Tonino Delli Colli (20 November 1923 – 16 August 2005) was an Italian cinematographer.[1]
Tonino Delli Colli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 November 1923[1] |
| Died | 16 August 2005 (aged 81)[1] Rome, Italy[1] |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Relatives | Franco Delli Colli (cousin) |
Biography
editCousin of Franco Delli Colli, Antonio (Tonino) Delli Colli was born in Rome, and began work at Rome's Cinecittà studio in 1938, at the age of sixteen. By the mid-1940s he was working as a cinematographer and in 1952 shot the first Italian film in colour, Totò a colori.[1] He went on to work with a number of acclaimed and diverse directors including, Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,[1] Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America), Roman Polanski (Death and the Maiden and Bitter Moon), Louis Malle (Lacombe, Lucien), Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose), and Federico Fellini, whose last three films he photographed.
His collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini was especially fruitful: they made twelve films together, including Pasolini's debut Accattone (1961), Mamma Roma (1962), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), The Decameron (1971), The Canterbury Tales (1972) and Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1976).
Although Della Colli did not work regularly with Lina Wertmuller, his cinematography for Pasqualino Settebelleze (Seven Beauties) was a major career highlight.
His last film was Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful (1997),[1] for which he won his fourth David di Donatello for Best Cinematography. In 2005 he was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers' International Achievement Award. In August of the same year, he died at home in Rome.
Tonino Delli Colli died from a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 81 in Rome, Italy.[1]
In 2005, Delli Colli was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th annual Camerimage Film Festival in Łódź, Poland.
Filmography
editFilm
editDocumentary film
edit| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Gli 11 moschettieri | Ennio de Concini Fausto Saraceni |
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| 1957 | Questo nostro mondo | Ugo Lazzarini Eros Macchi Angelo Negri |
With Massimo Dallamano, Paolo Gregori, Alvaro Mancori and Gian Maria Rimoldi |
| 1960 | Il mondo di notte | Luigi Vanzi | |
| 1964 | Love Meetings | Pier Paolo Pasolini | With Mario Bernardo |
| 1971 | Le mura di Sana'a | Documentary short | |
| 1994 | Cento di questi anni | Corrado Farina |
Short film
edit| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | La ricotta | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Segment of Ro.Go.Pa.G. |
| 1964 | Amore e arte | Gianni Puccini | Segments of Amore in 4 dimensioni |
| Amore e morte | Mino Guerrini | ||
| La Feuille de route | Ugo Gregoretti | Segment of The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | |
| Il generale | Alfredo Giannetti | Segment of Amori pericolosi | |
| La doccia | Massimo Franciosa | Segment of Extraconiugale | |
| 1968 | Che cosa sono le nuvole? | Pier Paolo Pasolini | |
| William Wilson | Louis Malle | Segment of Spirits of the Dead | |
| Che cosa sono le nuvole? | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Segment of Caprice Italian Style | |
| 1980 | Armando's Notebook | Dino Risi | Segment of Les séducteurs |
| 1991 | Il cane blu | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Segment of Especially on Sunday |
| 1996 | Sanpellegrino Calze | Giuseppe Tornatore |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Wingfield, Brian (21 August 2005). "Tonino Delli Colli, Prolific Cinematographer, Dies at 81". The New York Times.