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Teodoro Maniaci

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Nationality USA

Teodoro Maniaci is an award-winning American cinematographer and documentary director, with dozens of motion pictures and television shows to his credit. While his other films have had many reviews in the business, he is best known to both the movie-going public and film-studies academics as the director of the ex-gay documentary, One Nation Under God.

Usually with

Lodge Kerrigan
Lodge Kerrigan
(2 films)
Michael Benson
Michael Benson
(1 films)
Angus Macfadyen
Angus Macfadyen
(1 films)
Vincent Laresca
Vincent Laresca
(1 films)
Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Teodoro Maniaci (10 films)

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Cameraman

.45
.45 (2006)
, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Aisha Tyler, Stephen Dorff, Sarah Strange, Vincent Laresca
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.7474552.7474552.7474552.7474552.747455
Big Al (Angus Macfadyen), and his girlfriend Kat (Milla Jovovich), are small-time gun dealers in Queens, New York City. They both live in a happy relationship and both sell guns around, while also cleverly avoiding the NYPD and ATF on them. They live in a shabby apartment together. However, Vic (Sarah Strange), a lesbian best friend of Kat who also has a crush on her, doesn't approve of them and hates Big Al.
Inside Deep Throat
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Pornographic
Themes Films about films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Films about pornography, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Political films, Documentary films about films
Actors Dennis Hopper, Peter Bart, Warren Beatty, John Waters, Tony Bill, Gore Vidal
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3471153.3471153.3471153.3471153.347115
Considéré comme le film le plus rentable de tous les temps, Gorge profonde fut bien plus qu'une curiosité pour adultes et une réussite financière. Sorti en 1972, au moment où les Etats-Unis découvraient les mouvements pour la libération sexuelle et les valeurs de la contre-culture, ce film au contenu sexuellement explicite déclencha une tempête sociale et politique sans précédent. Gorge profonde devint un phénomène culturel majeur, dont l'impact se ressent encore aujourd'hui. Plus de trente ans après les scandales provoqués par ce classique du cinéma porno, le documentaire Inside Deep throat examine l'incroyable abîme entre les modestes intentions des créateurs du film et l'héritage qu'ils ont involontairement laissé.
Party Monster
Party Monster (2003)
, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Chloë Sevigny, Wilmer Valderrama, Diana Scarwid, Dylan McDermott
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0985453.0985453.0985453.0985453.098545
Based on the book Disco Bloodbath, by James St. James, the film opens with Michael Alig as a small-town outcast who lived with his mom before moving to New York. Michael learns the New York party scene from James St. James, who teaches him the "rules of fabulousness", which mostly revolve around attracting as much attention to oneself as possible.
The Business of Strangers
The Business of Strangers (2001)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about psychiatry
Actors Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Fred Weller, Marcus Giamatti, Mary Testa, Salem Ludwig
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.147373.147373.147373.147373.14737
Julie Styron (Channing) is a middle-aged businesswoman flying out of town to attend an important meeting. When her CEO contacts her and asks her to meet him for dinner afterward, she worries that her job may be in danger and engages the help of a headhunter named Nick Harris (Fred Weller) to look for a new position. Her mood worsens when her new assistant Paula Murphy (Stiles) is 45 minutes late to the meeting, which as a result goes badly. After its end, Julie fires Paula and they part ways.
The Opportunists
The Opportunists (2000)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Mob film, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Christopher Walken, Peter McDonald, Kate Burton, Donal Logue, Anne Pitoniak, Vera Farmiga
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.851822.851822.851822.851822.85182
The film's protagonist is Victor "Vic" Kelly (Christopher Walken), a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. When a supposed cousin from Ireland visits Vic, the alleged cousin sabotages one of Vic's auto repair jobs, to ensure Vic's desperation and participation in the robbery scheme introduced to Vic by neighborhood resident Pat (Donal Logue).
The Tao of Steve
The Tao of Steve (2000)
, 1h27
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Donal Logue, David Aaron Baker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.346373.346373.346373.346373.34637
Dex (Logue) is an unlikely Lothario - an overweight, thirtysomething part-time kindergarten teacher - who has developed an effective method for seducing women. "The Tao of Steve", Dex's own personal pseudophilosophy on seduction, combines a Taoist outlook with the qualities embodied by TV characters such as Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Steve McGarrett (Hawaii Five-O) and, above all, by the actor Steve McQueen. He meets up with Syd, an old college conquest whom he can't remember, but to whom he is instantly attracted. However, she never forgot him, and is hurt that he got over her so easily. Slowly, Dex subjects Syd to the "Tao of Steve", but Syd is immune to Dex's charms. Gradually, he develops genuine feelings for her.
Claire Dolan
Claire Dolan (1998)
, 1h35
Directed by Lodge Kerrigan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney, Maryann Plunkett, John Doman, Tom Gilroy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.343423.343423.343423.343423.34342
Claire doesn't enjoy the profession at all, but owes her pimp money and must continue to work. She goes to neighboring Newark, New Jersey, where she has a cousin. She takes a job in a salon and forms a relationship with her cousin and Siobhan.
Predictions of Fire
Predictions of Fire (1996)

Directed by Michael Benson
Genres Documentary, Musical
Roles Director of Photography
Rating82% 4.1225654.1225654.1225654.1225654.122565
In 1991, SR Slovenia's violent secession from SFR Yugoslavia marked the first spark in the Yugoslav Wars that defined the first chapter of the post-cold war era. Using an inventive combination of reportage, dramatization, archival footage, animation and miniatures, Predictions of Fire is a revealing study of the controversial and internationally acclaimed Slovenian arts collective NSK, as seen through the lens of 20th century Central European history. Shot in Ljubljana, Moscow, New York, Belgrade, and Athens, this visually arresting film offers a portrait of a culture suspended between East and West. By documenting NSK, Predictions of Fire holds a mirror up to Europe and the world, analyzing the way nations are brought into conformity with ideology.
Clean, Shaven
Clean, Shaven (1995)
, 1h19
Directed by Lodge Kerrigan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Peter Greene
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.494563.494563.494563.494563.49456
The film begins with abstract images and sounds, much like any person with schizophrenia would be accustomed to. Peter Winter has recently been released from a mental institution and upon his release, must try to experience and understand a world that is all but foreign to him.

Team

The Perfect Holiday
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Faizon Love, Terrence Howard, Queen Latifah, Charlie Murphy
Roles Cinematography
Rating48% 2.405982.405982.405982.405982.40598
Benjamin (Chestnut) is an aspiring songwriter who attempts to break into the music business by giving a copy of his recording track of a Christmas album to a rap artist named J-Jizzy (Charles Q. Murphy). Nancy (Union) is a divorced mother, who is too busy taking care of her three children to take care of herself. Her daughter Emily (Khail Bryant) overhears her mother say that she wished for a compliment from a man, and the daughter tells the local mall's Santa Claus about her mother's wish.
.45
.45 (2006)
, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Aisha Tyler, Stephen Dorff, Sarah Strange, Vincent Laresca
Roles Cinematography
Rating54% 2.7474552.7474552.7474552.7474552.747455
Big Al (Angus Macfadyen), and his girlfriend Kat (Milla Jovovich), are small-time gun dealers in Queens, New York City. They both live in a happy relationship and both sell guns around, while also cleverly avoiding the NYPD and ATF on them. They live in a shabby apartment together. However, Vic (Sarah Strange), a lesbian best friend of Kat who also has a crush on her, doesn't approve of them and hates Big Al.
Predictions of Fire
Predictions of Fire (1996)

Directed by Michael Benson
Genres Documentary, Musical
Roles Cinematography
Rating82% 4.1225654.1225654.1225654.1225654.122565
In 1991, SR Slovenia's violent secession from SFR Yugoslavia marked the first spark in the Yugoslav Wars that defined the first chapter of the post-cold war era. Using an inventive combination of reportage, dramatization, archival footage, animation and miniatures, Predictions of Fire is a revealing study of the controversial and internationally acclaimed Slovenian arts collective NSK, as seen through the lens of 20th century Central European history. Shot in Ljubljana, Moscow, New York, Belgrade, and Athens, this visually arresting film offers a portrait of a culture suspended between East and West. By documenting NSK, Predictions of Fire holds a mirror up to Europe and the world, analyzing the way nations are brought into conformity with ideology.