Biography
Marcello Gatti (9 February 1924 – 26 November 2013) was an Italian cinematographer. Born in Rome, he began working as a film operator in the early 1940s and debuted as a cinematographer in 1953.
He is best known for his work on Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1966), where he employed an experimental black-and-white style inspired by cinéma vérité. Gatti won five Nastri d’Argento awards for best cinematography and collaborated with directors including Roman Polanski, Nanni Loy and Damiano Damiani. He served as president of the Italian Association of Cinematographers (AIC).
