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# Pasqualino De Santis

Cinematographer. Born 24 April 1927 in Fondi, Lazio, Italy. Died 23 June 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 24 April 1927, Fondi, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 23 June 1996
- **Active:** 1963–1968
- **Also known as:** Pasquale De Santis, Pasquale De Sanctis, Pasquale de Santis, Pasqualino de Santis
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasqualino_De_Santis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1348041, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36016

## Biography

Pasqualino De Santis (also credited as Pasquale De Santis) was an Italian cinematographer. Born on 24 April 1927 in Fondi, Lazio, he trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and began his career as an assistant camera operator on his brother Giuseppe De Santis’s film Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi (1950).

He succeeded Gianni Di Venanzo as director of photography on Francesco Rosi’s Il momento della verità (1965) and became a frequent collaborator with Rosi, Visconti and others. His work includes Romeo and Juliet (1968), Death in Venice (1971), Conversation Piece (1974), A Special Day (1977) and L’Argent (1983). He died of a heart attack on 23 June 1996 in Lviv, Ukraine, while filming Rosi’s La tregua.

De Santis won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Romeo and Juliet (1968) and a BAFTA for Death in Venice (1971).

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Romeo and Juliet* (1968), Fi1m 75, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet-1968.md)
- *8½* (1963), Fi1m 86, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

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

- *The Truce* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Colors of the Devil* (1997), Director of Photography
- *A Month by the Lake* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Neapolitan Diary* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Palermo Connection* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Musica per vecchi animali* (1989), Director of Photography
- *12 Directors for 12 Cities* (1989), Director of Photography
- *High Frequency* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Chronicle of a Death Foretold* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Salomé* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Harem* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Sheena* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Carmen* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Misunderstood* (1983), Director of Photography
- *L'Argent* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Marco Polo* (1982), series, Director of Photography
- *Verdi: Rigoletto* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Three Brothers* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Habibi, amor mío* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Terrace* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Martin Eden* (1979), series, Director of Photography
- *Liquirizia* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Christ Stopped at Eboli* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Nenè* (1977), Director of Photography
- *A Special Day* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The Devil, Probably* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The Innocent* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Illustrious Corpses* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Midnight Pleasures* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Conversation Piece* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Lancelot of the Lake* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Lucky Luciano* (1973), Director of Photography
- *24 Hours... Not a Minute More* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Black Turin* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Assassination of Trotsky* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Mattei Affair* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Automobile* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Story of Romance and Knife* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Big Black Sow* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Death in Venice* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Many Wars Ago* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Red Hot Shot* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Unknown Woman* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Damned* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Fellini: A Director’s Notebook* (1969), Director of Photography
- *A Place for Lovers* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Listen, Let's Make Love* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1968), Director of Photography — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet-1968.md)
- *More Than a Miracle* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Honey Pot* (1967), Assistant Camera
- *Kiss the Other Sheik* (1965), Camera Operator
- *The 10th Victim* (1965), Camera Operator
- *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Camera Operator
- *Il morbidone* (1965), Camera Operator
- *The Moment of Truth* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Woman Is a Wonderful Thing* (1964), Camera Operator
- *Time of Indifference* (1964), Camera Operator
- *Bebo's Girl* (1964), Camera Operator
- *High Infidelity* (1964), Camera Operator
- *Hands Over the City* (1963), Camera Operator
- *The Basilisks* (1963), Camera Operator
- *8½* (1963), Camera Operator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *Eva* (1962), Camera Operator
- *L'Eclisse* (1962), Camera Operator
- *Salvatore Giuliano* (1962), Camera Operator
- *The Policeman on Horseback* (1961), Camera Operator
- *La Notte* (1961), Camera Operator
- *...And Suddenly It's Murder!* (1960), Camera Operator
- *Messalina* (1960), Camera Operator
- *I ragazzi dei Parioli* (1959), Camera Operator
- *Totò in the Moon* (1958), Camera Operator
- *Men and Wolves* (1957), Assistant Camera
- *Neapolitan Carousel* (1954), Assistant Camera
- *Aida* (1953), Assistant Camera
- *Vacation with a Gangster* (1952), Assistant Camera
- *Under the Olive Tree* (1950), Assistant Camera

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1969: Best Cinematography (won), for *Romeo and Juliet*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1972: Best Cinematography (won), for *Death in Venice*

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

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