Dante Spinotti

Dante Spinotti
Born	(1943-08-22) August 22, 1943 Tolmezzo, Italy

Dante Spinotti, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born August 22, 1943) is an Italian cinematographer and a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Biography

Spinotti was born in Tolmezzo, Italy. Among the more notable films he has worked on are The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, and L.A. Confidential. Spinotti also was the cinematographer for Brett Ratner's films, such as Red Dragon (2002), After the Sunset (2004), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).

Spinotti has the distinction of being the cinematographer on both film versions of author Thomas Harris' Red Dragon: Michael Mann's 1986 adaptation (titled Manhunter), and Brett Ratner's 2002 adaptation (which retains the novel's original title). He recently won the Golden Camera 300 award at the Manaki brothers film festival in Macedonia for lifetime achievement.

Filmography

• I Nicotera (1972) (TV series)
• Tracce sulla neve (1975) (TV)
• La Disubbidienza (1981)
• Sogno di una notte d'estate (1983)
• I Paladini - storia d'armi e d'amori (1983)
• Cenerentola '80 (1983)
• Sotto... sotto... strapazzato da anomala passione (1984)
• Il Quartetto Basileus (1984)
• Così parlò Bellavista (1984)
• The Berlin Affair (1985)
• Fotografando Patrizia (1985)
• Crimes of the Heart (1986)
• Manhunter (1986)
• Choke Canyon (1986)
• Aria (1987) (segment "Die tote stadt")
• From the Hip (1987)
• Beaches (1988)
• La leggenda del santo bevitore (1988)
• Fair Game (1988)
• Illegally Yours (1988)
• Torrents of Spring (1989)
• The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
• Una Vita scellerata (1990)
• Frankie and Johnny (1991)
• Hudson Hawk (1991)
• True Colors (1991)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
• La Fine è nota (1993)
• The Secret of the Old Woods (1993)
• Nell (1994)
• Blink (1994)
• Heat (1995)
• The Star Maker (L'Uomo delle stelle) (1995)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Goodbye Lover (1998)
• The Insider (1999)
• The Other Sister (1999)
• The Family Man (2000)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• Bandits (2001)
• Pinocchio (2002)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• After the Sunset (2004)
• Prison Break (Pilot, 2005) (TV series)
• The Contract (2006)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• The Tourist (2007)
• Slipstream (2007)
• Women's Murder Club (2007) (TV series)
• Flash of Genius (2008)
• Deception (2008)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
• Tower Heist (2011)
• Rogue (TV film) (2012)
• Vino dentro (2013)
• Hercules (2014)
• Freak Show (2016)

External links

• Dante Spinotti at the Internet Movie Database
• Quality screengrabs of Dante Spinotti's fine cinematography on Manhunter (1986)
• Profile at New York Times
• Profile at American Cinematographer
• Interview for International Cinematographers Guild
• Interview for LightTools