Luciano Tovoli

Luciano Tovoli

Born: October 30, 1936
in Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
Luciano Tovoli (born 30 October 1936) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he is considered one of Italy's premier cinematographers, collaborating with numerous acclaimed filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Francis Veber, Dario Argento, Ettore Scola, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Julie Taymor.

Films that Tovoli has photographed include The Passenger (1975), Suspiria (1977), Titus (1999). He has been a longtime collaborator of Barbet Schroeder, having worked with the Iranian-born filmmaker's Reversal of Fortune (1990), Single White Female (1992), Before and After (1996), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008). He is a member of the American, Italian Society of Cinematographers, and an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Cinematographers and the European Federation of Cinematographers.

In 1983, Tovoli directed and cowrote Il Generale dell'armata morte based on a novel by Ismail Kadare, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimée.

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Movies for Luciano Tovoli...

The Gift
Title: The Gift
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2019
Type: Movie
After the release of "Nostalgia", Andrei Tarkovsky runs out his Soviet authorities permission to work abroad: he has to go back home. But he understands from the messages of some friends and colleagues that his life in Russia would be even tougher than before. So he then decides to break with Soviet authorities and, a year before the Milan Conference of 1984 during which he will announce publicly his decision, he leaves his friends that are hosting him in Rome and takes refuge in a secret location.
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Marcello Mastroianni: The Ideal Italian
Title: Marcello Mastroianni: The Ideal Italian
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary about Marcello Mastroianni.
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Title: Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.
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Dario Argento's World of Horror
Title: Dario Argento's World of Horror
Character: Self (Archive)
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Documentary on horror/mystery filmmaker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.
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Dirty Weekend
Title: Dirty Weekend
Character: Tovoli, TV Journalist (uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.
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I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Title: I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A documentary which explores the life and the career of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the greatest Italian directors, through archival footage and interviews.