Dante Spinotti

Tolmezzo, Italia

Dante Spinotti

Biography

Dante Spinotti (born August 22, 1943) is an Italian cinematographer. He is known for his collaborations with directors such as Michael Mann, Michael Apted, Ermanno Olmi, Bruce Beresford, Curtis Hanson, and Brett Ratner. He received Academy Award nominations for L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999) and won a BAFTA Award for The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has also won two Italian David di Donatello Awards and two Nastro d'Argento Awards. Spinotti was born in the commune of Tolmezzo, in the Northern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, near the Austrian border. At the age of 11, he began experimenting with still photography with a camera inherited from his uncle, a cinematographer and director who specialised in documentaries and newsreels. He left high school early to work in the film industry in Kenya, driven by his skills in freehand drawing. His first work as a cinematographer was the 1972 television drama I Nicotera. His first film was Il minestrone (1981), directed by...

Known For

Making The Last of the Mohicans

Deception

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation

The Making of 'Heat'

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