Tovoli, Luciano

(Luciano Tavoli)

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Cinematographer, camera operator, director, producer, and writer. Worked as a cinematographer on commercials; International Festival of Cinematographers, cocreator, 1981; Imago, the European Federation of Cinematographers, creator, 1992; organized "Cinematographer's Day" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Member: American Society of Cinematographers, AIC.

Awards, Honors: Silver Ribbon Award, best cinematography, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1976, for The Passenger; Silver Ribbon Award, best cinematography, 1989, for Splendor; OCIC Award, Venice Film Festival, 1989, for Che ora e?; David Award, best cinematography, David di Donatello Awards, 1991, for The Voyage of Captain Fracassa; Career Award, Montecatini Filmvideo-International Short Film Festival, 2004.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Banditi a Orgosolo (also known as Bandits of Orgosolo), 1960.

Come l'amore (also known as Something Like Love), 1968.

… e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! (also known as Four Came to Kill Sartana and Sartana, the Invincible Gunman), 1969.

L'invitata (also known as L'invitee and The Uninvited), 1969.

Una macchia rosa (also known as Rose Spot), 1970.

I tulipani di Haarlem (also known as Les tulipes de Haarlem and Tulips of Haarlem), 1970.

Io non spezzo—rompo, 1971.

Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (also known as L'amante giovane, Break-Up, and We Won't Grow Old Together), 1972.

Mordi e fuggi (also known as Dirty Weekend and Rapt a l'italienne), 1973.

Pane e cioccolata (also known as Bread and Chocolate), 1973.

L'eta della Pace, 1975.

Leonor, New Line Cinema, 1975.

The Passenger (also known as Professione: Reporter, Profession: Reporter, and El reportero), Altura, 1975.

Morire a Roma (also known as La vita in gioco), 1975.

L'altro dio, 1975.

La donna della domenica (also known as La femme du dimanche and The Sunday Woman), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976.

The Last Woman (also known as La derniere femme and L'ultimaa donna), 1976.

Der Dritte Grad (also known as La faille, La smagliatura, and Weak Spot), 1976.

Il deserto dei Tartari (also known as Le desert des tartares, Le desert des tartars, Die Tartenwueste, and The Desert of the Tartars), 1976.

Suspiria (also known as Dario Argento's "Suspiria" and Suspiria—In den Krallen des Boesen), 1977.

Per questa notte, 1977.

Interno di un convento (also known as Behind Convent Walls, Sex Life in a Convent, and Within a Cloister), 1977.

Bye Bye Monkey (also known as Ciao maschio and Reve de singe), 1978.

"Saro tutta per te," Dove vai in vacanza? (also known as Where Are You Going on Holiday?), 1978.

L'adoption, 1978.

Le serpentine d'oro, 1978.

Noccioline a colazine, 1978.

The Mystery of Oberwald (also known as Il mistero di Oberwald, Das Geheimnis von Oberwald, and The Oberwald Mystery), 1980.

Il Pap'occhio (also known as In the Pope's Eye), 1981.

Bianco, rosso e Verdone, 1981.

Oltre la porta (also known as Behind the Door, Beyond Obsession, Beyond the Door, Jail Bird, and The Secret beyond the Door), 1982.

Sotto gli occhi dell'assassino (also known as Tenebre, Tenebare, Under the Eyes of the Assassins, and Unsane), 1982.

Les quarantiemes rugissants (also known as The Roaring Forties), 1982.

Le general de l'armee morte (also known as Il generale dell'armata morte, L'armata ritorna, and The General of the Dead Army), 1983.

Bianca (also known as Sweet Body of Bianca), 1984.

Fracchia contro Dracula, 1985.

La cage aux folles III: "Elles" se marient (also known as Cage aux folles 3: The Wedding, Matrimonio con vizietto, and Il vizietto III), Warner Bros., 1985.

Police, 1985.

Les fugitifs, 1986.

Da grande, 1987.

Love Dream (also known as Priceless Beauty), 1988.

Splendor, United Artists, 1989.

Vanille fraise, 1989.

What Time Is It? (also known as Che ora e? and Quelle heure est-il?), Lauren Films, 1989.

Reversal of Fortune, Warner Bros., 1990.

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (also known as Il viaggio di capitan Fracassa, Captain Fracassa's Journey, and Le voyage de captaine Fracasse), 1990.

Jackpot (also known as Classe speciale and Cyber Eden), 1992.

Single White Female, Columbia, 1992.

Mario, Maria e Mario (also known as Mario, Maria, and Mario), 1993.

La donna del moro, 1993.

Monkey Trouble (also known as Pet), New Line Cinema, 1994.

The Teddy Bear (also known as L'ours en peluche and L'orso di peluche), 1994.

Kiss of Death, 1995.

Before and After, Buena Vista, 1996.

Le jaguar, 1996.

Desperate Measures, TriStar, 1998.

The Dinner Game (also known as Le diner de cons), 1998.

Titus, Fox Searchlight, 1999.

Il gioco (also known as Deceit), Lantia, 1999.

Regina degli scacchi (also known as Check and Mate), Lantia, 2001.

Le placard (also known as The Closet), Miramax, 2001.

Ti voglio bene Eugenio (also known as I Love You Eugenio), Lantia, 2002.

Murder by Numbers (also known as Murder 8y Num8ers), Warner Bros., 2002.

Tais-toi! (also known as Ruby & Quentin), 2003.

Vicino al fiume, 2004.

Film Work; Other:

(As Luciano Tavoli) Assistant camera, Ieri, oggi, domani (also known as Hier, aujourd'hui et demain and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow), 1963.

Camera operator, Suspiria, 1976.

Camera operator, I'interno di un Convento, 1978.

Director, Le general de l'armee morte (also known as Il generale dell'armata morte, L'armata ritorna, and The General of the Dead Army), 1983.

Camera operator, Under Satan's Sun, Connoisseur Video, 1987.

Producer, Ti voglio bene Eugenio (also known as I Love You Eugenio), Lantia, 2002.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (documentary; also known as Dario Argento's World of Horror), Vidmark Entertainment, 1985.

Himself, The Making of "Titus" (documentary short film), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2000.

Himself, Suspiria 25th Anniversary, 2001.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

Diario di un maestro, 1973.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

Chung Kuo—Cina (documentary; also known as China, Cina, and Highlights from Antonioni's "China"), 1972.

Tempo di viaggio (documentary), 1983.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Le general de l'armee morte (also known as Il generale dell'armata morte, L'armata ritorna, and The General of the Dead Army), 1983.

Vicino al fiume, 2004.