Leonida Barboni

Leonida Barboni
Born	23 November 1909 (1909-11-23) Fiuminata, Italy
Died	6 November 1970 (1970-11-07) (aged 60) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Cinematographer

Leonida Barboni (23 November 1909 – 6 November 1970) was an Italian film cinematographer.

Life and career

Born in Fiuminata, Macerata, Barboni started his career working as a cameraman for Fox Movietone and Paramount newsreels.^[1] He later worked as a cinematographer for documentaries, and in 1942 he made his feature film debut with La fanciulla dell'altra riva.^[1] After the war Barboni started a critical acclaimed collaboration with the director Pietro Germi and with the set designer Carlo Egidi.^[1] His style was characterized by the proliferation of small light sources, a great attention to detail and by the use of 'deep focus' shots.^[1] He was the elder brother of the cinematographer and director Enzo Barboni.^[1]

Selected filmography

A Night of Fame (1949)
In the Name of the Law (1949)
Sunday in August (1950)
Path of Hope (1950)
Il Diavolo in convento (1950)
Ragazze da marito (1952)
Red Shirts (1952)
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
Jealousy (1953)
L'incantevole nemica (1953)
Neapolitans in Milan (1953)
Adriana Lecouvreur (1955)
Angela (1955)
Il coraggio (1955)
The Railroad Man (1956)
Dreams in a Drawer (1956)
Fathers and Sons (1957)
A Man of Straw (1958)
Nella città l'inferno (1959)
The Great War (1959)
The Facts of Murder (1959)
The Hunchback of Rome (1960)
The Passionate Thief (1960)
Run with the Devil (1960)
The Traffic Policeman (1960)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Black City (1961)
The Lovemakers (1961)
A Difficult Life (1961)
Disorder (1962)
The Captive City (1962)
The Verona Trial (1963)
Liolà (1963)
Corruption (1963)
Countersex (1964)
Amori pericolosi (1964)
The Possessed (1965)
The Dolls (1965)
After the Fox (1966)
Pleasant Nights (1966)
Sex Quartet (1966)
The Witch (1966)
El Greco (1966)
The Rover (1967)
Bora Bora (1968)
1870 (1971)

References

1 2 3 4 5 Masi, Stefano. "Leonida Barboni" in Aa. Vv. Enciclopedia del Cinema Treccani. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2003.

External links

Leonida Barboni at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 32186210 ISNI: 0000 0001 0885 4738 GND: 140593888 SUDOC: 145294889 BNF: cb139301241 (data) NKC: xx0161545 ICCU: IT\ICCU\LO1V\296642 BNE: XX1597324

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.