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Marco Pontecorvo is a Director, Scénariste à l'image, Director of Photography and Cinematography Italien born on 8 november 1966 at Rome (Italie)
Marco Pontecorvo (Rome, November 8, 1966) is an Italian cinematographer.
Marco Pontecorvo was initially interested in black and white photography, but eventually became a cinematographer like his father Gillo Pontecorvo.
He debuted in 1997 as director of photography for the film In sailing in the wrong direction. Some of his most famous works are Rome, The Last Legion, Letters to Juliet and Game of Thrones.
He has also directed films. His first film Pa-ra-da received several award nominations, including the Silver Ribbon for the best debutant director and the David di Donatello for Best Debut Director, and won the Pasinetti Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival and the Francis Laudadio Award for Best First Feature at the Bari International Film Festival.
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Marco Pontecorvo
Marco Pontecorvo (Rome, November 8, 1966) is an Italian cinematographer.
Marco Pontecorvo was initially interested in black and white photography, but eventually became a cinematographer like his father Gillo Pontecorvo.
He debuted in 1997 as director of photography for the film In sailing in the wrong direction. Some of his most famous works are Rome, The Last Legion, Letters to Juliet and Game of Thrones.
He has also directed films. His first film Pa-ra-da received several award nominations, including the Silver Ribbon for the best debutant director and the David di Donatello for Best Debut Director, and won the Pasinetti Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival and the Francis Laudadio Award for Best First Feature at the Bari International Film Festival.
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Filmography of Marco Pontecorvo (16 films)
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Le Courage de vaincre (2016)
, 1h40Directed by Marco Pontecorvo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Adriano Giannini, Yann Gael, Nino Frassica, Serena Rossi
Rating61%
Ex-champion de boxe à l’avenir prometteur, Rocco quitte la compétition après avoir été injustement disqualifié. Quinze ans plus tard, entraîneur à la dérive, il découvre par hasard le potentiel de Ben, un jeune sénégalais. Lors des séances d'entraînement dans son gymnase, les performances du jeune homme réveillent en Rocco une envie de revanche. Une seconde chance pour remporter le titre de Champion d'Europe qui lui a échappé. Seulement Ben, lui, n'est pas italien. Et il a d'autres plans en tête.
Pa-ra-da (2008)
Directed by Marco Pontecorvo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Jalil Lespert, Daniele Formica
Rating69%
Miloud Oukili, arrivé à Bucarest en 1992, essaie avec difficulté d'aider les "boskettari", ces enfants de la rue, orphelins ou jeunes ayant fui leur maison. Il les aide à s'éloigner de la vie de la rue, de la prostitution, de la drogue (ils sniffent habituellement de la colle ou de la peinture) et réussit à organiser des spectacles clownesques et à faire sourire ces enfants de la rue. Miloud, cependant, ne parvient pas à terminer son travail, car il reste encore beaucoup de garçons et filles qui ont besoin de lui.
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Le Courage de vaincre (2016)
, 1h40Directed by Marco Pontecorvo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Adriano Giannini, Yann Gael, Nino Frassica, Serena Rossi
Rating61%
Ex-champion de boxe à l’avenir prometteur, Rocco quitte la compétition après avoir été injustement disqualifié. Quinze ans plus tard, entraîneur à la dérive, il découvre par hasard le potentiel de Ben, un jeune sénégalais. Lors des séances d'entraînement dans son gymnase, les performances du jeune homme réveillent en Rocco une envie de revanche. Une seconde chance pour remporter le titre de Champion d'Europe qui lui a échappé. Seulement Ben, lui, n'est pas italien. Et il a d'autres plans en tête.
Pa-ra-da (2008)
Directed by Marco Pontecorvo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Jalil Lespert, Daniele Formica
Roles Screenstory
Rating69%
Miloud Oukili, arrivé à Bucarest en 1992, essaie avec difficulté d'aider les "boskettari", ces enfants de la rue, orphelins ou jeunes ayant fui leur maison. Il les aide à s'éloigner de la vie de la rue, de la prostitution, de la drogue (ils sniffent habituellement de la colle ou de la peinture) et réussit à organiser des spectacles clownesques et à faire sourire ces enfants de la rue. Miloud, cependant, ne parvient pas à terminer son travail, car il reste encore beaucoup de garçons et filles qui ont besoin de lui.
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Fading Gigolo (2013)
, 1h38Directed by John Turturro
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about Jews and Judaism, Erotic thriller films
Actors Liev Schreiber, John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sofía Vergara, Sharon Stone, Vanessa Paradis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Dr. Parker, a wealthy dermatologist, mentions to her patient Murray that she and a woman friend, Robbie, wish to experience a ménage à trois and asks if he knows a willing man. Murray, whose used bookstore has failed, convinces his friend and former employee Fioravante to take the gig, as both are short of money. Soon, they build a thriving gigolo trade with Murray as the pimp. Murray lives with Othella and her children, one of whom gets head lice. Murray takes the boy to Avigal, the attractive widow of a Hassidic rabbi, for treatment.
Letters to Juliet (2010)
, 1h45Directed by Gary Winick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael García Bernal, Franco Nero, Luisa Ranieri
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is a young American woman who works for The New Yorker as a fact checker. She goes on a pre-honeymoon with her chef fiancé Victor (Gael García Bernal) to Verona, Italy. Victor is unmoved by the romance of Italy and uses his time to research his soon-to-open restaurant, often neglecting Sophie. Sophie accidentally discovers an unanswered "letter to Juliet" by a Claire Smith from 1957, one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard that are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet". She answers it and within a week the now elderly Claire (Vanessa Redgrave) arrives in Verona with her handsome barrister grandson Charlie (Christopher Egan). Claire and Sophie take an instant liking to each other, but Charlie and Sophie do not get along.
My One and Only (2009)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Mark Rendall, Eric McCormack, Chris Noth, Troy Garity
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In New York City in 1953, Ann Deveraux lives with her bandleader husband Danny, their 15-year-old son George, and Ann's somewhat older effeminate son Robbie. Ann does not seem very interested in her children's lives; she does not even remember which school they attend. After catching Danny in yet another affair, Ann, fed up, tells him she is leaving him and taking the children with her. She removes cash from her safe deposit box and sends George out with it to buy a Cadillac. The salesmen are suspicious, but Ann drops by later herself.
The Last Legion (2007)
, 1h42Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ben Kingsley, Edgar Givry, Aishwarya Rai, Peter Mullan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
The film is narrated by Ambrosinus, native to Britain, who knows of a legend concerning the sword of Julius Caesar, which was hidden away from evil men. It begins shortly before the coronation of Romulus Augustulus as Emperor in 475.
Firewall (2006)
, 1h44Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Sécurité informatique
Actors Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Patrick, Robert Forster
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
The film opens with Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) leaving his house, loving wife Beth (Virginia Madsen) and two children, to his job at Landrock Pacific Bank in downtown Seattle. The day goes smoothly until Jack is visited by a collection agency, claiming that he owes $95,000 in debts to their online gambling site. He trusts a colleague to take care of it (as he is convinced of some form of identity theft, which is later found out to be true and used to later set up Jack with a motive for robbing the bank) and goes out for dinner with colleague Harry Romano (Robert Forster) and potential employer, Bill Cox (Paul Bettany). After the meal, Harry leaves in a taxi and Jack gets in his car. Unexpectedly, Cox follows him into the back seat. Cox then goes on to tell Jack that his family is being held hostage at their home to ensure Jack's cooperation. He then points a gun to Jack's head and forces him to drive home.
Eros (2004)
, 1h46Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar-wai, Michelangelo Antonioni
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Gong Li, Alan Arkin, Robert Downey Jr., Christopher Buchholz, Tien Feng, Chang Chen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
The Hand Miss Hua, a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl is visited by a shy dressmaker's assistant Zhang, to take her measure. He hears the sounds of sex, as he waits in her living room. He is drawn towards her but there is no meeting ground between the two individuals from completely different classes. She summons him when her client leaves. She tells him, she will supply him with an aid to his memory. He will think about her while designing her clothes, she says.
The Truce (1997)
, 2h5Directed by Francesco Rosi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors John Turturro, Rade Šerbedžija, Massimo Ghini, Stefano Dionisi, Roberto Citran, Claudio Bisio
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Although liberated on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of Italian former prisoners of war from the Italian Army in Russia. His long railway journey home to Turin took him on a circuitous route from Poland, through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany.
Physical Jerks (1997)
Genres Comedy
Actors Valerio Mastandrea, Antonio Catania, Maurizio Mattioli, Pierfrancesco Favino, Manrico Gammarota, Ugo Conti
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
A Month by the Lake (1995)
, 1h32Directed by John Irvin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli, Alessandro Gassmann
Roles Camera Operator
Rating61%
In 1913, spinster Miss Bentley (Vanessa Redgrave) enjoyed spending her summer holiday in Lake Como, Italy, with her father before World War I. The year is now 1937, and her father has recently died. To clear the air, she returns to Lake Como on her own to spend a month's summer holiday.
Honeymoon Trips (1995)
Directed by Carlo Verdone
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Claudia Gerini, Carlo Verdone, Veronica Pivetti, Manuela Arcuri
Roles Camera Operator
Rating66%
The Palermo Connection (1990)
, 1h40Directed by Francesco Rosi
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors James Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland, Vittorio Gassman, Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi
Roles Assistant Camera
Rating56%
Carmine Bonavia is elected mayor of New York City on the issue of drug legalization. After the election, he marries and travels to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon where he encounters men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.