Roberto Gerardi
Roberto Gerardi (18 October 1919 – 1995) was an Italian cinematographer.
Born in Rome, Gerardi began his career as an assistant of Carlo Montuori, then pursued his career as an assistant operator of Anchise Brizzi, with whom he worked in one of the masterpieces of neorealism, Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine.[1] He made his debut as a cinematographer in 1957 with the film I colpevoli by Turi Vasile, in which he experienced an innovative camera system, with the simultaneous use of three cameras to frame different cuts of long shots.[1]
After having accompanied
The seventies marked the beginning of the decline of his career, that started to be orientated to more popular and less ambitious productions;[1] during these years he regularly worked with the directors Fernando Di Leo and Giorgio Capitani.
References
- ^ ISBN 88-8012-387-4.
External links
- Roberto Gerardi at IMDb