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Vittorio Storaro

Born June 24, 1940 · Rome, Lazio, Italy (age 86)

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, W…

Known For

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now · 1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor · 1987

The Last Emperor

MovieDramaHistory

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Malicious

Malicious · 1973

A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.

Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris · 1972

Last Tango in Paris

MovieDramaRomance

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke · 1985

MovieAdventureComedy

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

Rifkin's Festival

Rifkin's Festival · 2020

Rifkin's Festival

MovieComedyRomance

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.

Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning · 2004

Exorcist: The Beginning

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky · 1990

The Sheltering Sky

MovieDramaAdventure

An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now · 1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Director of Photography

The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor · 1987

The Last Emperor

MovieDramaHistory

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Director of Photography

Malicious

Malicious · 1973

A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.

Director of Photography

Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris · 1972

Last Tango in Paris

MovieDramaRomance

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Director of Photography

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke · 1985

MovieAdventureComedy

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

Director of Photography

Rifkin's Festival

Rifkin's Festival · 2020

Rifkin's Festival

MovieComedyRomance

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.

Director of Photography

Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning · 2004

Exorcist: The Beginning

Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

Director of Photography

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky · 1990

The Sheltering Sky

MovieDramaAdventure

An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

Director of Photography

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy · 1990

MovieAdventureComedy

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Director of Photography

Wonder Wheel

Wonder Wheel · 2017

MovieDramaRomance

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

Director of Photography

Café Society

Café Society · 2016

MovieComedyDrama

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

Director of Photography

1900

MovieDramaHistory

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Director of Photography

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Tucker: The Man and His Dream · 1988

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

Director of Photography

The Conformist

The Conformist · 1971

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Director of Photography

Little Buddha

Little Buddha · 1993

MovieDramaHistory

After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.

Director of Photography

Coup de chance

Coup de chance · 2023

MovieRomanceDrama

Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled professionally, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris, and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, former classmate Alain, she's immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and grow closer.

Director of Photography

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist · 2005

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.

Director of Photography

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage · 1970

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

MovieHorrorMystery

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.

Director of Photography

New York Stories

New York Stories · 1989

New York Stories

MovieComedyDrama

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Director of Photography

Reds

MovieDramaHistory

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Director of Photography

Luna

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.

Director of Photography

Bulworth

Bulworth · 1998

MovieComedyDrama

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

Director of Photography

One from the Heart

One from the Heart · 1982

One from the Heart

MovieDramaRomance

In a dazzling, dreamlike Las Vegas, longtime couple Hank and Frannie break up on their fifth anniversary and each pursue the fantasy of new love over one neon-soaked night—he with a free-spirited acrobat, she with a seductive musician. But as illusion and reality blur, both must decide whether passion or devotion truly defines the heart.

Director of Photography

Submission

Submission · 1976

In wartime France, Pharmacist Eliane begins a torrid affair with her shop assistant Armand, but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk.

Director of Photography

Frank Herbert's Dune

Frank Herbert's Dune · 2000

Frank Herbert's Dune

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

Director of Photography

Peter the Great

Peter the Great · 1986

Peter the Great

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.

Director of Photography

Eneide

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

A 7 part adaptation of the epic tale of Aeneas, written by Virgil as the Roman sequel to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

Director of Photography

Wagner

A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth.

Director of Photography

The Frenzy of Orlando

The Frenzy of Orlando · 1975

The Frenzy of Orlando

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

Tales of knights and princesses, wizards and sorceresses. Featuring an invisibility ring, a hippogriff, and a trip to the moon. Based on a sixteenth-century Italian chivalric poem by Ludovico Ariosto.

Director of Photography