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Giuseppe Rotunno

Born March 19, 1923 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died February 7, 2021 · aged 97

Giuseppe Rotunno (March 19, 1923 - February 2, 2021) was an Italian cinematographer and frequent collaborator with Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He was nominated for All That Jazz (1979) for Best Cinematography. He was sometimes credited as Peppino Rotunno.

Known For

The Bible: In the Beginning...

The Bible: In the Beginning... · 1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

MovieAdventureHistory

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers · 1960

Rocco and His Brothers

MovieDramaRomance

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Red Sonja

Red Sonja · 1985

MovieAdventureFantasy

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.

The Leopard

The Leopard · 1963

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

Popeye

MovieActionAdventure

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Wolf

MovieHorrorDrama

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry · 1991

Regarding Henry

MovieRomanceDrama

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.

White Nights

White Nights · 1957

MovieDramaRomance

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Filmography

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The Bible: In the Beginning...

The Bible: In the Beginning... · 1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

MovieAdventureHistory

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

Director of Photography

Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers · 1960

Rocco and His Brothers

MovieDramaRomance

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Director of Photography

Red Sonja

Red Sonja · 1985

MovieAdventureFantasy

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.

Director of Photography

The Leopard

The Leopard · 1963

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

Director of Photography

Popeye

MovieActionAdventure

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Director of Photography

Wolf

MovieHorrorDrama

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.

Director of Photography

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry · 1991

Regarding Henry

MovieRomanceDrama

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.

Director of Photography

White Nights

White Nights · 1957

MovieDramaRomance

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Director of Photography

On the Beach

On the Beach · 1959

MovieScience FictionDrama

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?

Director of Photography

All That Jazz

All That Jazz · 1979

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

Director of Photography

Anzio

American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.

Director of Photography

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria · 1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

MovieComedyDrama

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

Director of Photography

Sabrina

Sabrina · 1995

MovieRomanceDrama

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.

Director of Photography

Candy

MovieAdventureComedy

A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.

Director of Photography

The Witches

The Witches · 1967

MovieComedyDrama

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.

Director of Photography

Carnal Knowledge

Carnal Knowledge · 1971

Carnal Knowledge

MovieDramaRomance

Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.

Director of Photography

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · 1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

MovieFantasyAdventure

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Director of Photography

Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead · 1968

Spirits of the Dead

MovieHorrorMystery

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

Director of Photography

Once Upon a Crime

Once Upon a Crime · 1992

Once Upon a Crime

MovieCrimeComedy

On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the dog's mistress is murdered, the travelers become the prime suspects, and Inspector Bonnard is determined to track them all down.

Director of Photography

Love and Anarchy

Love and Anarchy · 1973

Love and Anarchy

MovieRomanceDrama

When his anarchist friend is killed trying to assassinate Mussolini, Tunin decides it's up to him to finish the job. While visiting a brothel, he meets a prostitute named Salome, who agrees to help, as her former boyfriend was also killed by Mussolini. They enlist the aid of another prostitute and hatch an elaborate plan, but as the fateful day quickly approaches, the women have second thoughts.

Director of Photography

Umberto D.

Umberto D. · 1952

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

Camera Operator

The Naked Maja

The Naked Maja · 1958

MovieAdventureDrama

A historical fiction based on the lives of the artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba.

Director of Photography

City of Women

City of Women · 1980

MovieComedyAdventure

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Director of Photography

Boccaccio '70

Boccaccio '70 · 1962

MovieComedyRomance

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.

Director of Photography

Origins of the Mafia

Origins of the Mafia · 1976

Origins of the Mafia

SeriesCrimeDrama

Journey back more than 400 years to 16th century Sicily, where the small Italian islands have fallen victim to corruption, intimidation, extortion, and brutality.

Director of Photography