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Otello Martelli(1902-2000)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Otello Martelli was born on 19 May 1902 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), Carne de horca (1953) and La Strada (1954). He died on 20 February 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornMay 19, 1902
DiedFebruary 20, 2000(97)
BornMay 19, 1902
DiedFebruary 20, 2000(97)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita
8.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1960
Carne de horca (1953)
Carne de horca
6.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1953
Giulietta Masina in La Strada (1954)
La Strada
8.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1954
This Angry Age (1958)
This Angry Age
5.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 1958

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Death Walks in Laredo (1967)
    Death Walks in Laredo
    5.7
    • director of photography
    • 1967
  • Menage all'italiana (1965)
    Menage all'italiana
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Location Hunting in Palestine (1965)
    Location Hunting in Palestine
    7.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Princess Soraya in The Three Faces (1965)
    The Three Faces
    5.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Silvana Mangano and Alberto Sordi in La mia signora (1964)
    La mia signora
    6.3
    • Cinematographer (segments "L'uccellino", "Eritrea", "I miei cari", "Luciana")
    • 1964
  • Sylva Koscina and Daliah Lavi in Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964)
    Cyrano et d'Artagnan
    6.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • La donna è una cosa meravigliosa (1964)
    La donna è una cosa meravigliosa
    6.1
    • Cinematographer (segment "Una donna dolce, dolce")
    • 1964
  • Il maestro di Vigevano (1963)
    Il maestro di Vigevano
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Cuba '58 (1962)
    Cuba '58
    6.3
    • Cinematographer (segments "Día de trabajo, Un", "Novios, Los")
    • 1962
  • Redhead (1962)
    Redhead
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Boccaccio '70 (1962)
    Boccaccio '70
    7.0
    • Cinematographer (segments "La riffa", "Le tentazioni del Dottor Antonio")
    • 1962
  • Lino Ventura and Marina Vlady in La ragazza in vetrina (1961)
    La ragazza in vetrina
    7.0
    • director of photography
    • 1961
  • Stories of the Revolution (1960)
    Stories of the Revolution
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1960
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960)
    La Dolce Vita
    8.0
    • director of photography
    • 1960
  • Gina Lollobrigida and Yves Montand in The Law (1959)
    The Law
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1959

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
    Nights of Cabiria
    8.1
    • additional cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, and Mel Ferrer in War and Peace (1956)
    War and Peace
    6.7
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray in The Glass Mountain (1949)
    The Glass Mountain
    6.5
    • Italian location (as O. Martelli)
    • 1949
  • Clelia Matania and Carlo Romano in Papà per una notte (1939)
    Papà per una notte
    4.4
    • camera operator (as O. Martelli)
    • 1939

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • O. Martelli
  • Born
    • May 19, 1902
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Died
    • February 20, 2000
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(natural causes)

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  • Trivia
    Member of AIC (Association of Italian Cinematographers).

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