Biography
Matteo Cocco is an Italian cinematographer born on 29 December 1985 in Tuscany. He grew up in Rome and studied cinematography at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia between 2005 and 2008. In 2008 he moved to Germany, where his work on Philip Gröning's The Police Officer's Wife (2013) marked a breakthrough.
Cocco's credits include Pericle (2016), On My Skin (2018), Hidden Away (2020), Dark Glasses (2022) and Brado (2022). For Hidden Away he received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer, a David di Donatello and a Globo d'oro. He has also worked on My Tennis Maestro (2025), The Weight (2026) and Masterplan (2026).
