Luciano Tovoli
# Luciano Tovoli

Luciano Tovoli, ASC, AIC (born 30 October 1936) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he is considered one of Italy's premier cinematographers, collaborating with numerous acclaimed filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Francis Veber, Dario Argento, Ettore Scola, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Julie Taymor.

Films that Tovoli has photographed include The Passenger (1975), Suspiria (1977), Titus (1999). He has been a longtime collaborator of Barbet Schroeder, having worked with the Iranian-born filmmaker's Reversal of Fortune (1990), Single White Female (1992), Before and After (1996), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008). He is a member of the American, Italian Society of Cinematographers, and an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Cinematographers and the European Federation of Cinematographers.

In 1983, Tovoli directed and cowrote Il Generale dell'armata morte based on a novel by Ismail Kadare, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimée.

## Filmography

### 1960s

| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | Something Like Love | Enzo Muzii | Nominated - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography |
| 1969 | The Uninvited | Vittorio De Seta | |
| 1969 | Four Came to Kill Sartana | Demofilo Fidani | |

### 1970s

| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Rose Spot | Enzo Muzii | |
| 1970 | Tulips of Haarlem | Franco Brusati | |
| 1971 | Io non spezzo... rompo | Bruno Corbucci | |
| 1971 | Down with Your Hands... You Scum! | Demofilo Fidani | Co-cinematographer with Franco Villa |
| 1972 | We Won't Grow Old Together | Maurice Pialat | |
| 1972 | Chung Kuo, Cina | Michelangelo Antonioni | |
| 1972 | La vita in gioco | Gianfranco Mingozzi | |
| 1973 | Dirty Weekend | Dino Risi | |
| 1973 | Bread and Chocolate | Franco Brusati | |
| 1974 | The Peaceful Age | Fabio Carpi | |
| 1975 | Mistress of the Devil | Juan Luis Buñuel | |
| 1975 | L'altro Dio | Elio Bartolini | |
| 1975 | The Passenger | Michelangelo Antonioni | Won - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography |
| 1975 | Weak Spot | Peter Fleischmann | |
| 1975 | The Sunday Woman | Luigi Comencini | |
| 1975 | Snapshot of a Crime | Mario Imperoli | |
| 1976 | The Last Woman | Marco Ferreri | |
| 1976 | The Desert of the Tartars | Valerio Zurlini | |
| 1977 | This Is the Night | Carlo Di Carlo | |
| 1977 | Suspiria | Dario Argento | |
| 1978 | Behind Convent Walls | Walerian Borowczyk | |
| 1978 | Noccioline a colazione | Mario Orfini | |
| 1978 | Bye Bye Monkey | Marco Ferreri | |
| 1978 | Where Are You Going on Holiday? | Mauro Bolognini | Segment: "Sarò tutta per te" |

### 1980s

| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1980 | In the Pope's Eye | Renzo Arbore | |
| 1980 | The Mystery of Oberwald | Michelangelo Antonioni | |
| 1981 | Bianco, rosso e Verdone | Carlo Verdone | |
| 1982 | The Roaring Forties | Christian de Chalonge | |
| 1982 | Beyond the Door | Liliana Cavani | |
| 1982 | Tenebrae | Dario Argento | |
| 1983 | Voyage in Time | Tonino Guerra Andrei Tarkovsky | |
| 1983 | The General of the Dead Army | — | Also director Nominated - CIFF Gold Hugo for Best Feature |
| 1984 | Sweet Body of Bianca | Nanni Moretti | |
| 1985 | Fracchia contro Dracula | Neri Parenti | |
| 1985 | Police | Maurice Pialat | |
| 1985 | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | Georges Lautner | |
| 1986 | Les Fugitifs | Francis Veber | |
| 1987 | Da grande | Franco Amurri | |
| 1988 | Priceless Beauty | Charles Finch | |
| 1989 | Splendor | Ettore Scola | Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Cinematography Won - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography |
| 1989 | What Time Is It? | Ettore Scola | Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Cinematography |
| 1989 | Vanille fraise | Gérard Oury | |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Captain Fracassa's Journey | Ettore Scola | Won - David di Donatello for Best Cinematography |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Barbet Schroeder | Nominated - Nastro d'Argento for Best Cinematography |
| 1992 | Jackpot | Mario Orfini | |
| 1992 | Single White Female | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 1993 | Mario, Maria and Mario | Ettore Scola | |
| 1994 | Monkey Trouble | Franco Amurri | |
| 1994 | The Teddy Bear | Jacques Deray | |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 1996 | Before and After | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 1996 | Le Jaguar | Francis Veber | |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 1998 | The Dinner Game | Francis Veber | |
| 1999 | Deceit | Claudia Florio | |
| 1999 | Titus | Julie Taymor | |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | La Regina Degli Scacchi | Claudia Florio | |
| 2001 | The Closet | Francis Veber | |
| 2002 | I Love You Eugenio | Francisco José Fernandez | |
| 2002 | Murder by Numbers | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 2003 | Ruby & Quentin | Francis Veber | |
| 2007 | Hidden Love | Alessandro Capone | |
| 2008 | Inju: The Beast in the Shadow | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 2009 | Oceans | Jacques Perrin Jacques Cluzaud | Co-cinematographer with Philippe Ros, David Reichert, Valérie Le Gurun, René Heuzey, Laurent Fleutot, Luc Drion, Simon Christidis & Michel Benjamin Nominated - Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Natale in Sudafrica | Neri Parenti | |
| 2011 | Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio | Neri Parenti | |
| 2012 | Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | |
| 2013 | How Strange to Be Named Federico | Ettore Scola | Nominated - Globo d'Oro for Best Cinematography Won - Special Silver Ribbon Award |
| 2015 | Amnesia | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 2016 | Un Juif pour l'exemple | Jacob Berger | |
| 2017 | False Confessions | Luc Bondy Marie-Louise Bischofberger | |
| 2017 | Il padre di mia figlia | Carloalberto Biazzi | Short film |
