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Nicola Pecorini is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography Italien born on 10 august 1957 at Milan (Italie)

Nicola Pecorini

Nicola Pecorini
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Nationality Italie
Birth 10 august 1957 (66 years) at Milan (Italie)

Nicola Pecorini (born 10 August 1957) is an Italian-born cinematographer.

Pecorini was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He founded, with Garrett Brown, inventor of the steadicam, the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. (SOA), in 1988. Pecorini moved to the States in 1993. Since 1997 he has frequently collaborated with critically acclaimed director Terry Gilliam (together they have made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). In 2000 he won Best Cinematography at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for Harrison's Flowers. He is married to British actress Caroline Goodall and has two children, Gemma and Leone. He is blind in one eye.

Biography

Il fait ses études à la Scuola di Cinema Televisione e Nuovi Media de Milan. Il commence à travailler comme assistant du photographe Oliviero Toscani en 1976 puis part pour la Suisse où il est caméraman pour la télévision. Il commence à travailler pour le cinéma comme opérateur caméra en 1983 et est le cofondateur, avec Garrett Brown, de la Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. (SOA) en 1988. Il s'installe aux États-Unis en 1993 et, en tant que directeur de la photographie, a fréquemment collaboré avec Terry Gilliam.

Il a remporté en 2000 le prix de la meilleure photographie au Festival international du film de Saint-Sébastien pour Harrison's Flowers et a été nommé en 2010 au prix David di Donatello de la meilleure photographie pour La prima cosa bella.

Il est marié à l'actrice britannique Caroline Goodall, avec qui il a eu deux enfants. Il est borgne à la suite d'un cancer rétinien.

Best films

Cliffhanger (1993)
("A" Camera Operator)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
(Additional Photography)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
(Director of Photography)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
(Director of Photography)
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
(Steadicam Operator)

Usually with

Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
(8 films)
Michele Soavi
Michele Soavi
(4 films)
Dario Argento
Dario Argento
(3 films)
Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan
(1 films)
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nicola Pecorini (28 films)

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Actor

Lost in La Mancha, 1h33
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films, Buddy films
Actors Jeff Bridges, Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort, Vanessa Paradis, Tony Grisoni
Roles Self - Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.647033.647033.647033.647033.64703
Pendant l'été 2000 en Espagne, Fulton et Pepe suivent, pour en réaliser le making of, le tournage de ce qui aurait dû être The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, un film que projette de réaliser Terry Gilliam depuis plusieurs années. Jean Rochefort doit tenir le rôle de Don Quichotte. Johnny Depp et Vanessa Paradis font également partie de la distribution. Cependant, le tournage tourne vite à la catastrophe : problèmes d'organisation, conflits personnels, vols intempestifs de F16 de l'armée de l'air américaine basée en Espagne sur le site de tournage, pluie diluvienne dans un lieu désertique qui dégrade le matériel et altère le décor – le désert servant de lieu de tournage devenant verdoyant le lendemain du déluge –, maladie de Jean Rochefort qui empêchera celui-ci de jamais remonter à cheval et l'écarte des plateaux.

Cameraman

Misunderstood, 1h43
Directed by Asia Argento
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Olimpia Carlisi
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.293543.293543.293543.293543.29354
Aria, neuf ans, fait face à la séparation très violente de ses parents. Au milieu de leurs disputes, mise à l’écart par ses demi-sœurs, elle ne se sent pas aimée. Ballotée de l’un à l’autre, elle erre à travers la ville avec son sac à dos et son chat noir. Frôlant le désespoir, elle essaie de préserver son innocence.
The Zero Theorem, 1h47
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Lucas Hedges
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0011053.0011053.0011053.0011053.001105
Qohen Leth, an eccentric programmer who refers to himself in the plural, is assigned to "crunch entities" for a company named Mancom. Finding himself suffering existential angst, Qohen constantly waits for a phone call, hoping that it might bring him happiness or the answers he seeks. Requesting a "disability" evaluation, three company doctors determine that Qohen is physically healthy, but request he have therapy from Dr Shrink-ROM, an AI therapist designed to provide mental evaluation. Wanting to meet with "Management", Qohen attends a party held by his supervisor, Joby. Stumbling into an empty room, Qohen finds Management and requests to work from home, as he would be more productive and would no longer risk missing his call; Management simply notes he finds Qohen "quite insane.
Ra One
Ra One (2011)
, 2h36
Directed by Anubhav Sinha
Origin Inde
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Superhero films, Musical films, Films about video games, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Armaan Verma, Arjun Rampal, Rajinikanth, Priyanka Chopra
Roles Director of Photography
Rating48% 2.403212.403212.403212.403212.40321
Shekhar Subramanium (Khan), a game designer who works for the London-based Barron Industries, has delivered a number of commercial failures; an irate Barron (Tahil) gives him his last chance to develop a successful game. To impress his sceptical son Prateek (Verma), and upon the request of his wife Sonia (Kapoor), Shekhar uses his son's idea that the antagonist should be more powerful than the protagonist. His colleague, computer programmer Jenny (Goswami), uses Shekhar's face as a model for that of the game's protagonist G.One (Technically Good One and in Hindi Jeevan, which means life), while the shape-shifting antagonist Ra.One (Technically Random Access Version One and in Hindi Ravan, a mythical demon) is made faceless. Another colleague, Akashi (Wu), implements the characters' movements. The game, named Ra.One, contains three levels, the final level being the only one in which either character can be killed. Each character possesses a special device – the H.A.R.T (Hertz Amplifying Resonance Transmitter) which gives them their powers. Upon reaching the last level, the characters gain a gun with one bullet; the other character can be killed by this bullet but only if his H.A.R.T is attached.
The First Beautiful Thing, 2h2
Directed by Paolo Virzì
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Valerio Mastandrea, Micaela Ramazzotti, Stefania Sandrelli, Claudia Pandolfi, Marco Messeri, Fabrizia Sacchi
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.556533.556533.556533.556533.55653
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the 1970s to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband, a Non-commissioned officer of Carabinieri. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later. The whole movie is set when Bruno, a high school teacher who ended up living in Milan after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother, returns to his hometown to be at his mother’s side during her very last days, remembering all those key episodes of his family life through a long series of flashbacks.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 2h2
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Tom Waits
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.396443.396443.396443.396443.39644
Doctor Parnassus' (Plummer) theatre troupe, which includes sleight of hand expert Anton (Garfield), confidant Percy (Troyer), and Parnassus' daughter Valentina (Cole), performs outside a London pub. A drunk (Richard Riddell) barges onstage and crashes through a stage mirror, where his face changes (Bruce Crawford), and he enters a journey of imagination that culminates in a choice between a torturous-looking twelve-step program and going to a pub. He enters the pub, but it explodes; in the real world, Parnassus says he has lost another one to Mr. Nick (Waits).
A Whole Life Ahead, 1h29
Directed by Paolo Virzì
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Isabella Ragonese, Micaela Ramazzotti, Sabrina Ferilli, Valerio Mastandrea, Massimo Ghini, Elio Germano
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.435853.435853.435853.435853.43585
The events of a freshly graduated young woman in the universe of precarious work.
The Brothers Grimm, 1h58
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Monica Bellucci, Lena Headey, Jonathan Pryce
Roles Additional Photography
Rating58% 2.9492352.9492352.9492352.9492352.949235
Wilhelm Grimm (Matt Damon) and Jakob Grimm (Heath Ledger) arrive in French-occupied Germany during the early 1800s. They go to Karlstadt to rid the town of a witch's ghost. After killing the "ghost", it is revealed that the Brothers Grimm have actually set up a fake witch to trick the town. Afterwards, as they are celebrating, Italian torturer Mercurio Cavaldi (Peter Stormare) takes them to the French General Delatombe (Jonathan Pryce). Delatombe forces them to solve a mystery: The girls of the small village of Marbaden are disappearing, and the villagers are convinced that supernatural beings are responsible. The Grimms are charged with finding who is responsible, and they soon discover that it is the work of a real supernatural force: a beautiful, yet evil, 500-year-old Thuringian Queen (Monica Bellucci) stealing young girls to restore her own beauty. Will and Jake have a complicated relationship; Jake is the smaller, younger, more sensitive one that Will feels he needs to protect. Will is often very hard on Jake (dating all the way back to their childhood, when Jake spent their money that was to be used for medicine for their dying sister on "magic beans") and orders him around. Will is somewhat of a womanizer and wants to make money, whereas Jake is more interested in fairy tales and adventures. Jake feels that Will doesn't care about or believe in him; but Will is just frustrated about the way Jake acts so spontaneously, making it hard for Will to protect him.
Tideland
Tideland (2005)
, 2h
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Children's films
Actors Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Janet McTeer, Jennifer Tilly, Jeff Bridges, Dylan Taylor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.151153.151153.151153.151153.15115
Tideland centers on an abandoned child, Jeliza-Rose, and her solitary adventures during one summer in rural Texas while staying at a rundown farmhouse called What Rocks, and focuses on the increasingly dark, imaginative fantasy life the girl creates with the aid of dismembered Barbie doll heads that she often wears on her fingertips. With names such as Mystique, Sateen Lips, Baby Blonde and Glitter Gal, the doll heads not only engage in long conversations with Jeliza-Rose, reflecting different aspects of the girl's psyche, but also act as her companions while she explores the barren Texas landscape.
The Order
The Order (2003)
, 1h42
Directed by Brian Helgeland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy, Peter Weller, Mattia Sbragia
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51% 2.555732.555732.555732.555732.55573
The film's premise is that there is another way to heaven than adherence to the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. A secular Sin Eater can remove all taint of sin, no matter how foul, from the soul just before death. The purified soul can then ascend into heaven. The Roman Catholic Church, according to the film, considers this heresy.
Rules of Engagement, 2h8
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.198883.198883.198883.198883.19888
Operation Kingfisher, a disastrous American advance in the Vietnam War has 2nd Lt. Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) executing an unarmed prisoner in order to intimidate a Vietnam People's Army officer into calling off an ambush of U.S. Marines. His act thereby saves the life of wounded 2nd Lt. Hays Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones).
Harrison's Flowers, 2h10
Directed by Élie Chouraqui
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn, Alun Armstrong
Roles Steadicam Operator
Rating69% 3.4966753.4966753.4966753.4966753.496675
The film is concerned with Harrison Lloyd, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsweek photojournalist who travels on his last assignment to the former Yugoslavia in 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence. Although he is presumed to have died in a building collapse, his wife travels to the region to find him, believing him to be in the city of Vukovar. Travelling through the war-torn landscape, she arrives in the city, and bears witness to the massacre which took place there. Back home, Harrison's son Cesar cares for his father's flowers in their greenhouse.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1h59
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Benicio del Toro, Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Ellen Barkin, Tobey Maguire, Gary Busey
Roles Steadicam Operator
Rating74% 3.7478953.7478953.7478953.7478953.747895
A montage of news clips of Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War protests is seen while The Lennon Sisters cover of "My Favorite Things" is heard.
The American President, 1h54
Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss, Anna Deaver Smith
Roles Steadicam Operator
Rating67% 3.398533.398533.398533.398533.39853
Popular Democratic President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is preparing to run for re-election. The President and his staff, led by Chief of Staff and best friend A.J. MacInerney (Martin Sheen), attempt to consolidate the administration's 63% approval rating by passing a moderate crime control bill. However, support for the bill in both parties is tepid: conservatives do not want it, and liberals think it is too weak. If it passes, however, Shepherd's re-election is presumed by his staff to be a shoo-in, and Shepherd resolves to announce the bill, and the Congressional support to pass it, by the State of the Union.
Cutthroat Island, 2h4
Directed by Renny Harlin
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw
Roles Camera Operator
Rating57% 2.8507752.8507752.8507752.8507752.850775
In 1668 Jamaica, Morgan Adams hunts down her uncle and fellow pirate Dawg Brown, who has captured her father, Black Harry. Black Harry has one of three pieces of a map to a huge stash of gold on the remote Cutthroat Island. Dawg has another piece, having stolen it from the corpse of a third brother, Richard, while a fourth brother, Mordechai, has the last piece. Harry refuses to give Dawg his piece and escapes with Morgan's help, but not before being mortally wounded. A dying Harry reveals to his daughter the location of the map piece: on his scalp.