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Paolo Ferrari(II)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Since 1998 is the first experimenter of digital camera techniques applied to the language of Cinema and Light. It'been a pupil of Vittorio Storaro and collaborated among others with: Giuseppe Bertolucci, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Daniele Segre, Carmine Amoroso, Mimmo Calopresti, Marco Simon Puccioni, Massimo Martella, Daniele Costantini, Gianfranco Pannone, Marco Carniti, Simone Catania, Michele Fornasero, Michele Pennetta.

His filmography includes more than 60 documentaries and feature films for the cinema including: "What do you looking for" (first digital Italian film - best cinematography at the Lecce European Film Festival) "Cover boy , the last revolution" (best cinematography at the film festival Valencia-Spain) "Facts of the band of Magliana" (A.I.C. award best cinematography) "Sleeping around" (best cinematography at the independent spirit film festival of Ibiza) "Smokings" (audience award at the NYON "cinema Du Reel").

From 2013 he founded with Carmine Amoroso and Patrizia Zoratti independent production Zutfilm that produces a first documentary film directed by Carmine Amoroso titled "Porno & libertà" aka "Porn to be free" (Silver Ribbon best Documentary 2017, selected at the 2016 Rotterdam Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries worldwide). In 2018 "Happy winter" film documentary debut by Giovanni Totaro (in the official selection of Venice 74- out of competition) and "Drive me home" by Simone Catania (best cinematography at the Young Cinema Award 2020).

In 2021 "Il mio corpo" by Michele Pennetta wins the best cinematography and artistic achievement at SIMA - Los Angeles, and is selected at the prestigious festival of cinematographers Cameraimage 2020.
BornApril 25, 1960
BornApril 25, 1960
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      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Eduard Gabia in Cover Boy... Last Revolution (2006)
    Cover Boy... Last Revolution
    7.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 2006
    Marx Can Wait (2021)
    Marx Can Wait
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 2021
    Il mio corpo (2020)
    Il mio corpo
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 2020
    The Sheltering Sky (1990)
    The Sheltering Sky
    6.7
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1990

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    Cinematographer



    • Spiaggia di vetro
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production



    • Le ragazze della tecnica (2025)
      Le ragazze della tecnica
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Lonely (2023)
      Lonely
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Il tocco di Piero (2023)
      Il tocco di Piero
      • Cinematographer (cinematography)
      • 2023
    • Se posso permettermi (2021)
      Se posso permettermi
      6.3
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Marx Can Wait (2021)
      Marx Can Wait
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Tuttinsieme (2020)
      Tuttinsieme
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Il mio corpo (2020)
      Il mio corpo
      6.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Mi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette (2019)
      Mi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette
      6.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Drive Me Home (2018)
      Drive Me Home
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Nel nome di Antea (2018)
      Nel nome di Antea
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Voce 'e sirena (2017)
      Voce 'e sirena
      8.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Palermo, un été à la plage
      8.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Happy Winter (2017)
      Happy Winter
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Nome di battaglia donna (2016)
      Nome di battaglia donna
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • Indro. L'uomo che scriveva sull'acqua (2016)
      Indro. L'uomo che scriveva sull'acqua
      7.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Margherita Mazzucco and Andrea Carpenzano in Chiara (2022)
      Chiara
      5.7
      • b camera operator
      • 2022
    • Julian Beck, Judith Malina, and Ilona Staller in Porn to Be Free (2016)
      Porn to Be Free
      6.1
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • Rigoletto a Mantova (2010)
      Rigoletto a Mantova
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2010
    • Quella certa età
      TV Movie
      • cinematographer
      • 1996
    • Roma Imago Urbis: Parte I - Il mito (1994)
      Roma Imago Urbis: Parte I - Il mito
      8.9
      Video
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 1994
    • Tempo di riposo
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 1991
    • The Sheltering Sky (1990)
      The Sheltering Sky
      6.7
      • clapper loader
      • 1990
    • Non c'era una volta
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 1989
    • Provvisorio quasi d'amore
      7.9
      • camera operator
      • 1988
    • Il bosco 1 (1988)
      Il bosco 1
      3.6
      • first assistant camera
      • 1988

    Director



    • È colpa di Sara
      Short
      • Director
      • 1984

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      • April 25, 1960
      • Reggio Emilia, Italy

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      Living in Rome. From 1996, teaching at "Centro Sperimentale of Cinematografia" (Italy).

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