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Luciano Tovoli (b. 1936)

Birthplace:
Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy

Born:
October 30, 1936

Biography from TheMovieDB

Luciano Tovoli (born 30 October 1936) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he is considered one of Italy's premier cinematographers, collaborating with numerous acclaimed filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Francis Veber, Dario Argento, Ettore Scola, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Julie Taymor.  Films that Tovoli has photographed include The Passenger (1975), Suspiria (1977), Titus (1999). He has been a longtime collaborator of Barbet Schroeder, having worked with the Iranian-born filmmaker's Reversal of Fortune (1990), Single White Female (1992), Before and After (1996), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008). 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.  In 1983, Tovoli directed and cowrote Il Generale dell'armata morte based on a novel by Ismail Kadare, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimée.  Source: Article "Luciano Tovoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film Production

Assistant Camera:
1963  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Camera Operator:
1961  Bandits of Orgosolo
1963  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1966  Almost a Man
1966  Seasons of Our Love
1970  Tulips of Haarlem

Cinematography:
1961  Bandits of Orgosolo
1963  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1966  Almost a Man
1966  Seasons of Our Love
1970  Tulips of Haarlem
1980  Il resto del Pap'occhio

Director:
1961  Bandits of Orgosolo
1963  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1966  Almost a Man
1966  Seasons of Our Love
1970  Tulips of Haarlem
1980  Il resto del Pap'occhio
1983  The General of the Dead Army

Director of Photography:
1961  Bandits of Orgosolo
1963  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1966  Almost a Man
1966  Seasons of Our Love
1969  Four Came to Kill Sartana
1969  The Uninvited
1970  Tulips of Haarlem
1970  Una macchia rosa
1971  Io non spezzo... rompo
1972  Chung Kuo: China
1972  We Won't Grow Old Together
1973  Diary of a Teacher
1973  Dirty Weekend
1974  Bread and Chocolate
1975  La vita in gioco
1975  Leonor
1975  Snapshot of a Crime
1975  The Passenger
1975  The Sunday Woman
1975  Weak Spot
1976  The Desert of the Tartars
1976  The Last Woman
1977  Suspiria
1977  This Is the Night
1978  Behind Convent Walls
1978  Bye Bye Monkey
1978  Where Are You Going on Holiday?
1979  Adoption
1980  Il resto del Pap'occhio
1980  In the Pope's Eye
1981  Bianco, rosso e Verdone
1981  The Mystery of Oberwald
1982  Beyond the Door
1982  Tenebre
1982  The Roaring Forties
1983  The General of the Dead Army
1984  Bianca
1985  La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
1985  Police
1985  Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?
1986  The Fugitives
1987  Big
1988  Priceless Beauty
1989  Splendor
1989  Vanille fraise
1989  What Time Is It?
1990  Reversal of Fortune
1990  The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990  Voyage in Time
1992  Cyber Eden
1992  Single White Female
1993  Mario, Maria and Mario
1994  Monkey Trouble
1995  Kiss of Death
1996  Before and After
1996  Jaguar
1998  Desperate Measures
1998  The Dinner Game
1999  Titus
2001  Il gioco
2001  The Closet
2002  La regina degli scacchi
2002  Murder by Numbers
2002  Ti voglio bene Eugenio
2003  Ruby & Quentin
2007  Hidden Love
2010  Natale in Sudafrica
2010  Oceans
2011  My Friends: How It All Began
2012  Dracula 3D
2013  How Strange to be Named Federico
2015  Amnesia
2016  A Jew Must Die
2017  False Confessions
2017  Il padre di mia figlia
????  Radiografia della miseria

Producer:
1961  Bandits of Orgosolo
1963  Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1966  Almost a Man
1966  Seasons of Our Love
1969  Four Came to Kill Sartana
1969  The Uninvited
1970  Tulips of Haarlem
1970  Una macchia rosa
1971  Io non spezzo... rompo
1972  Chung Kuo: China
1972  We Won't Grow Old Together
1973  Diary of a Teacher
1973  Dirty Weekend
1974  Bread and Chocolate
1975  La vita in gioco
1975  Leonor
1975  Snapshot of a Crime
1975  The Passenger
1975  The Sunday Woman
1975  Weak Spot
1976  The Desert of the Tartars
1976  The Last Woman
1977  Suspiria
1977  This Is the Night
1978  Behind Convent Walls
1978  Bye Bye Monkey
1978  Where Are You Going on Holiday?
1979  Adoption
1980  Il resto del Pap'occhio
1980  In the Pope's Eye
1981  Bianco, rosso e Verdone
1981  The Mystery of Oberwald
1982  Beyond the Door
1982  Tenebre
1982  The Roaring Forties
1983  The General of the Dead Army
1984  Bianca
1985  La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
1985  Police
1985  Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?
1986  The Fugitives
1987  Big
1988  Priceless Beauty
1989  Splendor
1989  Vanille fraise
1989  What Time Is It?
1990  Reversal of Fortune
1990  The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990  Voyage in Time
1992  Cyber Eden
1992  Single White Female
1993  Mario, Maria and Mario
1994  Monkey Trouble
1995  Kiss of Death
1996  Before and After
1996  Jaguar
1998  Desperate Measures
1998  The Dinner Game
1999  Titus
2001  Il gioco
2001  The Closet
2002  La regina degli scacchi
2002  Murder by Numbers
2002  Ti voglio bene Eugenio
2003  Ruby & Quentin
2007  Hidden Love
2010  Natale in Sudafrica
2010  Oceans
2011  My Friends: How It All Began
2012  Dracula 3D
2013  How Strange to be Named Federico
2015  Amnesia
2016  A Jew Must Die
2017  False Confessions
2017  Il padre di mia figlia
????  Radiografia della miseria

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Director of Photography:
1973  Diary of a School Teacher

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