Marco Pontecorvo (born November 8, 1966, Rome) is an Italian cinematographer and film director.
Marco Pontecorvo was initially interested in black and white photography, but eventually became a filmmaker like his father
Gillo. He debuted as director of photography on ''In sailing in the wrong direction'' (1997). Some of his best known works are ''
Rome
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'', ''
The Last Legion
''The Last Legion'' is a 2007 historical action adventure film directed by Doug Lefler and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It is based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Valerio Massimo Manfredi. It stars Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya ...
'', ''
Letters to Juliet
''Letters to Juliet'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. This was the final film of director Gary Winick before his death on February ...
'' and ''
Game of Thrones
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''.
He has also directed films. His first film
Pa-ra-da received several award nominations, including
the Silver Ribbon for the best debutant director and the
David di Donatello for Best Debut Director, and won the Pasinetti Award at the 65th
Venice International Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
Marco Pontecorvo - Awards
/ref> and the '' Francis Laudadio Award'' for Best First Feature at the Bari International Film Festival
Bari International Film Festival (Bif&st) is an annual film festival held since 2009 in Bari
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.
Filmography
References
External links
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* http://www.marcopontecorvo.com/
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1966 births
Living people
Italian cinematographers
Italian film directors