Marcello Gatti
Marcello Gatti
Biography
Marcello Gatti (Rome, February 9, 1924 - Rome, November 26, 2013) was an Italian cinematographer. He was one of Italy's most important cinematographers. During his long career, he won five Nastri d'argento, photographed two Oscar-nominated films The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo and The Four Days of Naples by Nanni Loy, and another Palme d'Or at Cannes Chronicle of the Embers years; he worked among others with Roman Polanski, Carlo Lizzani, George Pan Cosmatos and Giancarlo Giannini, who chose him for his directorial debut with Ternosecco. The film for which he is often remembered is The Battle of Algiers (1966), which won the Golden Lion at Venice and had three Oscar nominations, standing out precisely because of a memorable black-and-white, grainy, documentary photography inspired by the style of cinéma vérité [2] that Gatti had already begun to elaborate in Nanni Loy's Le quattro giornate di Napoli (1962), also nominated for an Oscar. With Pontecorvo he also shot Queimada and Ogro. After the success of The Battle of Algiers Roman Polański entrusted him with his 1972 Italian film Che?, starring Marcello Mastroianni. Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina brought him back to Algeria to make Chroniques des années de braise, Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1975. Among the more than 150 films he worked on were several poliziotteschi, including Mark the Policeman and The Police Have Their Hands Tied; thrillers such as The Black-Bellied Tarantula; and comedies such as Mr. Robinson, Monstrous Story of Love and Adventure, Bluff - A Tale of Swindles and Swindlers, and Three Tigers vs. Of the five Nastri d'Argento he obtained, two he won in the same year, 1970, taking the prize both in the black and white category for Ansano Giannarelli's Sierra Maestra and in the color category for Enrico Maria Salerno's Anonimo veneziano. Remaining of his television work are Nanni Loy's Specchio segreto; scripts with Gianni Morandi such as Voglia di cantare; the fifth and sixth series of the crime thriller La piovra with Vittorio Mezzogiorno's poignant farewell; Carlo Lizzani's Assicurazione sulla morte; and Moses with Burt Lancaster. Always close to the ideals of the left, Gatti was arrested in 1943 for defacing a portrait of Mussolini on the walls of Cinecittà, being sentenced to five years in prison, later changed to confinement; and in 1968 he occupied the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia with students and other Italian film personalities such as Marco Bellocchio and Bernardo Bertolucci. He was a longtime president of the Italian Association of Cinematographers (Aic).
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Camera
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-02-09 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Crew

1990

Venere Paura Director of Photography

1989

Venetian Red Director of Photography

1988

Una vittoria (TV) Director of Photography

1987

Ternosecco Director of Photography

1985

Inganni Director of Photography

1982

Sandstorm Assistant Director of Photography

1982

Gian Burrasca Assistant Camera

1982

Delitti, amore e gelosia Director of Photography

1981

The Salamander Director of Photography

1979

Operation Ogre Director of Photography

1979

La carica delle patate Director of Photography

1978

Break Up Director of Photography

1977

Three Tigers Against Three Tigers Director of Photography

1976

Moses the Lawgiver Director of Photography

1976

Mr. Robinson Director of Photography

1976

The Con Artists Director of Photography

1976

Chi dice donna, dice donna Director of Photography

1975

Love Under the Elms Director of Photography

1975

Killer Cop Director of Photography

1975

Chronicle of the Years of Fire Director of Photography

1975

Blood, Sweat and Fear Director of Photography

1974

Moses the Lawgiver Director of Photography

1973

Massacre in Rome Director of Photography

1973

Amore e ginnastica Director of Photography

1973

Family Killer Director of Photography

1972

The Hassled Hooker Director of Photography

1972

What? Director of Photography

1972

Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome Director of Photography

1971

The Black Belly of the Tarantula Director of Photography

1971

Sin Director of Photography

1971

Bastard, Go and Kill Director of Photography

1970

The Anonymous Venetian Director of Photography

1970

So Long Gulliver Director of Photography

1969

Burn! Director of Photography

1969

What Did Stalin Do to Women? Director of Photography

1969

Sierra Maestra Director of Photography

1968

The Protagonists Director of Photography

1967

The Strange Night Director of Photography

1966

The Battle of Algiers Director of Photography

1966

L'Estate Director of Photography

1966

The Tall Women Director of Photography

1966

Ruthless Colt of the Gringo Director of Photography

1965

The Escape Director of Photography

1965

Run for Your Wife Second Unit Director of Photography

1965

I Kill, You Kill Director of Photography

1964

Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa Director of Photography

1964

Summer Frenzy Director of Photography

1963

I cuori infranti Director of Photography

1963

The Attic Director of Photography

1962

The Four Days of Naples Director of Photography

1961

Latin Lovers Director of Photography

1961

A Day for Lionhearts Director of Photography

1961

The Wonders of Aladdin Second Assistant Camera

1960

Il peccato degli anni verdi Camera Operator

1960

Il bell'Antonio Camera Operator

1960

Kapo Camera Operator

1960

Via Tasso Director of Photography

1959

Everyone's in Love Camera Operator

1959

The Big Night Camera Operator

1958

Dangerous Women Camera Operator

1958

Young Husbands Camera Operator

1957

The Window to Luna Park Camera Operator

1957

Husbands in the City Camera Operator

1956

The Screwball Camera Operator

1955

Toto and Carolina Camera Operator

1955

Courtyard Camera Operator

1954

In amore si pecca in due Camera Operator

1954

Violenza sul lago Camera Operator

1954

Lacrime d'amore Camera Operator

1953

Cronaca di un delitto Camera Operator

1953

Empty Eyes Camera Operator

1953

Cronaca di un delitto Director of Photography

1952

Abracadabra Camera Operator

1952

I, Hamlet Camera Operator

1951

Position Wanted Camera Operator

1950

Volcano Assistant Camera

1948

William Tell Camera Operator

1943

Document Z-3 Camera Operator

1943

Gli assi della risata Assistant Camera