Biography
Giuseppe Rotunno (19 March 1923 – 7 February 2021) was an Italian cinematographer. He began his career as a stills photographer at Cinecittà and worked his way up through the camera department. He served as director of photography on eight films by Federico Fellini, including Amarcord (1973), and collaborated frequently with Luchino Visconti on titles such as Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and The Leopard (1963).
Rotunno’s other notable credits include All That Jazz (1979), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Red Sonja (1985) and Sabrina (1995). He was the first non-American admitted to the American Society of Cinematographers in 1966 and won seven Silver Ribbon awards. He also taught at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
