye Monkey — Marco Ferreri • Where Are You Going on Holiday? — Mauro Bolognini — Segment: "Sarò tutta per te"
1980s
1980s
• Year — Film — Director — Notes • 1980 — In the Pope's Eye — Renzo Arbore • The Mystery of Oberwald — Michelangelo Antonioni • 1981 — Bianco, rosso e Verdone — Carlo Verdone • 1982 — The Roaring Forties — Christian de Chalonge • Beyond the Door — Liliana Cavani • Tenebrae — Dario Argento • 1983 — Voyage in Time — Tonino Guerra Andrei Tarkovsky • The General of the Dead Army — Also director Nominated - CIFF Gold Hugo for Best Feature • 1984 — Sweet Body of Bianca — Nanni Moretti • 1985 — Fracchia contro Dracula — Neri Parenti • Police — Maurice Pialat • La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding — Georges Lautner • 1986 — Les Fugitifs — Francis Veber • 1987 — Da grande — Franco Amurri • 1988 — Priceless Beauty — Charles Finch • 1989 — Splendor — Ettore Scola — Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Cinematography Won - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography • What Time Is It? — Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Cinematography • Vanille fraise — Gérard Oury
1990s
1990s
• Year — Film — Director — Notes • 1990 — Captain Fracassa's Journey — Ettore Scola — Won - David di Donatello for Best Cinematography • Reversal of Fortune — Barbet Schroeder — Nominated - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography • 1992 — Jackpot — Mario Orfini • Single White Female — Barbet Schroeder • 1993 — Mario, Maria and Mario — Ettore Scola • 1994 — Monkey Trouble — Franco Amurri • The Teddy Bear — Jacques Deray • 1995 — Kiss of Death — Barbet Schroeder • 1996 — Before and After • Le Jaguar — Francis Veber • 1998 — Desperate Measures — Barbet Schroeder • The Dinner Game — Francis Veber • 1999 — Deceit — Claudia Florio • Titus — Julie Taymor
2000s
2000s
• Year — Film — Director — Notes • 2001 — La Regina Degli Scacchi — Claudia Florio • The Closet — Francis Veber • 2002 — I Love You Eugenio — Francisco José Fernandez • Murder by Numbers — Barbet Schroeder • 2003 — Ruby & Quentin — Francis Veber • 2007 — Hidden Love — Alessandro Capone • 2008 — Inju: The Beast in the Shadow — Barbet Schroeder • 2009 — Oceans — Jacques Perrin Jacques Cluzaud — Co-cinematographer with Philippe Ros, David Reichert, Valérie Le Gurun, René Heuzey, Laurent Fleutot, Luc Drion, Simon Christidis & Michel Benjamin Nominated - Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
2010s
2010s
• Year — Film — Director — Notes • 2010 — Natale in Sudafrica — Neri Parenti • 2011 — Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio • 2012 — Dracula 3D — Dario Argento • 2013 — How Strange to Be Named Federico — Ettore Scola — Nominated - Globo d'Oro for Best Cinematography Won - Special Silver Ribbon Award • 2015 — Amnesia — Barbet Schroeder • 2016 — Un Juif pour l'exemple — Jacob Berger • 2017 — False Confessions — Luc Bondy Marie-Louise Bischofberger • Il padre di mia figlia — Carloalberto Biazzi — Short film
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- Luciano Tovoli, The Cinematographer's Voice, 2022
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Luciano Tovoli is recorded as having received David di Donatello for Best Cinematography.
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