Mario Masini

Born in Savona, Masini grew up in Tuscany and in 1961 he graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.^[2] He started his film career as assistant operator of Vittorio Storaro in Daniele D'Anza's Pugni, pupe e marinai.^[3] He is best known for his association with Carmelo Bene, with whom he collaborated as a cinematographer in all his films, including the Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize winner Our Lady of the Turks; other notable collaborations include Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (notably being the cinematographer of Palme d'Or winner Padre Padrone), Bruno Bozzetto, Giuseppe Ferrara and Vittorio De Sisti.^[2][3][4] In the 1980s Masini retired from the industry to work as a teacher in some Steiner schools, and later moved to Stuttgart.^[2] He reprised his cinema activities in the early 1990s, working mainly in independent and arthouse international productions.^[2]

Masini was also a director of experimental and often surrealist films.^[2] He died on 13 March 2023, at the age of 84.^[2][3]

• Mario Masini at IMDb