Gianni Di Venanzo

Gianni Di Venanzo(18 December 1920,Teramo,Abruzzo– 3 February 1966,Rome), was an Italiancinematographer.

Gianni Di Venanzo

Di Venanzo was one of the leading Italian post-war cinematographers with the unique distinction to be part of the neo-realist, post neo-realist and modern schools in Italian Cinema.He collaborated with several notable directors, working onMichelangelo Antonioni'sL'amore in città(Love in the City),Le Amiche(The Girlfriends),Il Grido(The Outcry),La Notte(Night) andL'Eclisse(The Eclipse),Francesco Rosi'sLa sfida(The Challenge),I Magliari(The Magliari),Salvatore Giuliano,Le mani sulla città(Hands Over the City), andIl momento della verità(The Moment of Truth),Federico Fellini's8½andGiulietta degli spiriti(Juliet of the Spirits) andJoseph Losey'sEva.His last film wasJoseph L. Mankiewicz'sThe Honey Pot(1967).

His work with Michelangelo Antonioni, Francesco Rosi and Federico Fellini made him one of the leading European masters of the camera of the middle part of the century.

His career was cut short when he died inRomeof viral hepatitis at the age of 45.

Selected filmography

• The Captain of Venice(1951)
• At the Edge of the City(1953)
• Women and Soldiers(1954)
• Sunset in Naples(1955)
• Big Deal on Madonna Street(1958)
• Silver Spoon Set(1960)
• Il carabiniere a cavallo(1961)
• Bebo's Girl(1963)
• Time of Indifference(1964)
• The 10th Victim(1965)

External links

• Gianni Di VenanzoatIMDb