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Vittorio StoraroItalian-American cinematographer.
Date of Birth: 24.06.1940
Country:  Italy |
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Biography of Vittorio Storaro
Early Life and CareerVittorio Storaro is an Italian-American cinematographer who has won three Academy Awards. He started learning photography at the age of 11 and at 18, he enrolled in the Italian film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 1962, he began working as a camera operator assistant and in 1969, he shot his first film as a cinematographer, Giovinezza, Giovinezza.
Collaboration with Famous Directors
Vittorio Storaro has collaborated with many renowned film directors throughout his career. He worked with Bernardo Bertolucci for twenty years and shot eight films for him, including The Conformist (1970), Last Tango in Paris (1972), 1900 (1976), and The Last Emperor (1987). In the United States, Storaro is best known for his collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola and Warren Beatty. He won his first Academy Award for Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) and received his second Oscar two years later for Beatty's Reds (1981). Storaro won his third Oscar for The Last Emperor and was nominated again in 1991 for his work in Dick Tracy, although he did not win.
Later Career
In the 1990s, Vittorio Storaro also worked with Carlos Saura. His collaboration with Saura on Tango, one of four films they worked on together, earned him the technical Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Storaro's impressive body of work and his innovative approach to cinematography have established him as one of the most influential and respected cinematographers in the industry.
