Giuseppe Rotunno

Director Of Photography

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Birth Place

Italy

Born

March 19, 1923

Biography

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Former still photographer who worked as a camera operator for figures such as G.R. Aldo before graduating to director of photography in 1955. Rotunno became one of Europe's leading cinematographers in the 1960s, with his work ranging from the epic, operatic compositions of Visconti's "The Leopard" (1963) to the daguerreotype-influenced style of Monicelli's "The Organizer" (1963). He has ...

Filmography

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Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006)

Ljuset Haller Mig Sallskap (2000)

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember, Yes I Remember (1997)

Cinematographer

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

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All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off With Us

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Without The Benefit Of Dying Herself

Biography

Former still photographer who worked as a camera operator for figures such as G.R. Aldo before graduating to director of photography in 1955. Rotunno became one of Europe's leading cinematographers in the 1960s, with his work ranging from the epic, operatic compositions of Visconti's "The Leopard" (1963) to the daguerreotype-influenced style of Monicelli's "The Organizer" (1963). He has shot several of Fellini's films as well as features directed by Mike Nichols ("Carnal Knowledge" 1971), Bob Fosse ("All That Jazz" 1979) and Terry Gilliam ("The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" 1989).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006)

Ljuset Haller Mig Sallskap (2000)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember, Yes I Remember (1997)

Cinematographer

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Night & the Moment (1994)

Director Of Photography

There's Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1992)

Director Of Photography

Regarding Henry (1991)

Director Of Photography

Once Upon A Crime (1991)

Director Of Photography

The Bachelor (1990)

Director Of Photography

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

Director Of Photography

Leonardo's Dream (1989)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Haunted Summer (1988)

Director Of Photography

Rent-A-Cop (1988)

Director Of Photography

Julia and Julia (1987)

Director Of Photography

Hotel Colonial (1987)

Director Of Photography

Red Sonja (1985)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Assisi Underground (1985)

Director Of Photography

And The Ship Sails On (1984)

Director Of Photography

American Dreamer (1984)

Director Of Photography

Desiderio (1984)

Director Of Photography

The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

Director Of Photography

Bello Mio Bellezza Mia (1982)

Director Of Photography

Five Days One Summer (1982)

Director Of Photography

Rollover (1981)

Director Of Photography

La Citta Delle Donne (1980)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

All That Jazz (1979)

Director Of Photography

The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain (1978)

Director Of Photography

Prova d'Orchestra (1978)

Director Of Photography

Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1977)

Director Of Photography

La Divina Creatura (1975)

Director Of Photography

Amarcord (1974)

Director Of Photography

All Screwed Up (1974)

Director Of Photography

Il Bestione (1974)

Director Of Photography

Love and Anarchy (1973)

Director Of Photography

Man of La Mancha (1972)

Fellini's Roma (1972)

Director Of Photography

Carnal Knowledge (1971)

Director of Photography

Sunflower (1970)

Director of Photography

Fellini Satyricon (1970)

Director of Photography

Spirits of the Dead (1969)

Photographer for "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" or "Toby Dammit"

The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)

Director of Photography

Photographer (see note)

Director of Photography

The Witches (1968)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

The Stranger (1967)

Director of Photography

The Bible...In the Beginning (1966)

Director of Photography

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964)

Director of Photography

The Organizer (1964)

Director of Photography

The Leopard (1963)

Director of Photography

Family Diary (1963)

Director of Photography

Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Photographer for "The Job"

The Best of Enemies (1962)

Director of Photography

The Great War (1961)

Director of Photography

White Nights (1961)

Director of Photography

Rocco and His Brothers (1961)

Director of Photography

Five Branded Women (1960)

Director of Photography

The Angel Wore Red (1960)

Director of Photography

Ghosts in Rome (1960)

Director Of Photography

The Naked Maja (1959)

On the Beach (1959)

Seven Hills of Rome (1958)

The Love Specialist (1958)

Director Of Photography

The Monte Carlo Story (1957)

Director of Photography

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Regarding Henry (1991)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

Dp/Cinematographer

Red Sonja (1985)

Dp/Cinematographer

Dp/Cinematographer

All That Jazz (1979)

Fellini's Roma (1972)

Cinematography (Short)

Toby Dammit (1968)

Cinematographer

Life Events

Videos

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off With Us Sandahl Bergman, already a Broadway regular for director Bob Fosse, is a principal along with Eileen Casey, Bruce Davis, Gary Flannery, many others, with Fosse's own staging, and Roy Scheider the Fosse-based character Joe Gideon, in the tame opening section of the number, the original tune by Stanley Lebowsky and Fred Tobias, leading into the sensational

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Without The Benefit Of Dying Herself Director Bob Fosse gives us Roy Scheider as Fosse-based director Joe Gideon, after a grueling dance rehearsal, editing his film about a dead comic, with Cliff Gorman as Davis Newman, based on Dustin Hoffman, who played the real Lenny Bruce, in Fosse's film Lenny, focused on the famous Bruce routine about death, with Sue Paul and his actual editor, Alan Heim, in the cutting room, in All That Jazz, 1979.

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, On Broadway Joe Gideon is a hedonistic workaholic who knocks back a daily dose of amphetamines to juggle a new Broadway production while editing his new movie, not to mention ex-wife Audrey, steady girlfriend Kate, a young daughter, and various conquests. Joe cannot, however, avoid intimations of mortality from white-clad vision Angelique that lead him to look back at his life as he heads for a near-inevitable coronary.

All That Jazz (1979) — (Movie Clip) A Better Dancer Another pass at director Bob Fosse’s “It’s Showtime” montage with dexedrine leads to a rehearsal where the Fosse figure Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) shreds dancer Victoria (Deborah Geffner), whom he hired in exchange for sex, who then earns some redemption, in All That Jazz, 1979.

Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- (Movie Clip) A Special Quality Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) makes a play for his best friend's girl Susan (Candice Bergen) while on a contrived visit to Smith College in director Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge, 1971.

Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Have A Name Or Something? After a dialogue prologue under the credits, the car confirms the late 1940's period suggested by the music, as two Amherst men (Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel as Jonathan and Sandy) assess then approach Smith College co-ed Susan (Candice Bergen), in director Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge, 1971.

Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- (Movie Clip) What's In It For Her? In the shower at the dorm, Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) presses Sandy (Art Garfunkel) to get more aggressive with his girlfriend, with plenty cursing, in Carnal Knowledge, 1971, from Jules Feiffer's screenplay.

Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- (Movie Clip) You Have A Long Life Line... The first appearance of Bobbie (Ann-Margret) features her on a date with accountant Jonathan (Jack Nicholson), first in a dimly-lit restaurant, with a deliberate artificial technique by director Mike Nichols and cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, then in a Manhattan taxi, in Carnal Knowledge, 1971.

Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Your Life's Work With an artful edit from director Mike Nichols, Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) meet at Central Park about ten years after their college days and resume conversation about females in Carnal Knowledge, 1971, from Jules Feiffer's screenplay.

Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- (Movie Clip) You Never Said That Before! Saved for the ending, Rita Moreno as, we presume, sex-worker Louise receives divorced accountant Jonathan (Jack Nicholson), in what looks like contemporary New York, ending screenwriter Jules Pfeiffer’s story that began in college back in the 1940’s, in director Mike Nichols’ Carnal Knowledge, 1971.

I Compagni (The Organizer) -- (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Know All Your Faces Turin, Italy, striking factory workers stealing coal, their ringleader the professor (Marcello Mastroianni, title character) seeking support, hungry teenage Bianca (Raffaella Carra`) winning the sympathy of a young policeman, in Mario Monicelli's I Compagni, a.k.a. The Organizer, 1964.

I Compagni (The Organizer) -- (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Rice And Turnips Again After a domestic opening, director Mario Monicelli's sequences depicting the working day in a turn-of-the-century textile factory in Turin, worker Pautasso (Folco Lulli) visiting his child, in I Compagni a.k.a. The Organizer, 1964 starring Marcello Mastroianni.

On The Beach - (Original Trailer) After a nuclear war, U.S. sailors stationed in Australia deal with the death of humanity in Stanley Kramer's On The Beach (1959).

Seven Hills of Rome, The - (Original Trailer) Singing star Mario Lanza falls for one girl while chasing another all over The Seven Hills Of Rome (1958).

Naked Maja, The - (Original Trailer) The tempetuous relationship of the Spanish painter Goya and his most famous model, The Naked Maja (1959) starring Ava Gardner.

Family Diary - (Original Trailer) Two brothers separated in childhood lead very different lives in Family Diary (1963) starring Marcello Mastroianni.

Angel Wore Red, The - (Original Trailer) A priest (Dirk Bogarde) and a prostitute (Ava Gardner) fall in love during the Spanish Civil War in The Angel Wore Red (1960).

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