Mario Vulpiani | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Mario Vulpiani (born 15 February 1927) is an Italian cinematographer and documentarist.
Born in Rome, Vulpiani began his career as assistant of the operator Enrico Chroscisky. [1] In the fifties he worked mainly in the field of documentary films, also working as a director. [1] In 1965, with a segment of the anthology film Marcia nuziale, Vulpiani started a critically appreciated collaboration with the director Marco Ferreri that includes the celebrated cult films Dillinger Is Dead and La Grande Bouffe. [1] In the late sixties he collaborated with the postmodern painter Mario Schifano in his three experimental films. [1] In the seventies he worked, among others, with Valentino Orsini, Damiano Damiani, Mario Monicelli and Carlo Lizzani. [1] Starting from the eighties Vulpiani focused into less ambitious works, except for several collaborations with Gabriele Lavia. [1]