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Giuseppe Ruzzolini is a Producer, Director of Photography and Cinematography Italien born on 21 may 1930 at Rome (Italie)

Giuseppe Ruzzolini

Giuseppe Ruzzolini
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Nationality Italie
Birth 21 may 1930 at Rome (Italie)
Death 16 april 2007 (at 76 years)

Giuseppe Ruzzolini (born 21 May 1930) is an Italian cinematographer.

Ruzzolini is known for lensing such films as Stephen King's Firestarter, Oedipus Rex, Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker!, and My Name is Nobody.

Biography

Se formant notamment auprès d'Otello Martelli, Giuseppe Ruzzolini débute comme premier assistant opérateur sur deux films sortis en 1952, dont La Tanière des brigands de Pietro Germi.

Puis il est cadreur sur près de vingt films sortis entre 1957 et 1966, dont Femmes d'un été de Gianni Franciolini (1958) et L'Évangile selon saint Matthieu de Pier Paolo Pasolini (1964).

Son premier film comme chef opérateur est Le Commissaire Maigret à Pigalle de Mario Landi (1966, avec Gino Cervi et Lila Kedrova). Suivent à ce poste une cinquantaine d'autres films italiens ou en coproduction, le dernier sorti en 2001.

En particulier, il retrouve Pasolini à l'occasion de cinq tournages, dont Théorème (1968, avec Terence Stamp et Silvana Mangano) et Les Mille et Une Nuits (1974, avec Ninetto Davoli et Franco Citti).

Parmi ses autres films notables, mentionnons les westerns spaghetti Il était une fois la révolution de Sergio Leone (1971, avec James Coburn et Rod Steiger) et Mon nom est Personne de Tonino Valerii (1973, avec Terence Hill et Henry Fonda), Deux bonnes pâtes de Sergio Citti (1979, avec Vittorio Gassman et Philippe Noiret), ainsi que Le Mal d'aimer de Giorgio Treves (1986, avec Robin Renucci et Isabelle Pasco). Citons aussi le film américain Charlie de Mark L. Lester (1984, avec David Keith et Drew Barrymore).

Durant sa carrière, Giuseppe Ruzzolini obtient trois nominations au Ruban d'argent de la meilleure photographie (sans en gagner), dont une pour Les Mille et Une Nuits précité.

À la télévision, entre 1966 et 1995, il travaille sur deux téléfilms (dont François d'Assise de Liliana Cavani, 1966, avec Lou Castel et Marco Bellochio) et quatre séries (dont la mini-série Verdi de Renato Castellani, 1982, avec Omero Antonutti et Carla Fracci).

Best films

The Four Days of Naples (1962)
(Camera Operator)
Arabian Nights (1974)
(Director of Photography)
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
(Director of Photography)
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
(Camera Operator)
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
(Director of Photography)
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
(Director of Photography)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Giuseppe Ruzzolini (58 films)

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Producer

Cameraman

Body Guards, 1h40
Directed by Neri Parenti
Genres Comedy
Actors Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Megan Gale, Cindy Crawford, Enzo Salvi, Victoria Silvstedt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating42% 2.139192.139192.139192.139192.13919
Fabio Leone and Paolo Pecora are two police officers of Rome which, together with the careless Neapolitan Ciro Marmotta, are fired from the barracks to have scuppered the plan to capture a secret agent. Fortunately the three friends manage to enlist in a guardhouse more specialized, which involves the VIPs protection in Italy and foreign countries, on a visit to Rome. But the three friends, who now also joined Romolo: the scullion of the bodyguards' association, always combine a lot of troubles.
Taste of Life, 1h46
Directed by Enrico Oldoini
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Vieillesse, Road movies
Actors Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Andréa Ferréol, Vittorio Caprioli, Alberto Sorrentino, Nerina Montagnani
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.852622.852622.852622.852622.85262
Two retirees who were been abandoned by their families, Elvio Battistini and Giuseppe Mondardini, tired of spending yet another August in the city, decide to take a "shot of life". Using the car made available by Mondardini, the two decided to go to visit a friend who lives in Bordighera and then to spend a few days in Portofino.
Stregati
Stregati (1986)

Directed by Francesco Nuti
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Ornella Muti, Francesco Nuti, Novello Novelli
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.059143.059143.059143.059143.05914
Firestarter, 1h54
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Actors Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0517653.0517653.0517653.0517653.051765
Andy McGee (David Keith) met his future wife, Vicky Tomlinson (Heather Locklear), in college while they were earning money by participating in an experiment in which they were given a dose of a low-grade hallucinogen called LOT-6. The experiment grants Vicky the ability to read minds; Andy can make people do and believe what he wants, but the effort gives him nosebleeds (the novel revealing them to be "pinprick" hemorrhages). Andy and Vicky went on to get married, and they now have a nine-year-old daughter named Charlene "Charlie" McGee (Drew Barrymore), who can start fires with very little effort.
Treasure of the Four Crowns, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Heist films
Actors Tony Anthony, Gene Quintano, Ana Obregón, Francisco Rabal, Emiliano Redondo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating41% 2.069582.069582.069582.069582.06958
The movie follows J.T. Striker, a Soldier of Fortune (Tony Anthony), who has been hired to assemble a group of professional thieves to retrieve the gems which are hidden inside two of the remaining four Mystical Crowns. Striker braves a mysterious magical cave in which skeletons and spears appear and jump out at him. He discovers a scroll in one of the crowns in the cave, which tells him that the fourth crown had disappeared long ago. He denies that the gems are magical or even valuable. He succumbs to the belief eventually and sets off to find the last two crowns, which are being held inside a heavily guarded compound that is the home of a cult led by the evil Brother Jonas. Striker's team suffers casualties from booby traps as it performs a dangerous acrobatic commando raid on the room where the crowns are kept. Striker retrieves the gems from the two magical crowns, and the magic makes his head literally spin. His face becomes half deformed, like that of Two-Face. Striker shoots fire from his fingers, melting the henchmen, their weapons, and Jonas. After, the film cuts to a shot of a boggy swamp, where a large pile of slimy brown sludge rises from the swampy water. A head like that of a moray eel with crystal blue eyes shoots towards the screen for a 3-D effect, setting up for a sequel that never happened.
Tigers in Lipstick, 1h40
Directed by Luigi Zampa
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel, Monica Vitti, Orazio Orlando, Michele Placido
Roles Director of Photography
Rating45% 2.276672.276672.276672.276672.27667
Dans le sixième épisode « Méfiez-vous de ces deux là », un voleur et sa complice Maria (Monica Vitti), dérobent le collier d’une princesse. Angelo (Michele Placido), son garde du corps profite de l’inconsistance des voleurs pour reprendre à son tour possession des biens et s’enfuir. Maria, exploite alors à fond ses atouts féminins pour reprendre la parure. Elle se déguise en nonne puis, déterminée à récupérer le collier, elle saute dans un train dans lequel elle retrouve Angelo.
Sweetheart
Sweetheart (1977)
, 1h50
Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Agostina Belli, Enzo Cannavale, Lina Volonghi, Mario Pilar, Pina Cei, Carlo Bagno
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0867353.0867353.0867353.0867353.086735
Alfredo, jailed for theft and fraud, after having served the sentence discovers that his wife Adelina no longer wishes to live with him.
Hitch Hike
Hitch Hike (1977)
, 1h44
Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry, David Hess, Joshua Sinclair, Monica Zanchi, Ignazio Spalla
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.39913.39913.39913.39913.3991
Walter Mancini (Nero), an alcoholic reporter, and his wife Eve (Cléry) are on a road trip with a trailer heading back to Los Angeles. Along the way, they pick up a hitch-hiker (Hess) who introduces himself as Adam Konitz. Konitz soon turns out to be a sadistic escapee from an institution for the criminally insane, and he is running from the law after robbing two million dollars with his partners. He takes the couple hostage and orders Eve to head to Mexico. They are soon stopped by two policemen and after Walter attempts to signal them by writing "SOS" on his matchbox, Konitz shoots them both.
Keep It To Yourself!, 1h40
Directed by Nanni Loy, Luigi Comencini, Luigi Magni
Genres Comedy
Actors Nino Manfredi, Monica Vitti, Lino Banfi, Isa Danieli, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Renzo Marignano
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0827953.0827953.0827953.0827953.082795
In a triptych of events (the first directed by Loy, second from Magni, the third by Comencini) are analyzed situations and incidents that have common denominator for sexuality.