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Italian cinematographer
Franco Di Giacomo
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Born
| 18 September 1932
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Died
| 30 April 2016 (aged 83)
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Occupation
| Cinematographer
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Franco Di Giacomo
(18 September 1932 ? 30 April 2016) was an Italian cinematographer.
Life and career
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Born in
Amatrice
,
Province of Rieti
, Di Giacomo started his career as assistant of
Aldo Tonti
.
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For many years he worked as an operator, notably collaborating to
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
's
Cleopatra
,
Vittorio De Sica
's
Marriage Italian Style
and
Sergio Leone
's
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
and
Once Upon a Time in the West
.
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Di Giacomo made his debut as a cinematographer in 1970, with
Salvatore Samperi
's
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
.
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In 1983, he won the
David di Donatello
for
Best Cinematography
for
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
's
The Night of the Shooting Stars
.
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[2]
He also worked, among others, with
Nanni Moretti
,
Ettore Scola
,
Marco Bellocchio
,
Michael Radford
,
Bernardo Bertolucci
,
Dino Risi
,
Nikita Mikhalkov
and
Mario Monicelli
.
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In 2000, Di Giacomo received a
Flaiano Prize
for his career.
[3]
In his late years, he was professor of cinematography at the ACT Multimedia Academy in
Cinecitta
.
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He died on 30 April 2016, at the age of 83.
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