Pasqualino De Santis

Pasqualino De Santis
Born	Pasquale De Santis (1927-04-24)24 April 1927 Fondi, Latina, Italy
Died	Ukraine
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1950 - 1996

Pasqualino De Santis (24 April 1927 - 23 June 1996) was an Italian cinematographer.

Biography

Born at Fondi, he was the brother of film director Giuseppe De Santis. They worked together in Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi, Uomini e lupi (1956), La strada lunga un anno (1958) and La garçonnière (1960).

He collaborated with Francesco Rosi in C'era una volta (1967), Uomini contro (1970), Il caso Mattei (1972), Lucky Luciano (1974), Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1979), Tre fratelli (1981), Carmen (1984), Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987), Diario napoletano (1992) and La tregua (1996), filmed in Ucrany, where he died.

He worked with Luchino Visconti (La caduta degli dei, 1969; Death in Venice, 1971; Conversation piece, 1974; L'Innocente, 1976), Federico Fellini (Block notes di un regista, 1969), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (The Honey Pot, 1966), Vittorio De Sica (Amanti, 1968), Joseph Losey (The Assassination of Trotsky, 1972), Carlo Lizzani (Torino nera, 1972), Robert Bresson (Lancelot du Lac, 1974; Le diable probablement, 1977; L'Argent, 1982), Ettore Scola (A Special Day), 1977; La terrazza, 1980), Giuliano Montaldo (Marco Polo, 1982).

Awards

Winner of an Academy Award for his work with Franco Zeffirelli in Romeo and Juliet. BAFTA and Nastro d'Argento winner for Death in Venice. He won 2 David di Donatello for Tre Fratelli and Carmen.

External links

• Pasqualino De Santis at the Internet Movie Database