{{short description|Italian cinematographer (born 1940)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Danilo Desideri | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|07|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1940|07|13|df=y}} --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Cinematographer | years_active = 1962—present | known_for = }}
'''Danilo Desideri''' (born 13 July 1940) is an Italian cinematographer.
Born in Rome, Desideri began his film career in the late 1950s as a camera assistant on the crew of Tonino Delli Colli.<ref name=Masi>Stefano Masi, ''Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia'', Recco, Le Mani, 2007. {{ISBN|8880123874}}.</ref> He later worked as a camera operator with Gianni Di Venanzo, Ennio Guarnieri, Giuseppe Rotunno, and Luigi Kuveiller, among others.<ref name=Masi>Stefano Masi, ''Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia'', Recco, Le Mani, 2007. {{ISBN|8880123874}}.</ref> After working in the advertising field, he made his debut as cinematographer for films in the late 60s;<ref name=Masi>Stefano Masi, ''Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia'', Recco, Le Mani, 2007. {{ISBN|8880123874}}.</ref> his first major production was the film ''In the Name of the Pope King'' (1977), directed by Luigi Magni.<ref name=Masi>Stefano Masi, ''Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia'', Recco, Le Mani, 2007. {{ISBN|8880123874}}.</ref> In 1983, he collaborated for the first time with Carlo Verdone, beginning a professional association that characterized his career in the following decades.<ref name=Masi>Stefano Masi, ''Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia'', Recco, Le Mani, 2007. {{ISBN|8880123874}}.</ref> Desideri won the 1992 David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Verdone's ''Damned the Day I Met You''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref>
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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Desideri, Danilo}} Category:1940 births Category:Film people from Rome Category:Italian cinematographers Category:Living people Category:David di Donatello winners