Marco Onorato (18 May 1953 – 2 June 2012) was an Italian

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Biography

He is best known for being the cinematographer of all of

Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968) is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film ''Silho ...

's movies till his death. He won the

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for '' Gomorrah'' and he won a posthumous David di Donatello Award for Best Cinematography for his work in ''

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'' after being nominated for '' The Embalmer'', ''

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'' and '' Gomorrah''. He was the brother of actor and dubber

Glauco Onorato Glauco Onorato (7 December 1936 – 31 December 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor. As an actor and dubber popular with audiences throughout Italy, he was renowned for voicing over nearly all of Bud Spencer's roles as Spencer had a thic ...

. He died on June 2, 2012 after a short illness.

Selected filmography

* ''

I ragazzi di via Panisperna ' (''Via Panisperna Boys'') is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who ...

'' (1989) * '' There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs'' (1990) * '' Terra di mezzo'' (1996) * '' Ospiti'' (1998) * '' The Embalmer'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * '' The Voyage Home'' (2004) * '' Gomorrah'' (2008) * '' Fort Apache Napoli'' (2009) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Cha cha cha'' (2013)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Onorato, Marco 1953 births 2012 deaths David di Donatello winners European Film Award for Best Cinematographer winners Italian cinematographers Film people from Rome People of Sicilian descent