Otello Martelli (19 May 1902 – 20 February 2000) Birth name Otello Martelli. was an Italian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

whose films include ''

La Dolce Vita ''La Dolce Vita'' (; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life'Kezich, 203) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi. The film stars M ...

''.

Life and career

Born in

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, he began work in 1920. He collaborated with

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such a ...

Alberto Lattuada Mario Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a studen ...

Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...

Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Four Steps in the Clouds''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the ...

Giuseppe De Santis Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. He was ...

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...

and

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, writer, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist ...

. Specially was his collaboration with Fellini from 1950 ('' Luci del varietà'') until 1961 (with the episode ''Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio'' in ''

Boccaccio '70 ''Boccaccio '70'' is a 1962 comedy anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli and Luchino Visconti from an idea by Cesare Zavattini. It consists of four episodes, each by one of the directors, all about ...

''). His films include ''

'', ''

Paisà ''Paisan'' () is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. The film premiered at the Ve ...

'', and ''

L'oro di Napoli ''The Gold of Naples'' ( ) is a 1954 in film, 1954 cinema of Italy, Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Acti ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' Countess Sarah'' (1919) * '' The Youth of the Devil'' (1921) * '' Consuelita'' (1925) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) * '' Cardinal Lambertini'' (1934) * '' The Ancestor'' (1936) * ''

The Countess of Parma ''The Countess of Parma'' (Italian: ''La contessa di Parma'') is a 1937 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Elisa Cegani, Antonio Centa and María Denis. Marcella, a mannequin worki ...

'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' To Live'' (1937) * '' Marcella'' (1937) * '' Mad Animals'' (1939) * '' I, His Father'' (1939) * '' Father For a Night'' (1939) * ''

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto. Her family arranged ...

'' (1940) * '' Kean'' (1940) * '' The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * '' Tragic Night'' (1942) * '' Captain Tempest'' (1942) * '' The Gorgon'' (1942) * '' In High Places'' (1943) * '' Paisan'' (1946) * '' Last Love'' (1947) * '' Tragic Hunt'' (1947) * '' The Great Dawn'' (1947) * ''

Bitter Rice ''Bitter Rice'' ( ) is a 1949 Italian neorealist crime drama film directed and co-written by Giuseppe De Santis, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. The story follows ...

'' (1949) * ''

Variety Lights ''Variety Lights'' () is a 1951 Cinema of Italy, Italian romance film, romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film ...

'' (1950) * ''

Stromboli Stromboli ( , ; ) is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing Mount Stromboli, one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the seven Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily, and the mytho ...

'' (1950) * '' The Flowers of St. Francis'' (1950) * '' Anna'' (1951) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * '' I Vitelloni'' (1953) * '' The Gold of Naples'' (1954) * ''

La Strada ''La Strada'', also translated into English as ''The Road'', is a 1954 Italian Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomin ...

'' (1954) * '' Il Bidone'' (1955) * '' Guendalina'' (1957) * '' Vacanze a Ischia'' (1957) * '' This Angry Age'' (1958) * ''

'' (1960) * '' The Teacher from Vigevano'' (1963) * ''

Menage all'italiana ''Menage all'italiana'', also known as ''Menage Italian Style'', is a 1965 Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Franco Indovina. It follows the story of a bigamist who cannot resist getting married again and again. He has eight wives. Cast * U ...

'' (1965) * '' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martelli, Otello Italian cinematographers Film people from Rome 1902 births 2000 deaths