Camillo Bazzoni (29 December 1934 – 8 October 2020) was an Italian cinematographer and film director.

Career

Born in

Salsomaggiore Terme Salsomaggiore Terme ( Salsese: ; Parmigiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' located in the province of Parma, in the region of Emilia-Romagna. Located at the foot of the Apennines, its warm saline waters made this a popular Spa town. History In the ...

, Bazzoni started as camera operator in 1960. From 1967 he worked as cinematographer with, among others,

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller (), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films '' Seven Beauti ...

, Mario Monicelli,

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, Massimo Troisi, and Franco Rossi. He was also a second unit camera operator on

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's ''

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''. After a series of documentaries and short films, in 1968 Bazzoni debuted as a film director with Macaroni Combat, '' Suicide Commando'', and a Spaghetti Western, ''

A Long Ride from Hell ''A Long Ride from Hell'' (Italian: ''Vivo per la tua morte'', lit. "I live for your death") is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film directed by Camillo Bazzoni. It is based on the novel ''Judas Gun'' by Gordon D. Shirreffs. The film was bodybuilder ...

''. He was the younger brother of the director Luigi Bazzoni and the brother-in-law of

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winner

Vittorio Storaro 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 No ...

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* 1934 births 2020 deaths People from Salsomaggiore Terme Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Spaghetti Western directors Italian cinematographers Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub