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name: "Checco Varese"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:01:48.623806+00:00"
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# Checco Varese

Cinematographer. Born in Lima, Peru.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer

## Biography

Checco Varese is a Peruvian cinematographer. Born in Lima, he began his career in the mid-1980s shooting news coverage and documentaries in conflict zones across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa before transitioning to music videos, commercials and narrative work.

He has served as director of photography on feature films including *It Chapter Two* (2019), *The 33* (2015), *Replicas* (2018) and *Miracles from Heaven* (2016), and on series such as *The Strain* (2014), *Colony* (2016) and *Daisy Jones & The Six* (2023). Varese won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his work on the Hulu miniseries *Dopesick* (2021).

A member of the American Society of Cinematographers, Varese is married to director Patricia Riggen.

*Sources: checcovarese.com, imdb.com, motionpictures.org, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dopesick* (2021), Fi1m 68, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)

## Also known for

- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Strain* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Replicas* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Miracles from Heaven* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Lemonade Mouth* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The 33* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Arrival* (1996), Steadicam Operator
- *Prom Night* (2008), Director of Photography

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