Gherardo Gossi (born in 1958) is an Italian cinematographer. Born in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, Gossi followed the courses of film history and criticism held by Gianni Rondolino at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

, even without concluding his studies. He began his professional career as an operator in a local television network, Teleuropa 3, and then founded with Lucia Moisio and Walter Buccino the production company "MDP Cinema e Video", specialized in documentaries and short films. In the troupe of cinematographer Claudio Meloni, he worked in advertising, in some television series and in the film ''Zen'' (1987) directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi. He debuted as cinematographer in 1991, in

Guido Chiesa Guido Chiesa (born 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Turin, Chiesa graduated in philosophy and letters with a thesis in cinema, then he moved to New York City where he was the correspondent of several music magazines, but ...

's ''Il caso Martello''. Gossi was nominated for the

Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

for best cinematography twice, in 2009 for '' The Past Is a Foreign Land'' and ''

Lecture 21 ''Lecture 21'' (aka 'Lezione 21' 'Lesson 21') is a 2008 British-Italian film written and directed by Alessandro Baricco and starring John Hurt, Noah Taylor and Leonor Watling. The film is in English. The film is set in 1824, 1997 and 2007 and tell ...

'' and in 2014 for '' Come il vento''. He was nominated for a

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

in 2012 for the cinematography of '' Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood''.

Selected filmography

* '' Love Burns'' (1994) * ''

Johnny the Partisan ''Il partigiano Johnny'', internationally released as ''Johnny the Partisan'', is a 2000 Italian war drama film set in the Second World War and directed by Guido Chiesa. It is based on the novel of the same name by Beppe Fenoglio. The film en ...

'' (2000) * ''

Maximum Velocity (V-Max) ''Maximum Velocity (V-Max)'' () is a 2002 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Vicari. It entered the competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival. For this film Vicari won the 2003 David di Donatello for best new director. The fi ...

'' (2002) * '' Now or Never'' (2003) * ''

Working Slowly (Radio Alice) ''Working Slowly (Radio Alice) '' () is a 2004 Italian drama film directed by Guido Chiesa. It is based on actual events involving Radio Alice, a 1970s pirate radio which was politically aligned with the autonomism movement. It entered the compet ...

'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' The Past Is a Foreign Land'' (2008) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood'' (2012) * '' Discovery at Dawn'' (2012) * '' A Street in Palermo'' (2013) * '' Like the Wind'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

Sun, Heart, Love ''Sun, Heart, Love'' (Italian: ''Sole cuore amore'') is a 2016 Italian drama film written and directed by Daniele Vicari and starring Isabella Ragonese. Plot Cast *Isabella Ragonese as Eli * as Vale * Francesco Montanari as Mario * Fran ...

'' (2016) * '' La profezia dell'armadillo'' (2018) * ''

The Macaluso Sisters ''The Macaluso Sisters'' () is a 2020 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Emma Dante, based on her own 2014 play of the same name. It was entered in the main competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Following t ...

'' (2020)

References

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* * Film people from Turin Italian cinematographers 1958 births Living people {{Italy-film-bio-stub