Maurizio Calvesi (born 1954) is an Italian cinematographer, whose career spanned over 30 years.

Life and career

Born in

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, Calvesi began his career in 1977 as a camera operator before debuting as cinematographer in 1990. In 1992 he won a special

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for his work in

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's '' Acla's Descent into Floristella''. In 2003 Calvesi won the Golden Pegasus at the

Flaiano Film Festival The Premi Flaiano (English: Flaiano Prizes) are a set of Italian international awards recognizing achievements in the fields of creative writing, cinema, theatre and radio-television. Established to honour the Italian author and screenwriter Enni ...

for his work in

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's ''

The Soul Keeper ''The Soul Keeper'' (; ) is a 2002 Italian-French-British romance-drama film directed by Roberto Faenza. It is loosely based on real life events of Russian psychoanalyst and physician Sabina Spielrein and notably on her therapeutic and sentimental ...

''. He won 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 2007 for

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's '' Secret Journey'' and in 2010 for

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's '' Loose Cannons''. He also won two

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(Italian Golden Globes), in 2007 for Mohsen Melliti's ''

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'' and in 2008 for Faenza's '' I Vicerè''.

Selected filmography

* '' Volevo i pantaloni'' (1990) * '' Acla's Descent into Floristella'' (1992) * '' Vietato ai minori '' (1992) * '' The Rebel'' (1993) * '' The Whores '' (1994) * '' OcchioPinocchio '' (1994) * '' A Cold, Cold Winter'' (1996) * '' Nerolio'' (1996) * '' Giovani e belli '' (1996) * ''

My Dearest Friends ''My Dearest Friends'' () is a 1998 Italian thriller-comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. Cast *Alessandro Benvenuti as Alessio * Athina Cenci as Martha * Eva Robin's as Loretta * Alessandro Gassmann as Rossano * Gianmarco Tognazzi as T ...

'' (1998) * ''

Kaputt Mundi ''Kaputt Mundi'' () is a 1998 Italian comedy drama film directed by Marco Risi. It is based on the short story '' L'ultimo capodanno dell'umanità'' by Niccolò Ammaniti. Cast *Monica Bellucci: Giulia Giovannini * Marco Giallini: Enzo Di Girol ...

'' (1998) * ''

The Scent of the Night '' The Scent of the Night'' () is a 2001 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2005 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the sixth novel in the Inspector Montalbano series. Plot summary Inspector Montalbano must track down a lost finan ...

'' (1998) * '' Up at the Villa'' (2000) * '' I Love Andrea'' (2000) * '' Ginostra '' (2002) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Strange Crime'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Secret Journey'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) * '' I Vicerè'' (2007) * '' The Case of Unfaithful Klara'' (2009) * '' All at Sea'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

Magnificent Presence ''Magnificent Presence'' (, also known as ''A Magnificent Haunting'') is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Pietro Pontechievello is a gay man who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro q ...

'' (2012) * '' Cherry on the Cake'' (2012) * ''

Long Live Freedom ''Long Live Freedom'' () is a 2013 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Roberto Andò. It won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay and the David di Donatello for Best Script and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor to Valerio Ma ...

'' (2013) * '' Amiche da morire '' (2013) * '' People Who Are Well'' (2014) * ''

Don't Be Bad ''Don't Be Bad'' () is a 2015 Italian drama film directed by Claudio Caligari. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It was the last film directed by ...

'' (2015) * ''

I Killed Napoléon ''I Killed Napoléon'' () is a 2015 black comedy film written and directed by Giorgia Farina and starring Micaela Ramazzotti. Plot Anita is a career woman who works as a manager of the pharmaceutical company Fanelli. Cold and determined, she ...

'' (2015) * '' The Confessions'' (2016) * ''

It's All About Karma ''It's All About Karma'' (Italian: ''Questione di karma'') is a 2017 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by and starring Fabio De Luigi and Elio Germano. Plot Cast *Fabio De Luigi as Giacomo Antonelli *Elio Germano as Mario P ...

'' (2017) * ''

The Stolen Caravaggio ''The Stolen Caravaggio'' () is a 2018 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Roberto Andò. The film deals with the robbery of Caravaggio's '' Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence'', and premiered out of competition at the 75t ...

'' (2018) * '' The Hidden Child'' (2021) * '' Never Too Late for Love'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2022)

References

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* 1954 births Film people from Rome Italian cinematographers Living people Nastro d'Argento winners {{Italy-film-bio-stub