Occupation Cinematographer Years active 1950 - 1996 | Name Pasqualino Santis Role Cinematographer | |
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Full Name Pasquale De Santis Born 24 April 1927 ( 1927-04-24 ) Fondi, Latina, Italy Died June 23, 1996, Lviv, Ukraine Siblings Giuseppe De Santis, Lucio De Santis Parents Oreste De Santis, Teresa Goduti Movies Romeo and Juliet, Death in Venice, A Special Day, The Damned, Conversation Piece Similar People Ruggero Mastroianni, Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Francesco Rosi, Giuseppe De Santis | ||
Romeo and Juliet Wins Cinematography: 1969 Oscars
Pasqualino De Santis (24 April 1927 - 23 June 1996) was an Italian cinematographer.
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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 Ukraine, 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 (Fellini: A Director's Notebook, 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.