# Mario Masini

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{{Short description|Italian cinematographer and director (1939–2023)}}
{{Distinguish|Marco Masini}}
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| caption            =  Masini in 2009
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| birth_date         = {{birth-date|28 January 1939}}
| birth_place        = [Savona](/source/Savona), [Kingdom of Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy)
| death_date         = {{death-date and age|13 March 2023|28 January 1939}}
| death_place        = [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart),  Germany
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'''Mario Masini''' (28 January 1939 – 13 March 2023) was an Italian cinematographer and experimental director. He won the [Palme d'Or](/source/Palme_d'Or) at [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival) with the film ''[Padre Padrone](/source/Padre_Padrone)'' in 1976.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Monaco |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s7MUAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Mario+Masini%22+%22Cannes+Film+Festival%22+%22Padre+Padrone%22&pg=PA674 |title=The Movie Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Perigee Books |isbn=978-0-399-51780-8 |language=en}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
Born in [Savona](/source/Savona), Masini grew up in [Tuscany](/source/Tuscany) and in 1961 he graduated from the [Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia](/source/Centro_Sperimentale_di_Cinematografia) in Rome.<ref name="bio">{{Cite news |last=Di Martino |first=Bruno |date=14 March 2023 |title=Mario Masini, il cinema vissuto tra amore e professione |language=en |work=[Il manifesto](/source/Il_manifesto) |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/addio-mario-masini-il-cinema-vissuto-tra-amore-e-professione |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> He started his film career as assistant operator of [Vittorio Storaro](/source/Vittorio_Storaro) in [Daniele D'Anza](/source/Daniele_D'Anza)'s ''Pugni, pupe e marinai''.<ref name="den">{{cite news |title=Addio a Mario Masini, direttore della fotografia. Lavorò con Bene e i fratelli Taviani |url=https://www.ildenaro.it/addio-mario-masini-direttore-della-fotografia-lavoro-con-bene-e-i-fratelli-taviani/ |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=Il Denaro |date=14 March 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref> He is best known for his association with [Carmelo Bene](/source/Carmelo_Bene), with whom he collaborated as a cinematographer in all his films, including the [Venice Film Festival](/source/Venice_Film_Festival) [Special Jury Prize](/source/Special_Jury_Prize_(Venice_Film_Festival)) winner ''[Our Lady of the Turks](/source/Our_Lady_of_the_Turks)''; other notable collaborations include [Paolo and Vittorio Taviani](/source/Paolo_and_Vittorio_Taviani) (notably being the cinematographer of [Palme d'Or](/source/Palme_d'Or) winner ''[Padre Padrone](/source/Padre_Padrone)''), [Bruno Bozzetto](/source/Bruno_Bozzetto), [Giuseppe Ferrara](/source/Giuseppe_Ferrara) and [Vittorio De Sisti](/source/Vittorio_De_Sisti).<ref name="bio" /><ref name="den" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fumagallo |first1=Michele |title=Mario Masini, le luci, le ombre, i colori di Carmelo Bene |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/mario-masini-le-luci-le-ombre-i-colori-di-carmelo-bene |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=Il manifesto |date=11 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref> In the 1980s Masini retired from the industry to work as a teacher in some [Steiner schools](/source/Steiner_schools), and later moved to [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart).<ref name="bio" /> He reprised his cinema activities in the early 1990s, working mainly in independent and arthouse international productions.<ref name="bio" /> 
 
Masini was also a director of experimental and often surrealist films.<ref name="bio" /> He died on 13 March 2023, at the age of 84.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="den" />

==References==
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==External links==
 
* {{IMDb name|nm0556415}}
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Category:Italian cinematographers 
Category:People from Savona
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