{{Short description|Italian cinematographer}} '''Dario Di Palma''' (6 November 1932 - 24 October 2004) was an Italian film cinematographer.
Born in Rome, Di Palma began to work in the 1950s as camera operator and assistant camera operator, often with his uncle [[Carlo Di Palma]] as cinematographer.<ref name=hde>Stefano Masi, ''Dizionario mondiale dei direttori della fotografia, Vol. A-K'', Recco, Le Mani, 2007. {{ISBN|88-8012-387-4}}, pp. 250-252.</ref> After taking care of the cinematography of the second unit for the [[peplum film]] ''[[Romulus and Remus (1961)|Romulus and Remus]]'' (1961) by [[Sergio Corbucci]], he began his career as cinematographer with two other peplum films, both directed by [[Alberto De Martino]], ''[[Terrible Sheriff]]'' (1962) and ''Perseo l'invincibile'' (1963).<ref name=hde/>
In mid-1960s, he started working in more significant films, such as ''[[Almost a Man]]'' by [[Vittorio De Seta]] and ''[[Seasons of Our Love]]'' by [[Florestano Vancini]]. Di Palma later reached the peak of his career in the 1970s, when he signed the cinematography of notable titles such as [[Lina Wertmüller]]'s ''[[The Seduction of Mimi]]'', [[Valerio Zurlini]]'s ''[[Indian Summer (1972 film)|Indian Summer]]'' and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[Ugly, Dirty and Bad]]''.<ref name=hde/>
The tragic suicide of his son, who had been his assistant on the set of the Scola's film, sank him into a depression and away from work.<ref name=hde/> Later Di Palma never returned to major productions, working mainly for Italian television and prematurely ending his career at the beginning of the nineties.<ref name=hde/>
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