Armando Nannuzzi

{{Short description|Italian cinematographer (1925–2001)}} {{Infobox person | name = Armando Nannuzzi | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|9|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|5|14|1925|9|21|df=y}} | death_place = Ostia, Italy | occupation = Cinematographer }}

'''Armando Nannuzzi ''' (21 September 1925 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian cinematographer and camera operator active from the 1940s until the 1990s. His career spanned six decades and over 100 films.

==Biography== Nannuzzi briefly worked in the United States in the mid-1980s, and during this period he collaborated with horror novelist Stephen King on ''Maximum Overdrive'', King's directorial debut.

An accident occurred on 31 July 1985, during shooting in a suburb of Wilmington, North Carolina, for ''Maximum Overdrive''. A radio controlled lawnmower used in a scene went out of control and struck a block of wood used as a camera support, shooting out wood splinters which injured Nannuzzi, the director of photography on the production. As a result, Nannuzzi lost his right eye.<ref name=washington/><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cheney|first=Matthew|title=Summer of '86: Maximum Overdrive|date=4 August 2011|magazine=Slant Magazine|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/summer-of-86-maximum-overdrive|accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref>

After the incident, Nannuzzi sued Stephen King, and 17 others on 18 February 1987 for $18 million in damages due to unsafe working practices.<ref name=washington>{{cite news|title=STEPHEN KING SUED OVER INJURY|date=21 February 1987|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/02/21/stephen-king-sued-over-injury/ab640b57-6bb6-4c51-84fd-c1754b8571de/|accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref> The suit was settled out of court, for $975,000.<ref>https://www.deseret.com/1992/8/8/18998387/cinematographer-settles-with-producers</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcYJAwAAQBAJ&dq=armando+nannuzzi+sues+stephen+king&pg=PT106|last=Von Doviak|first=Scott|title=Stephen King Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Horror on Film|year=2014|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781480386181}}</ref>

Other films in which he served as a cinematographer include ''Sandra'' (1965)<ref>{{cite news|last=Bennett|first=Colin|title=A dream takes shape|date=30 December 1967|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19671230&id=PR1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3987,4778818&hl=en|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> and ''Frankenstein Unbound'' (1990).<ref>{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=Roger Corman s Frankenstein Unbound (1990) Review/Film; 'Corman's Frankenstein Unbound'|date=2 November 1990|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE5DB143FF931A35752C1A966958260|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> He was also a frequent collaborator of Mauro Bolognini's.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lane|first=John Francis|title=Mauro Bolognini|date=15 May 2001|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/may/16/guardianobituaries.filmnews|accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref>

Nannuzzi died on 14 May 2001 in Ostia, Italy, although some sources say he died in April 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Armando Nannuzzi |work=People.theiapolis |url=http://people.theiapolis.com/name-1DQS/armando-nannuzzi/ }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was 75.

==Selected filmography== ===1950s=== :1955 ''Lo Svitato'' :1956 ''The Window to Luna Park'' :1956 ''Donna del giorno'' :1957 ''Mariti in città'' :1958 ''Young Husbands'' :1958 ''Three Strangers in Rome'' :1958 ''Mogli pericolose'' :1959 ''Tunisi top secret'' :1959 ''Everyone's in Love'' :1959 ''Bad Girls Don't Cry''

===1960s=== :1960 ''Il Bell'Antonio'' :1961 ''The Brigand'' :1962 ''Mafioso'' :1963 ''The Girl from Parma'' :1964 ''The Magnificent Cuckold'' :1965 ''Sandra'' :1965 ''I Knew Her Well'' :1969 ''The Damned''

===1970s=== :1970 ''Waterloo'' :1977 ''Jesus of Nazareth'' :1978 ''La Cage aux Folles''

===1980s=== :1980 ''La Cage aux Folles II'' :1985 ''Silver Bullet'' :1986 ''Maximum Overdrive''

===1990s=== :1990 ''Frankenstein Unbound'' :1992 ''Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed''

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name | id = 0005811 | name = Armando Nannuzzi }}

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