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Sergio Salvati

Camera

Born June 16, 1938 · Roma, Italy

Died September 17, 2025

Biography

Sergio Salvati is an Italian cinematographer. His father, Aldofo Salvati, was a key grip in the early days of Italian cinema, and through his father's contacts Sergio began his career developing negatives in a small photographic laboratory in Rome. In 1956, his father was working with Enzo Serafin, who asked Sergio to work with him as camera assistant on Raw Wind in Eden starring Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler. Many other films shot in Italy would follow, both cult classics and commercial cinema.

Filmography25 titles

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966First Assistant Camera

My Name Is Nobody

1973Director of Photography

The Psychic

1977Director of Photography

The Beyond

1981as Mob Member (uncredited)

Fulci for Fake

2019as Himself

The Possessed

1965Assistant Camera

Zombie

1979Director of Photography

Medea

1969Camera Operator

City of the Living Dead

1980Director of Photography

The Witch

1966Assistant Camera

Four of the Apocalypse

1975Cinematography

The House by the Cemetery

1981Director of Photography

Contraband

1980Director of Photography

The Black Cat

1981Director of Photography

Puppetmaster

1989Director of Photography

Metello

1970Camera Operator

The Wax Mask

1997Director of Photography

Ghoulies II

1987Director of Photography

Crawlspace

1986Director of Photography

Thunder

1983Cinematography

Spellcaster

1988Director of Photography

Cellar Dweller

1987Director of Photography

1990: The Bronx Warriors

1982Director of Photography

Transformations

1988Director of Photography

The Loves of Hercules

1960Assistant Camera