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name: "Marco Onorato"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "18 May 1953"
died: "2 June 2012"
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# Marco Onorato

## Identity

Marco Onorato

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marco-onorato
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marco-onorato
- **IMDb ID:** nm0648853
- **TMDB ID:** 72772
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3846329
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Onorato, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3846329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72772

Cinematographer. Born 18 May 1953 in Rome, Italy. Died 2 June 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 18 May 1953, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 2 June 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Onorato, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3846329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72772

## Biography

Marco Onorato (1953–2012) was an Italian cinematographer. Born in Rome on 18 May 1953, he died there on 2 June 2012. He is best known for his long collaboration with director Matteo Garrone, serving as director of photography on all of the director’s feature films from *Terra di mezzo* (1997) to *Reality* (2012).

His credits include *The Embalmer* (2002), *First Love* (2004), *Gomorrah* (2008), *Fort Apache Napoli* (2009) and *Reality* (2012). He received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for *Gomorrah* and a posthumous David di Donatello Award for *Reality*. Earlier in his career he worked as a camera operator on films such as *Department Store* (1986). He was the brother of actor and dubber Glauco Onorato.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gomorrah* (2008), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Cha cha cha* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Steel* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Reality* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Gangor* (2011), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Time the City of Fools* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Ten Winters* (2009), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *The Traveller* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Fort Apache Napoli* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Miacarabefana.it* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Gomorrah* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)
- *Crimes* (2006), series, Director of Photography
- *Ma l'amore... sì!* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Call Me Salomè* (2005), Director of Photography
- *First Love* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Un rèfolo* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Forbidden Grass* (2002), Director
- *The Embalmer* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Roman Summer* (2000), Thanks
- *The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti* (2000), series, Camera Operator
- *Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Cronaca nera* (1998), series, Director of Photography
- *Guests* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Land in Between* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Wordless* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Unknown Soldier* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Afraid to Love* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993* (1993), Director of Photography
- *The Dark Sun* (1990), Steadicam Operator
- *There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Mortacci* (1989), Camera Operator
- *Via Panisperna Boys* (1989), Camera Operator
- *The Brother from Space* (1988), Camera Operator
- *The Caller* (1987), Steadicam Operator
- *Il burbero* (1986), Camera Operator
- *Department Store* (1986), Camera Operator
- *Crime at the Chinese Restaurant* (1981), Camera Operator
- *Spaghetti at Midnight* (1981), Camera Operator
- *La madama* (1976), Assistant Camera
- *Savage Three* (1975), Assistant Camera
- *The Suspect* (1975), First Assistant Camera
- *The Time of the Beginning* (1974), Assistant Camera
- *Puzzle* (1974), Assistant Camera

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2008: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *Gomorrah*

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

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