Giancarlo Ferrando (4 November 1939 – 13 August 2020) was an Italian film cinematographer and director.
Giancarlo Ferrando | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 November 1939 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 13 August 2020 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Life and career
editBorn in Rome, Ferrando had his first cinema experience as a child, playing a bit part in Alessandro Blasetti's In Olden Days.[1] In the late 1950s he became assistant operator under Augusto Tiezzi, and after working for over a decade as an operator and an assistant cinematographer, he made his debut as a cinematographer in 1971.[1]
Ferrando is best known for his professional association with the Martino brothers, the director Sergio and the producer Luciano.[1][2] In 1994 he directed his only film, La ragazza di Cortina (transl. "The Girl from Cortina"), starring Vanessa Gravina.[1][2] He died of cancer on 13 August 2020, at the age of 80.[2]
Selected filmography
edit- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971)
- All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
- Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
- Torso (1973)
- The Violent Professionals (1973)
- The Visitor (1974)
- Ten Killers Came from Afar (1974)
- La bellissima estate (1974)
- Gambling City (1975)
- Silent Action (1975)
- The School Teacher (1975)
- The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
- The Teasers (1975)
- Sex with a Smile (1976)
- Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976)
- Crimebusters (1976)
- Sex with a Smile II (1976)
- La dottoressa del distretto militare (1976)
- The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977)
- Taxi Girl (1977)
- Per amore di Poppea (1977)
- La soldatessa alla visita militare (1977)
- Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
- Loggerheads (1978)
- The School Teacher in the House (1978)
- La soldatessa alle grandi manovre (1978)
- Island of the Fishmen (1979)
- A Policewoman on the Porno Squad (1979)
- The Great Alligator River (1979)
- Il ladrone (1980)
- Qua la mano (1980)
- L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe (1980)
- La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città (1980)
- Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980)
- Il casinista (1980)
- Manolesta (1981)
- Cornetti alla crema (1981)
- A Policewoman in New York (1981)
- Culo e camicia (1981)
- Don't Play with Tigers (1982)
- The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
- The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
- Ironmaster (1983)
- 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
- Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
- Warrior of the Lost World (1984)
- Monster Shark (1984)
- Hands of Steel (1986)
- Detective School Dropouts (1986)
- The Messenger (1986)
- The Opponent (1988)
- Casablanca Express (1989)
- Troll 2 (1990)
- Cop Target (1990)
- Door to Silence (1991)
- Dark Tale (1991)
- Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992)
- Spiando Marina (1992)
- Palermo - Milan One Way (1995)
- The Return of Sandokan (1996)
- Desert of Fire (1997)
- Uninvited (1999)
- L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008)
References
edit- ^ a b c d Poppi, Roberto (2002). "Ferrando, Giancarlo". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. pp. 171–2. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.
- ^ a b c Zingariello, Ivan (14 August 2020). "Addio a Giancarlo Ferrando, direttore della fotografia di Sergio Martino e oltre 100 film". Spettacolo.eu (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2022.