---
name: "Carlo Di Palma"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlo-di-palma"
fi1m_id: "carlo-di-palma"
imdb_id: "nm0005688"
tmdb_id: 15194
wikidata_id: "Q1006997"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "17 April 1925"
died: "9 July 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T19:57:25.404112+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carlo Di Palma

## Identity

Carlo Di Palma

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlo-di-palma
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carlo-di-palma
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005688
- **TMDB ID:** 15194
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1006997
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Di_Palma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15194

Cinematographer. Born 17 April 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Died 9 July 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 17 April 1925, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 9 July 2004
- **Active:** 1948–1997
- **Also known as:**  Charles Brown , Carlo DiPalma 
- **Frequently works with:** [Woody Allen](https://film.one/person/woody-allen.md), [Robert Greenhut](https://film.one/person/robert-greenhut.md), [Dianne Wiest](https://film.one/person/dianne-wiest.md), [Judy Davis](https://film.one/person/judy-davis.md), [Mia Farrow](https://film.one/person/mia-farrow.md), [Michelangelo Antonioni](https://film.one/person/michelangelo-antonioni.md), [Tonino Guerra](https://film.one/person/tonino-guerra.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 93 (1), 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 75 (2), 1990s 77 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 5, Romance 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $229m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Di_Palma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15194

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bullets Over Broadway*](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md) (80), [*Deconstructing Harry*](https://film.one/film/deconstructing-harry.md) (72), [*Everyone Says I Love You*](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md) (72)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Hannah and Her Sisters*](https://film.one/film/hannah-and-her-sisters.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Husbands and Wives*](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*The Secret of My Success*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carlo Di Palma (17 April 1925 – 9 July 2004) was an Italian cinematographer. He began working in film in the 1940s as a focus puller on neo-realist productions including *Bicycle Thieves* (1948) and became a director of photography in the mid-1950s.

He gained international recognition for his colour cinematography on Michelangelo Antonioni’s *Red Desert* (1964) and *Blow-Up* (1966). From 1986 to 1997 he served as director of photography on eleven films directed by Woody Allen, among them *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), *Husbands and Wives* (1992), *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994) and *Deconstructing Harry* (1997). He also directed a small number of features.

Di Palma received four Silver Ribbon awards for best cinematography and a lifetime achievement award from the European Film Awards in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Deconstructing Harry* (1997), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/deconstructing-harry.md)
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Fi1m 72, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hannah-and-her-sisters.md)
- *Blow-Up* (1966), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/blow-up.md)
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Fi1m 93, Focus Puller — [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Deconstructing Harry* (1997), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deconstructing-harry.md)
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Don't Drink the Water* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Monster* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)
- *Shadows and Fog* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Alice* (1990), Director of Photography
- *12 Directors for 12 Cities* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Roma* (1989), Director of Photography
- *September* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Director of Photography — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Radio Days* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Off Beat* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/hannah-and-her-sisters.md)
- *Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer* (1984), Director
- *Return to Lisca Bianca Island* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Black Stallion Returns* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Gabriela* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Identification of a Woman* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Together?* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden* (1976), Director
- *Blonde in Black Leather* (1975), Director, Screenplay
- *Teresa the Thief* (1973), Director
- *Orders are Orders* (1972), Director of Photography
- *That's How We Women Are* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Superwitness* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Pacifist* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Couples* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move* (1970), Director of Photography
- *A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Help Me, My Love* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Appointment* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Scarlet Lady* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Girl with a Pistol* (1968), Director of Photography
- *On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...* (1967), Director of Photography
- *I Married You for Fun* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Blow-Up* (1966), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/blow-up.md)
- *The Queens* (1966), Director of Photography
- *For Love and Gold* (1966), Director of Photography
- *A Matter of Honor* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Terror-Creatures from the Grave* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Three Faces* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Il provino* (1965), Cinematography
- *Red Desert* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Le ore nude* (1964), Cinematography
- *Love in Four Dimensions* (1964), Director of Photography
- *A Very Handy Man* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Omicron* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Four Truths* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Paris, My Love* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Leoni al sole* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Divorce Italian Style* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Pigeon Shoot* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Assassin* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Kapo* (1960), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Long Night in '43* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Employee* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Guardatele ma non toccatele* (1959), Camera Operator
- *Adventure in Capri* (1959), Camera Operator
- *Lauta mancia* (1957), Cinematography
- *Modern Virgin* (1954), Camera Operator
- *Tripoli, bel suol d'amore* (1954), Camera Operator
- *Non è vero... ma ci credo!* (1952), Camera Operator
- *Serenata amara* (1952), Camera Operator
- *I morti non pagano tasse* (1952), Camera Operator
- *È arrivato l'accordatore* (1952), Camera Operator
- *Il tallone di Achille* (1952), Camera Operator
- *Attention! Bandits!* (1951), Camera Operator
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), as Focus Puller — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award 2003: European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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