Tonino Delli Colli

Tonino Delli Colli

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Tonino Delli Colli (20 November 1923 – 16 August 2005) was an Italian cinematographer. Cousin of Franco Delli Colli, Antonio (Tonino) Delli Colli was born in Rome, and began work at Rome's Cinecittà studio in 1938, at the age of sixteen. By the mid-1940s he was working as a cinematographer and in 1952 shot the first Italian film in colour, Totò a colori. He went on to work with a number of acclaimed and diverse directors including, Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America), Roman Polanski (Death and the Maiden and Bitter Moon), Louis Malle (Lacombe, Lucien), Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose), and Federico Fellini, whose last three films he photographed. His collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini was especially fruitful: they made twelve films together, including Pasolini's debut Accattone (1961), Mamma Roma (1962), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), The Decameron (1971), The Canterbury Tales (1972) and Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1976). His last film was Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful (1997), for which he won his fourth David di Donatello for Best Cinematography. In 2005 he was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers' International Achievement Award. In August of the same year, he died at home in Rome. Tonino Delli Colli died from a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 81 in Rome, Italy. In 2005, Delli Colli was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th annual Camerimage Film Festival in Łódź, Poland.  

Camera

2025

120 Days of Sodom Literally

Director of Photography

1997

Life Is Beautiful

Director of Photography

1994

Death and the Maiden

Director of Photography

1992

Bitter Moon

Director of Photography

1991

Especially on Sunday

Director of Photography

1991

A Simple Story

Director of Photography

1990

The African Woman

Director of Photography

1990

The Voice of the Moon

Director of Photography

1988

Stradivari

Director of Photography

1987

Intervista

Director of Photography

1986

The Name of the Rose

Director of Photography

1986

Ginger and Fred

Director of Photography

1984

The Future Is Woman

Director of Photography

1984

Once Upon a Time in America

Director of Photography

1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Director of Photography

1981

Ghost of Love

Director of Photography

1980

Sunday Lovers

Director of Photography

1980

I'm Photogenic

Director of Photography

1979

Dear Father

Director of Photography

1979

Lovers and Liars

Director of Photography

1978

Blood Feud

Director of Photography

1978

First Love

Director of Photography

1977

The New Monsters

Director of Photography

1977

Beach House

Director of Photography

1977

The Purple Taxi

Director of Photography

1977

Lost Soul

Director of Photography

1976

Dear Michele

Director of Photography

1976

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Director of Photography

1975

Seven Beauties

Director of Photography

1974

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Director of Photography

1974

The Walls of Sana'a

Director of Photography

1974

Lacombe, Lucien

Director of Photography

1973

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears

Director of Photography

1972

The Master Touch

Director of Photography

1972

The Canterbury Tales

Director of Photography

1971

Homo Eroticus

Director of Photography

1971

The Decameron

Director of Photography

1970

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

Director of Photography

1970

Operation Snafu

Director of Photography

1969

Pigsty

Director of Photography

1969

Love Circle

Director of Photography

1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

Director of Photography

1968

Spirits of the Dead

Director of Photography

1968

Caprice Italian Style

Director of Photography

1968

What Are the Clouds?

Director of Photography

1968

The Day of the Owl

Director of Photography

1967

Ghosts, Italian Style

Director of Photography

1967

China Is Near

Director of Photography

1966

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Director of Photography

1966

Target for Killing

Director of Photography

1966

The Sultans

Director of Photography

1966

The Hawks and the Sparrows

Director of Photography

1965

The Mandrake

Director of Photography

1965

The Double Bed

Director of Photography

1965

The Camp Followers

Director of Photography

1965

Love Meetings

Director of Photography

1965

1964

Extraconiugale

Director of Photography

1964

Amori pericolosi

Director of Photography

1964

1963

The Executioner

Director of Photography

1963

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

Director of Photography

1962

Mamma Roma

Director of Photography

1961

Accattone

Director of Photography

1961

The Thief of Baghdad

Director of Photography

1959

Poor Millionaires

Director of Photography

1959

L'amico del giaguaro

Director of Photography

1959

First Love

Director of Photography

1957

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl

Director of Photography

1957

Seven Hills of Rome

Director of Photography

1957

Oh! Sabella

Director of Photography

1957

Poor But Beautiful

Director of Photography

1956

Donatella

Director of Photography

1955

It Happened in the Penitentiary

Director of Photography

1955

The White Angel

Director of Photography

1954

Night of Love

Director of Photography

1952

Toto and the Women

Director of Photography

1952

Totó in color

Director of Photography

1951

Toto the Third Man

Director of Photography

1951

Milano miliardaria

Director of Photography

1950

The Promise

Director of Photography

1950

Alina

Director of Photography

Acting

2006

2003

2003

1987

Intervista

Tonino Delli Colli (uncredited)

1980

I'm Photogenic

Director of Photography (uncredited)

Infos

Full Name
Tonino Delli Colli
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
11/20/1922
Date of Death
8/16/2005
Also Known As

Antonio Delli Colli