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Dante Spinotti

Camera

Born August 22, 1943 · Tolmezzo, Italia

Biography

Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC, is an Italian cinematographer. He is known mostly for his collaborations with directors Michael Mann and Brett Ratner. He received Academy Award nominations for L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). He won a BAFTA Award for The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has also won two Italian David di Donatello Awards and two Nastro d'Argento Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dante Spinotti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • BAFTA AwardBest Cinematography · 1993
  • David di DonatelloBest Cinematography · 1989
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 2000 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 1998 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Prison Break

2005Director of Photography

Heat

1995Director of Photography

L.A. Confidential

1997Director of Photography

The Insider

1999Director of Photography

The Last of the Mohicans

1992Director of Photography

Red Dragon

2002Director of Photography

Manhunter

1986Director of Photography

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018Director of Photography

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

2016as Self

Black and Blue

2019Director of Photography

Wonder Boys

2000Director of Photography

The Family Man

2000Director of Photography

Frankie and Johnny

1991as Man on Bus (uncredited)

Freak Show

2017Director of Photography

Public Enemies

2009Director of Photography

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996Director of Photography

Beaches

1988Director of Photography

Flash of Genius

2008Director of Photography

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988Director of Photography

The Quick and the Dead

1995Director of Photography

Nell

1994Director of Photography

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010Director of Photography

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006Director of Photography

The Other Sister

1999Director of Photography

Bandits

2001Director of Photography

The Alto Knights

2025Director of Photography

I Saw the Light

2015Director of Photography

After the Sunset

2004Director of Photography

True Colors

1991Director of Photography

Traffik

2018Director of Photography

Tower Heist

2011Director of Photography

Blink

1994Director of Photography

Crimes of the Heart

1986Director of Photography

Fatale

2020Director of Photography

Deception

2008as Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti

From the Hip

1987Director of Photography

Hercules

2014Director of Photography

The Contract

2006Director of Photography

Pinocchio

2002Director of Photography

The Comfort of Strangers

1990Director of Photography

Hudson Hawk

1991Director of Photography

Fair Game

1988Director of Photography

Goodbye Lover

1998Director of Photography

Aria

1987Director of Photography

The Berlin Affair

1985Director of Photography

Elyse

2020Director of Photography

Slipstream

2007Director of Photography

Voyage of the Rock Aliens

1984Additional Director of Photography

Illegally Yours

1988Director of Photography

Melania

2026Director of Photography