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name: "Marcello Gatti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcello-gatti"
fi1m_id: "marcello-gatti"
imdb_id: "nm0309800"
tmdb_id: 25822
wikidata_id: "Q3845594"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "9 February 1924"
died: "26 November 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:33:32.305819+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."
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# Marcello Gatti

## Identity

Marcello Gatti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcello-gatti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcello-gatti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0309800
- **TMDB ID:** 25822
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3845594
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Gatti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3845594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25822

Cinematographer. Born 9 February 1924 in Rome, Italy. Died 26 November 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 9 February 1924, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 26 November 2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Gatti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3845594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25822

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Battle of Algiers*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md) (93)

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## 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).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Battle of Algiers* (1966), Fi1m 93, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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

- *Beloved Days* (2015), Actor
- *Venere Paura* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Venetian Red* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Una vittoria* (1988), series, Director of Photography
- *Ternosecco* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Inganni* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Gian Burrasca* (1982), Assistant Camera
- *Sandstorm* (1982), Assistant Director of Photography
- *Delitti, amore e gelosia* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Salamander* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Operation Ogre* (1979), Director of Photography
- *La carica delle patate* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Break Up* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Three Tigers Against Three Tigers* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Robinson* (1976), Director of Photography
- *The Con Artists* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Moses the Lawgiver* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Chi dice donna, dice donna* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Chronicle of the Years of Fire* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Love Under the Elms* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Blood, Sweat and Fear* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Killer Cop* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Moses the Lawgiver* (1974), series, Director of Photography
- *Amore e ginnastica* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Massacre in Rome* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Family Killer* (1973), Director of Photography
- *What?* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Hassled Hooker* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Black Belly of the Tarantula* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Bastard, Go and Kill* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Sin* (1971), Director of Photography
- *So Long Gulliver* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Anonymous Venetian* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Burn!* (1969), Director of Photography
- *What Did Stalin Do to Women?* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Sierra Maestra* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Protagonists* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Strange Night* (1967), Director of Photography
- *L'Estate* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Tall Women* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Battle of Algiers* (1966), Director of Photography — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md)
- *Ruthless Colt of the Gringo* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Run for Your Wife* (1965), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *I Kill, You Kill* (1965), Director of Photography
- *La Fuga* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Summer Frenzy* (1964), Director of Photography
- *I cuori infranti* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Attic* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Four Days of Naples* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Latin Lovers* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Wonders of Aladdin* (1961), Second Assistant Camera
- *A Day for Lionhearts* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Il peccato degli anni verdi* (1960), Camera Operator
- *Kapo* (1960), Camera Operator
- *Via Tasso* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Il bell'Antonio* (1960), Camera Operator
- *The Big Night* (1959), Camera Operator
- *Everyone's in Love* (1959), Camera Operator
- *Dangerous Women* (1958), Camera Operator
- *Young Husbands* (1958), Camera Operator
- *Husbands in the City* (1957), Camera Operator
- *The Window to Luna Park* (1957), Camera Operator
- *The Screwball* (1956), Camera Operator
- *Courtyard* (1955), Camera Operator
- *Toto and Carolina* (1955), Camera Operator
- *Lacrime d'amore* (1954), Camera Operator
- *Violenza sul lago* (1954), Camera Operator
- *In amore si pecca in due* (1954), Camera Operator
- *Empty Eyes* (1953), Camera Operator
- *Cronaca di un delitto* (1953), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *I, Hamlet* (1952), Camera Operator
- *Abracadabra* (1952), Camera Operator
- *Position Wanted* (1951), Camera Operator
- *Volcano* (1950), Assistant Camera
- *William Tell* (1948), Camera Operator
- *Gli assi della risata* (1943), Assistant Camera
- *Document Z-3* (1943), Camera Operator

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