Nicola Pecorini

{{short description|Italian cinematographer (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Nicola Pecorini | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Milan]], [[Lombardy]], Italy | years_active = 1983–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Caroline Goodall]]|1994}} | children = 2 }} '''Nicola Pecorini''' (born 10 August 1957) is an Italian [[cinematographer]].

==Life and career== Pecorini was born in [[Milan]], [[Lombardy]], Italy. He founded, with [[Garrett Brown]], inventor of the [[steadicam]], the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. (SOA), in 1988.

Pecorini moved to the [[United States]] in 1993, and since 1997, he has frequently collaborated with director [[Terry Gilliam]] (together they have made ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'', ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'', ''[[Tideland (film)|Tideland]]'', ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'', ''[[The Zero Theorem]]'' and ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'').

In 2000, he won Best Cinematography at the [[San Sebastian International Film Festival]] for ''[[Harrison's Flowers]]''.

He is married to British-Australian actress [[Caroline Goodall]] and has two children, Gemma and Leone. He is blind in one eye.<ref>[http://www.nicolapecorini.com/ Demo tape on Nicola Pecorini's website]</ref>

==Filmography== '''Film''' {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 1997 | ''Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest'' | [[Michael Haussman]] | |- | 1998 | ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' | [[Terry Gilliam]] | |- |rowspan=2| 2000 | ''[[Rules of Engagement (film)|Rules of Engagement]]'' | [[William Friedkin]] | With [[William A. Fraker]] |- | ''[[Harrison's Flowers]]'' | [[Élie Chouraqui]] | |- | 2003 | ''[[The Order (2003 film)|The Order]]'' | [[Brian Helgeland]] | |- | 2005 | ''[[Tideland (film)|Tideland]]'' | Terry Gilliam | |- | 2008 | ''[[Your Whole Life Ahead of You]]'' | [[Paolo Virzì]] | |- | 2009 | ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'' | Terry Gilliam | |- | 2010 | ''[[The First Beautiful Thing]]'' | Paolo Virzì | |- | 2011 | ''[[Ra.One]]'' | [[Anubhav Sinha]] | With [[V. Manikandan]] and [[Ewan Mulligan]] |- | 2013 | ''[[The Zero Theorem]]'' | Terry Gilliam | |- | 2014 | ''[[Misunderstood (2014 film)|Misunderstood]]'' | [[Asia Argento]] | |- |rowspan=2| 2018 | ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'' | Terry Gilliam | |- | ''[[The Legend of the Christmas Witch]]'' | [[Michele Soavi]] | |- | 2020 | ''[[Agony (2020 film)|Agony]]'' | [[Michele Civetta]] | |- | 2024 | ''[[Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness]]'' | [[Johnny Depp]] | With [[Dariusz Wolski]] |}

'''Short film''' {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 2001 | ''Ode an die Freude'' | Ralf Schmerberg | Segment of ''Poem'' |- | 2002 | ''[[Secret Tournament]]'' | [[Terry Gilliam]] | |- | 2006 | ''Postmortem Bliss'' | [[Floria Sigismondi]] | |- | 2010 | ''Problema'' | Ralf Schmerberg | |- | 2011 | ''[[The Wholly Family]]'' | Terry Gilliam | |- | TBA | ''Hallucinaut'' | Daniel Auber | |}

'''Television''' {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 1996 | ''[[Tracey Takes On...]]'' | [[Simon Curtis (filmmaker)|Simon Curtis]] | Episodes "Death" and "Law";<br>Also directed episode "Health" |- | 2013 | ''Doubt'' | [[Thomas Schlamme]] | TV movie |- | 2019 | ''[[Kingdoms of Fire]]'' | [[Peter Webber]]<br>Alejandro Toledo | 14 episodes |- |}

'''Music videos''' *"Oh Sailor", [[Fiona Apple]] (2005) *"Pourtant", [[Vanessa Paradis]] (2000) *"Riding With The King", [[B.B. King]] & [[Eric Clapton]] (2000) *"Dark Moon", [[Chris Isaak]] (1994) (director)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.nicolapecorini.com/ Official website] * {{IMDb name|0669797|Nicola Pecorini}}

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