Vittorio Storaro Biography (1940-)

Born June 24, 1940 in Rome, Italy; son of Renato (a film projectionist) and Teodolinda (maiden name, Laparelli) Storaro; married Antonia LaFolla, December29, 1966; children: Francesca, Fabrizio, Giovanni. Addresses: Agent:International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer
Birth Details: June 24, 1940; Rome, Italy

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Cinematographer
Etruscologia (short film; also known as Profanatori di tombe), 1961
I Normanni (also known as Attack of the Normans, Conquest of the Normans, Die Normannen, and Les Vikings attaquent), 1962
L'urlo (short film; also known as The Scream), 1965
Sortilegio (short film), 1966
Il labirinto (short film), 1966
Sirtaki (short film), 1966
Rapporto segreto (short film), 1967
Sed Lodge (short film), 1968
Giovinezza, giovinezza (also known as Youthful, Youthful and Youth March), Daniela, 1969
Delitto al circolo del tennis (also known as The Rage Within), 1969
La strategia del ragno (also known as The Spider's Stratagem and The Spider's Strategy), RAI-TV Channel 1/Artificial Eye, 1969
L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (also known as The Bird withthe Crystal Plumage, The Bird with the Glass Feathers, The Gallery Murders, Point of Terror, Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe, and The Phantom of Terror), UM, 1969
Giornata nera per l'ariete (also known as Evil Fingers andThe Fifth Cord), 1971
Il conformista (also known as The Conformist, Le conformiste, and Der Grosse Irrtum), Paramount, 1971
Addio fratello crudele (also known as 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Peccato che sia una puttana), Euro International, 1971
Orlando furioso, RAI-TV Channel 1/NOC, 1971
Corpo d'amore (also known as Body of Love), Julia Cinematografica/Capricorno/RTR, 1971
Last Tango in Paris (also known as Ultimo tango a Parigi and Le dernier tango a Paris), United Artists, 1972
Blu gang vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati (also known as Brothers Blue and The Short and Happy Life of Brothers Blue), 1973
I grandi naif jugoslavi (short film), 1973
Giordano Bruno (also known as Revolt of the City), Euro International, 1973
Malizia (also known as Malicious and Malice), Paramount, 1974
Le orme (also known as Footprints and Primal Impulse), 1974
Identikit (also known as The Driver's Seat and Psychotic), AVCO-Embassy, 1975
1900 (also known as Novecento, 1900--Gewalt, Macht, Leidenschaft, and 1900--Kampf, Liebe, Hoffnung), Paramount/United Artists/Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Scandalo (also known as Submission and Scandal), Joseph Brenner Associates, 1977
Apocalypse Now, United Artists, 1979
Agatha, Warner Bros., 1979
La luna (also known as Luna), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979

Reds, Paramount, 1981
(With Ronald V. Garcia) One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
Ladyhawke, Warner Bros./Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Captain Eo (3-D film shown exclusively at Disney World, Orlando, FL, and Disney Land, Anaheim, CA), 1986
Ishtar, Columbia, 1987
The Last Emperor (also known as L'ultimo imperatore and Le dernier empereur), Columbia, 1987
Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Paramount, 1988
"Life without Zoe," New York Stories, Touchstone, 1989
Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990
The Sheltering Sky (also known as Il te nel deserto), Warner Bros., 1990
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (documentary), 1992
Little Buddha, Miramax, 1994
Flamenco (also known as Flamenco (de Carlos Saura)), Juan Lebron Productions, 1995
Taxi, TF1 International, 1996
Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
Tango (also known as Tango, no me dejes nunca), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
Picking Up the Pieces, 1999
Mirka, 1999
Goya (also known as Goya a Bordeaux, Goya en Burdeosand Goya in Bordeaux), Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
Zapata--El sueno del heroe, Victeocine, 2004
Exorcist: The Beginning, Warner Bros., 2004
Film Appearances
Bertolucci secondo il cinema (also known as The Cinema According to Bertolucci and The Making of "1900"), 1975
(Uncredited) TV photographer, Apocalypse Now, United Artists, 1979
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (documentary), American Film Institute, 1993
Kueloenboezoe helyek (also known as Different Places), 1995
Ljuset haaller mig saellskap (also known as Light Keeps Me Company), First Run, 2000
Una giornata con Paco Rabal, Horizon, 2001
Television Cinematographer
Miniseries
Orlando Furioso, 1975
Wagner, 1983
Peter the Great, NBC, 1986
Dune (also known as Duna, Frank Herbert's Dune, Frank Herbert's Dune - Der Wustenplanet and Der Wustenplanet), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000
Movies
Eneide (also known as Avventure di Enea and Il lungo viaggio di Enea), 1974
Specials
"Tosca from Rome," Great Performances, PBS, 1993
La Traviata (also known as La Traviata a Paris), PBS, 2000
Television Appearances
Specials
The 54th Annual Academy Awards, 1982
Omnibus, ABC, 1988
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (documentary), Showtime, 1991
Glorious Technicolor, TCM, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, 4th edition, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

Film Comment, September/October, 1989, p. 46
Film Quarterly, Winter, 1994, p. 2

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