Tonino Delli Colli
Tonino Delli Colli | |
|---|---|
 Delli Colli in the 1960s | |
| Born | 20 November 1923[1] |
| Died | 16 August 2005 (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
| Years active | 1940–1997 |
| Relatives | Franco Delli Colli (cousin) |
Antonio "Tonino" Delli Colli (20 November 1923 – 16 August 2005) was an Italian cinematographer.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Delli Colli began work at the Cinecittà studio at the age of sixteen.
By the mid-1940s he was working as a cinematographer and shot the first Italian film in colour, Totò a colori. He went on to work with a number of acclaimed and diverse directors including, Sergio Leone, Roman Polanski, Louis Malle, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Federico Fellini, but it was his collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini that proved to be the most fruitful, making together a total of 12 films.
Although Delli Colli did not work regularly with Lina Wertmuller, his cinematography for Seven Beauties (1975) was a major career highlight.
Death
In 2005 he was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers' International Achievement Award.
In August of the same year, he died from a heart attack at the age of 81 in his home in Rome.[1]
In the same year, Delli Colli was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th annual Camerimage Film Festival in Łódź, Poland.
Filmography
Film
Short film
| 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 | Segment of Caprice Italian Style |
| William Wilson | Louis Malle | Segment of Spirits of the Dead | |
| 1980 | Armando's Notebook | Dino Risi | Segment of Sunday Lovers |
| 1991 | Il cane blu | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Segment of Especially on Sunday |
| 1996 | Sanpellegrino Calze | Giuseppe Tornatore |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Gli undici 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 |
Documentary short
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Le mura di Sana | Pier Paolo Pasolini | |
| 1994 | Cento di questi anni | Corrado Farina | |
| 2024 | Der rabe unheimlich | Erik Mariñelarena | With Boyd Estus |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Once Upon a Time in America | Nominated |
| 2005 | American Society of Cinematographers | International Award | Won | |
| Camerimage | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | ||
| 1980 | David di Donatello | Best Cinematography | Camera d'albergo | Nominated |
| 1981 | The Canterbury Tales | Won | ||
| 1986 | Ginger and Fred | Nominated | ||
| 1987 | The Name of the Rose | Won | ||
| 1988 | Intervista | Nominated | ||
| 1990 | The Voice of the Moon | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Marianna Ucrìa | Won | ||
| 1998 | Life Is Beautiful | Won | ||
References
- 1 2 Wingfield, Brian (21 August 2005). "Tonino Delli Colli, Prolific Cinematographer, Dies at 81". The New York Times.