Luciano Tovoli, (born 30 October 1936) is an Italian
cinematographer
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and
filmmaker
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. 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
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,
Dario Argento
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,
Ettore Scola
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,
Andrei Tarkovsky
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, and
Julie Taymor
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.
Films that Tovoli has photographed include ''
The Passenger'' (1975), ''
Suspiria'' (1977), ''
Titus
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'' (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
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Plot
New York City softwa ...
'' (1992), ''
Before and After'' (1996), ''
Murder by Numbers
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'' (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
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, starring
Marcello Mastroianni
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and
Anouk Aimée
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.
Filmography
1960s
1970s
1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
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References
External links
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* Luciano Tovoli interview
1936 births
Italian film directors
Italian cinematographers
Living people
David di Donatello winners
People from Massa Marittima
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