Franco Di Giacomo

Franco Di Giacomo
Born	18 September 1932 Amatrice, Italy
Died	30 April 2016 (aged 83) Acilia, Rome, Italy
Occupation	Cinematographer

Franco Di Giacomo (18 September 1932 – 30 April 2016) was an Italian cinematographer.^[1]

Born in Amatrice (Rieti), he won the 1983 David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's The Night of the Shooting Stars.^[2] He also worked, among others, with Nanni Moretti, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio, Michael Radford, Bernardo Bertolucci, Dino Risi, Nikita Mikhalkov and Mario Monicelli. In 2000 Di Giacomo received a Flaiano Prize for his career.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)
• When Women Had Tails (1970)
• The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
• Million Dollar Eel (1971)
• Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
• Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
• La Tosca (1973)
• Polvere di stelle (1973)
• La sbandata (1974)
• Libera, My Love (1975)
• The Sex Machine (1975)
• Duck in Orange Sauce (1975)
• Plot of Fear (1976)
• Victory March (1976)
• La stanza del vescovo (1977)
• Hitch-Hike (1977)
• They Call Him Bulldozer (1978)
• Amori miei (1978)
• Sahara Cross (1978)
• The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)
• The Meadow (1979)
• Men or Not Men (1980)
• Everything Happens to Me (1980)
• The Day Christ Died (1980)
• Sweet Dreams (1981)
• Buddy Goes West (1981)
• Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982)
• Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
• The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
• Fighting Back (1982)
• The World of Don Camillo (1983)
• Un povero ricco (1983)
• The Mass Is Ended (1985)
• Christopher Columbus (1985)
• Casablanca, Casablanca (1985)
• The Inquiry (1986)
• La Storia (1986)
• Dark Eyes (1987)
• A Boy from Calabria (1987)
• It's Happening Tomorrow (1988)
• Run for Your Life (1988)
• La bottega dell'orefice (1989)
• 'O Re - The King of Naples (1989)
• Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
• Money (1991)
• A Fine Romance (1992)
• Parenti serpenti (1992)
• The Storm Is Coming (1993)
• Il Postino: The Postman (1994)
• Foreign Student (1994)
• Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)
• We Free Kings (1996)
• The Dinner (1998)
• Jet Set (2000)
• Resurrection (2001)
• Luisa Sanfelice (2004)

References

1. "Addio a Franco Di Giacomo. Da Sergio Leone al Postino di Troisi, dai Taviani a Scola e Moretti". MONDOSPETTACOLO.
2. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
3. "Riflessi nel grande schermo 2000". Il Sole 24 Ore. 23 April 2000.

External links

• Franco Di Giacomo at the Internet Movie Database