Vittorio Storaro
Date of birth: 1940-06-24
Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Camera
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Biography
Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940) is an Italian cinematographer widely recognized as one of the best and most influential in Cinema history, for his work on numerous classic films including The Conformist, Apocalypse Now, and The Last Emperor. In the course of over fifty years, he has collaborated with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen and Carlos Saura. He has received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the films Apocalypse Now (1979), Reds (1981), and The Last Emperor (1987), and is one of three living persons who has won the award three times, the others being Robert Richardson and Emmanuel Lubezki. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Storaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991-11-27
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022-08-12
Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the
Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino
2016-01-01
Light Keeps Me Company
2000-08-26
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoir
Schrader's Exorcism
2008-08-23
A documentary chronicling director Paul Schrader's ride through hell and back while making film hist
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009-01-11
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos
Side by Side
2012-08-19
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over t
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016-05-13
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French
Visions of Light
1992-09-17
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of pho
An All Round Maid
1981-01-01
A video derived from footage Godard kept from his 1981 visit to Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Stud
Glorious Technicolor
1998-12-07
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
1992-01-01
Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Co
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
2004-12-03
A behind the scenes look at Bernardo Bertolucci’s classic film about the dark side of the sexual rev
The Making of Captain EO
1986-09-12
Documentary of the making of Michael Jackson's Captain EO film for the Disney theme parks.
Apocalypse Now
1979-05-19
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, offi
Giornata Nera
2006-01-01
Interviews with Franco Nero and Vittorio Storaro about the film The Fifth Cord.
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014-09-20
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitio
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982-08-14
A short documentary on the Francis Ford Coppola musical One From the Heart.
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2014-07-24
The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century
Abicinema
1975-08-09
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021-05-16
The career of the famous production designer Miljen Kljaković – Kreka and reveals all the beauty and
Witness to 'Reds'
2006-10-17
Cast and crew of "Reds" revisit their memories and stories while making the film.