Claudio Racca
Claudio Racca (born March 1, 1930 in Turin ) is an Italian cameraman and film director .
Life
Between 1952 and 1954 Racca attended courses in camera work at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his debut with Enzo Di Gianni's short film Magia lucana in 1957. Numerous other documentary works followed, including some by Giuseppe Ferrara ; in the feature film area Racca was assistant to Anchise Brizzi and later to Riccardo Pallottini , here in 1961 Lasciapassare per il morto was his first film. Many more works followed, including some Mondo films.
In 1972 he made his debut as a director, the Boccaccio- style rogue play Your pleasure is my pleasure too . Between 1977 and 1984 he was responsible for three documentaries, including Tutti gli uomini del parlamento about Italian politicians and their everyday lives. The Ballare è bello , which he directed, was awarded the Silver Ribbon in 1982 as the best Italian short film of the year.
Filmography (selection)
- camera operator
- 1957: Magia Lucana (short film, included in The Cult of Stones )
- 1961: Lasciapassare per il mort
- 1963: Primitive love (L'amore primitivo)
- 1968: Sweden - Hell or Paradise? (Svezia, inferno e paradiso)
- 1969: Blonde bait for the killer
- 1971: Mondo perverso - This wonderful and broken world (Questo sporco mondo meraviglioso)
- Director, cameraman
- 1972: Your pleasure is also my pleasure (Il tuo piacere è il mio) (& screenplay)
Web links
- Claudio Racca in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Rome, Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 353
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Racca, Claudio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cameraman and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |