Ennio Guarnieri

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Ennio Guarnieri
Born(1930-10-12)12 October 1930
Died1 July 2019(2019-07-01) (aged 88)
Licata, Italy
OccupationCinematographer

Ennio Guarnieri (12 October 1930 – 1 July 2019)[1] was an Italian cinematographer.

He was a frequent contributor to the films of Mauro Bolognini and Franco Zeffirelli, and worked on many occasions with Vittorio De Sica, Marco Ferreri and Lina Wertmüller.[2]

Early life

Born in

I giorni contati by Elio Petri. In the late sixties, for his ability to portray actresses, Guarnieri became a trusted cinematographer for stars such as Virna Lisi, Sylva Koscina and Tina Aumont, for which he made extensive use of soft focus, backlight and scrims.[2] His work in Mauro Bolognini's L'assoluto naturale (1969), starring Sylva Koscina, has been referred to as "one of the cornerstones of Italian photography in the sixties".[2]

For his work in Vittorio De Sica's

BAFTA Award
for Best Cinematography.

Guarnieri's first collaboration with Franco Zeffirelli,

Silver Ribbon for best cinematography; he was awarded with a second Silver Ribbon ten years later again with a film directed by Zeffirelli, La traviata.[3]

From the 1980s onward Guarnieri focused on television and advertising.[2]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Cinema: morto Ennio Guarnieri (in Italian)
  2. ^ a b c d e Stefano Masi. Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia, Vol. A-K. Le Mani-Microart'S, 2009. pp. 372–373.
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998.

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