Mauro Fiore (born November 15, 1964) is an

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cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He was born in

Marzi, Calabria Marzi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Notable people * Mauro Fiore, Italian-American cinematographer * Stanley Tucci, American actor and filmmaker, has his origins in Marzi See also ...

and moved to the US with his family in 1971. He attended

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in Palatine, Illinois, and graduated in 1982. He started off pursuing a career in sociology but was captivated by photography and art. He went on to receive his

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from

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in 1987 and moved to Los Angeles to jumpstart his career. Fiore won the

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at the

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for his work on the 2009 film ''Avatar''. Previously, he worked on the films ''

Training Day ''Training Day'' is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers over a 24-hour period in the gang- ...

'', '' The Hire: Ticker'', ''

Tears of the Sun ''Tears of the Sun'' is a 2003 American action thriller film depicting a fictitious U.S. Navy SEAL team rescue mission amidst the 21st-century version of the civil war in Nigeria. Lieutenant A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) commands the team sent t ...

'', ''

Smokin' Aces ''Smokin' Aces'' is a 2006 American action comedy film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The film centers on the chase for Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant Robert 'Buddy Aces' Israel (Jeremy Piven), on whom a one-million-dollar bounty ...

'' and '' The Kingdom''. He also worked as cinematographer for the television series '' Tracey Takes On...''. His most recent work was as the director of photography for '' Spider-Man: No Way Home''.

Personal life

Fiore married Christine Vollmer in 2000. They have three children.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiore, Mauro 1964 births Living people People from Calabria People from the Province of Cosenza American cinematographers Columbia College Chicago alumni Italian emigrants to the United States Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners