Anchise Brizzi

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Anchise Brizzi (born October 5, 1887 in Poppi , † February 29, 1964 in Rome ) was an Italian cameraman .

Life

Brizzi worked as head cameraman from the mid-1920s and was involved in more than 100 productions by the end of his career. He often photographed period films, but also well-known comedies such as Don Camillo's Return .

After starting out in mythological film (he photographed two Maciste films), Brizzi's work for Alessandro Blasetti's 1860 first garnered a remarkable response. In the 1930s, films by Carmine Gallone ( Carthage's Fall ), Mario Camerini ( Il signor Max , I grandi magazzini ), and Mario Soldati ( Dora Nelson ) were among the standout films. In the late 1940s he shot several times with the Russian-American director Gregory Ratoff . Another director he worked with on multiple occasions was Carmine Gallone. After his greatest success, shoe shine with "grainy photography reminiscent of newsreels", Brizzi was part of the camera team for Orson Welles ' film Othello , whose production lasted from 1949 to 1952. Towards the end of his career he works on comedies such as the Don Camillo films or with Totò and at the very end again for colorful adventure films in a mythological setting.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1937: Fall of Carthage (Scipione l'Africano)
  • 1939: Premiere of the Butterfly (Il sogno di Butterfly)
  • 1941: the fiancée (I promessi sposi)
  • 1946: Shoe shiner (Sciuscià)
  • 1946: Conspiracy against death and hell (Amanti in fuga)
  • 1949: Women of Dangerous Age (That Dangerous Age)
  • 1949: Count Cagliostro (Black Magic)
  • 1949: Pirates of Capri (I pirati di Capri)
  • 1950: The thief of Venice (Il ladro di Venezia)
  • 1950: Shadows over Naples (Camorra)
  • 1951: Erotic (Ultimo incontro)
  • 1951: Messalina
  • 1952: Hello, Mr. Elefant (Buongiorno, elefante!)
  • 1952: Orson Welles' Othello (The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice)
  • 1952: The woman who invented love (La donna che inventò l'amore)
  • 1953: Don Camillo's return (Le retour de Don Camillo)
  • 1953: I have sinned for you (Per salvarti ho peccato)
  • 1954: The beggar of Notre Dame (Le due orfanelle)
  • 1955: The great battle of Don Camillo (Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone)
  • 1957: Heaven in Flames (Il cielo brucia)
  • 1958: Totò and Peppino (Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche)
  • 1960: The curse of the Pharaoh (Il sepolcro dei re)
  • 1961: The Hordes of Khan (Ursus e la ragazza tartara)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gino Moliterno , in: Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema , Plymouth 2008, p. 53.
  2. ^ Bert Cardullo: Soundings on Cinema: Speaking to Film and Film Artists . New York, 2008. p. 13
  3. ^ Gino Moliterno: The A to Z of Italian Cinema. New York, 2009. pp. 53f.
personal data
SURNAME Brizzi, Anchise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Poppi , Italy
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1964
Place of death Rome , Italy