LANCI, GIUSEPPE

(1942-)

Cinematographer. Better known as Beppe (short for Giuseppe), Lanci studied at theCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografiabefore serving an apprenticeship as assistant cameraman withTonino Delli Colli, Mario Montuori, and Franco Di Giacomo. From 1979 he became the preferred cinematographer ofMarco Bellocchio, photographing eight of his major films, worked withPaolo and Vittorio TavianionKaos(Chaos, 1984) andGood Morning Babilonia(1986), withMauro BologninionLa Veneziana(The Venetian Woman, 1985) andLa villa del venerdi(Husbands and Lovers, 1992), and withNanni MorettionPalombella Rossa(Red Lob, 1988),Caro diario(Dear Diary, 1993),Aprile(April, 1996), andLa stanza del figlio(The Son's Room, 2001).He also collaborated extensively with the younger generation of directors who emerged in the 1990s, working on, among others,Francesca Archibugi'sCon gli occhi chiusi(With Closed Eyes, 1994) andDaniele Luchetti'sIpiccoli maestri(Little Teachers, 1997). Internationally he served as director of photography for Margarethe Von Trotta'sFurchten und Lieben(Three Sisters, 1988) and, memorably, for Andrei Tarkovsky, for whom he produced the stunning images ofNostalghia(Nostalgia, 1984). Among his many awards is theDavid di Donatellohe won in 1986 for his work onLina Wertmuller'sUn complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti(Camorra:A Story of Streets, Women and Crime, 1986).