Vittorio Storaro

Vittorio Storaro
Storaro at Cannes in 2001
Born (1940-06-24) 24 June 1940 (age 84)
Rome, Italy
EducationCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1960–present
Organizations
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Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940), is an Italian cinematographer widely recognized as one of the best and most influential in cinema history, for his work on numerous classic films including The Conformist (1970), Apocalypse Now (1979), and The Last Emperor (1987). In the course of over fifty years, he has collaborated with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen and Carlos Saura.

He has received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the films Apocalypse Now, Reds (1981), and The Last Emperor, and is one of three living persons who has won the award three times, the others being Robert Richardson and Emmanuel Lubezki.