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Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-06-24 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Vittorio Storaro

Biography:

Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940) is an Italian cinematographer widely recognized as one of the best and most influential in Cinema history, for his work on numerous classic films including The Conformist, Apocalypse Now, and The Last Emperor. In the course of over fifty years, he has collaborated with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen and Carlos Saura.

He has received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the films Apocalypse Now (1979), Reds (1981), and The Last Emperor (1987), and is one of three living persons who has won the award three times, the others being Robert Richardson and Emmanuel Lubezki.

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Known For

Acting

2022

2021

2016

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2012

Side by Side as Self

2009

2008

2006

2004

2003

2000

1998

1992

1991

1986

1982

1981

An All Round Maid as Cinematographer (uncredited)

1979

Apocalypse Now as TV Photographer (uncredited)

1975

Abicinema as Self

Camera

2023

Coup de Chance as Director of Photography

2021

The King of All The World as Director of Photography

2020

A Rose in Winter as Director of Photography
Rifkin’s Festival as Director of Photography

2019

A Rainy Day in New York as Director of Photography

2017

Wonder Wheel as Director of Photography

2016

Café Society as Director of Photography

2015

Muhammad: The Messenger of God as Director of Photography

2010

L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo as Director of Photography

2009

I, Don Giovanni as Director of Photography

2007

Caravaggio as Camera Operator

2005

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist as Director of Photography
All the Invisible Children as Director of Photography

2004

Exorcist: The Beginning as Director of Photography
Zapata: The dream of a hero as Director of Photography

2000

Picking Up the Pieces as Director of Photography
Mirka as Director of Photography
Frank Herbert's Dune as Director of Photography

1999

Goya in Bordeaux as Director of Photography

1998

Bulworth as Director of Photography
Tango as Director of Photography

1996

Taxi as Director of Photography

1993

Little Buddha as Director of Photography

1990

The Sheltering Sky as Director of Photography
Dick Tracy as Director of Photography

1989

New York Stories as Director of Photography

1988

Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Director of Photography

1987

The Last Emperor as Director of Photography
Ishtar as Director of Photography

1986

Captain EO as Director of Photography
Peter the Great as Director of Photography

1985

Ladyhawke as Director of Photography

1983

Wagner as Director of Photography

1981

Reds as Director of Photography
One from the Heart as Director of Photography

1979

Apocalypse Now as Director of Photography
Luna as Director of Photography
Agatha as Director of Photography

1976

1900 as Director of Photography
Submission as Director of Photography

1975

Footprints on the Moon as Director of Photography

1974

Identikit as Director of Photography

1973

Brothers Blue as Director of Photography
Malicious as Director of Photography
Giordano Bruno as Director of Photography

1972

Last Tango in Paris as Director of Photography
Body of Love as Director of Photography

1971

'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Director of Photography
The Fifth Cord as Director of Photography
Eneide as Director of Photography

1970

The Conformist as Director of Photography
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage as Director of Photography
The Spider's Stratagem as Director of Photography

1969

Youth March as Director of Photography
The Rage Within as Director of Photography

1966

Our Husbands as Camera Operator

1964

Before the Revolution as Assistant Camera

1962

Attack of the Normans as Camera Operator
Appuntamento in Riviera as Camera Operator

1961

The Laws of War as Assistant Camera
Pugni, pupe e marinai as Camera Operator
His Women as Camera Operator

Crew

2010

Flamenco Flamenco as Cinematography

2007

La traviata in Paris as Cinematography

1975

The Frenzy of Orlando as Cinematography

1963

Un delitto as Cinematography