Camillo Bazzoni
Italian cinematographer (1934–2020)
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Camillo Bazzoni (29 December 1934 – 8 October 2020) was an Italian cinematographer and film director.
Career
Born in Salsomaggiore Terme, Bazzoni started as camera operator in 1960.[1] From 1967 he worked as cinematographer with, among others, Lina Wertmüller, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Massimo Troisi, and Franco Rossi. He was also a second unit camera operator on Warren Beatty's Reds.[2]
After a series of documentaries and short films, in 1968 Bazzoni debuted as a film director with Macaroni Combat, Suicide Commandos, and a Spaghetti Western, A Long Ride from Hell.
He was the younger brother of the director Luigi Bazzoni and the brother-in-law of Academy Award winner Vittorio Storaro.[3]
Selected filmography
As director
- Suicide Commandos (1968)
- A Long Ride from Hell (1968)
- Mafia Connection (1970)
- Shadows Unseen (1972)
As screenwriter
- Mafia Connection (1970)
- The Last Desperate Hours (1974)
As cinematographer
- Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967)
- Ernesto (1979)
- Love in First Class (1980)
- Via degli specchi (1982)
- A Joke of Destiny (1983)
- Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984)
- The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)
- The Moro Affair (1986)
- La Bonne (1986)
- Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
- Summer Night (1986)
- Cavalli si nasce (1988)
- Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse (1991)
- Penniless Hearts (1996)
- Rosa and Cornelia (2000)
