Anchise Brizzi

Anchise Brizzi
Born	5 October 1887 Poppi, Arezzo
Died	29 February 1964 (aged 76) Rome, Italy
Years active	1914-1963

Anchise Brizzi (5 October 1887 – 29 February 1964) was an Italian cinematographer.

Life and career

Born in Poppi, Arezzo, Brizzi attended the regio istituto tecnico, specializing in optics and photography, then entered the cinema industry in the early 1910s.^[1] He won the best cinematography award at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival for the film The Charterhouse of Parma directed by Christian-Jaque.^[2] He worked as cinematographer in more than 100 productions, including Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine, Orson Welles' Othello, Alessandro Blasetti's 1860, Gregory Ratoff's Black Magic, Mario Camerini's Il signor Max.

Selected filmography

• Maciste against the Sheik (1926)
• Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926)
• Palio (1932)
• The Telephone Operator (1932)
• Tourist Train (1933)
• The Haller Case (1933)
• 1860 (1934)
• The Joker King (1935)
• The Phantom Gondola (1936)
• Lo squadrone bianco (1936)
• Il signor Max (1937)
• Naples of Olden Times (1938)
• Dora Nelson (1939)
• Naples Will Never Die (1939)
• Department Store (1939)
• Eternal Melodies (1940)
• The Betrothed (1941)
• The Two Orphans (1942)
• Labbra serrate (1942)
• The Three Pilots (1942)
• Catene invisibili (1942)
• Sad Loves (1943)
• Shoeshine (1946)
• Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
• The Lovers (1946)
• The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
• Black Magic (1949)
• The Pirates of Capri (1949)
• The Thief of Venice (1950)
• Amore e sangue (1951)
• Last Meeting (1951)
• Messalina (1951)
• Othello (1952)
• Art. 519 codice penale (1952)
• The Woman Who Invented Love (1952)
• Hello Elephant (1952)
• The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
• The Two Orphans (1954)
• Il conte Aquila (1955)
• Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
• Io piaccio (1955)
• Peccato di castità (1956)
• Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
• Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958)
• Cleopatra's Daughter (1960)

References

1. Silvio D'Amico. Enciclopedia dello spettacolo , Volume 2. Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975.
2. Andrea LeVasseur. "The Charterhouse of Parma". MTV. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Anchise Brizzi at the Internet Movie Database