Tonino Delli Colli

CinematographerActorCrewEditor Nov 20 (died age 82) Rome, Italy 1942–2025 (83 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tonino Delli Colli (20 November 1923 – 16 August 2005) was an Italian cinematographer. Cousin of Franco Delli Colli, Antonio (Tonino) Delli Colli was born in Rome, and began work at Rome's Cinecittà studio in 1938, at the age of sixteen. By the mid-1940s he was working as a cinematographer and in 1952 shot the first Italian film in colour, Totò a colori. He went on to work with a number of acclaimed and diverse directors including, Sergio Leone (The Good, …

Known For

Film

Life Is Beautiful

Director of Photography

Film

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Director of Photography

Film

Once Upon a Time in America

Director of Photography

Film

Once Upon a Time in the West

Director of Photography

Film

The Name of the Rose

Director of Photography

Film

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Director of Photography

Film

Accattone

Director of Photography

Film

Mamma Roma

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (10)

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer

2019

as Himself

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

as Self

An Opera of Violence

as Self - DOP

The Wages of Sin

as Self - DOP

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

as Self - DOP

La rosa dei nomi

as Self

Intervista

as Tonino Delli Colli (uncredited)

6.8

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

1986

as Self

6.5

I'm Photogenic

1980

as Director of Photography (uncredited)

5.3

Crew (127)

Movies (127)

120 Days of Sodom Literally

2025

Director of Photography

Life Is Beautiful

1997

Director of Photography

8.4

Marianna Ucrìa

1997

Director of Photography

6.5

Looking for Paradise

1995

Director of Photography

6.0

Death and the Maiden

1994

Director of Photography

7.1

Bitter Moon

1992

Director of Photography

7.1

Especially on Sunday

1991

Director of Photography

5.9

A Simple Story

1991

Director of Photography

6.8

The Voice of the Moon

1990

Director of Photography

6.7

The African Woman

1990

Director of Photography

Stradivari

1988

Director of Photography

6.0

Intervista

1987

Director of Photography

6.8

The Name of the Rose

1986

Director of Photography

7.5

Ginger and Fred

1986

Director of Photography

6.8

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

Director of Photography

8.4

The Future Is Woman

1984

Director of Photography

5.3

Trenchcoat

1983

Director of Photography

5.7

Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

Director of Photography

5.9

Ghost of Love

1981

Director of Photography

7.0

Hotel Room

1981

Director of Photography

5.3

Sunday Lovers

1980

Director of Photography

5.7

I'm Photogenic

1980

Director of Photography

5.3

Hurricane Rosie

1980

Director of Photography

3.7

Dear Father

1979

Director of Photography

6.4

Lovers and Liars

1979

Director of Photography

3.9

First Love

1978

Director of Photography

5.5

Blood Feud

1978

Director of Photography

6.5

Beach House

1977

Director of Photography

6.3

The New Monsters

1977

Director of Photography

6.9

The Purple Taxi

1977

Director of Photography

5.7

Lost Soul

1977

Director of Photography

6.6

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1976

Director of Photography

6.3

Dear Michele

1976

Director of Photography

5.0

Seven Beauties

1975

Director of Photography

7.5

Lacombe, Lucien

1974

Director of Photography

7.0

Till Marriage Do Us Part

1974

Director of Photography

5.7

The Walls of Sana'a

1974

Director of Photography

6.1

Bawdy Tales

1973

Director of Photography

5.8

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears

1973

Director of Photography

4.9

The Canterbury Tales

1972

Director of Photography

6.1

Pilgrimage

1972

Director of Photography

The Master Touch

1972

Director of Photography

5.7

The Decameron

1971

Director of Photography

6.8

Homo Eroticus

1971

Director of Photography

4.2

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

1970

Director of Photography

4.4

Operation Snafu

1970

Director of Photography

5.5

Pigsty

1969

Director of Photography

7.0

Love Circle

1969

Director of Photography

6.2

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

Director of Photography

8.3

The Day of the Owl

1968

Director of Photography

7.1

Spirits of the Dead

1968

Director of Photography

6.2

Caprice Italian Style

1968

Director of Photography

6.1

OSS 117 Murder for Sale

1968

Director of Photography

5.7

What Are the Clouds?

1968

Director of Photography

8.5

China Is Near

1967

Director of Photography

5.9

Ghosts, Italian Style

1967

Director of Photography

6.2

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966

Director of Photography

8.5

We'll Go to the City

1966

Director of Photography

7.2

The Sultans

1966

Director of Photography

4.3

The Hawks and the Sparrows

1966

Director of Photography

7.2

Target for Killing

1966

Director of Photography

6.1

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965

Director of Photography

7.4

Love Meetings

1965

Director of Photography

8.3

The Mandrake

1965

Director of Photography

5.7

The Camp Followers

1965

Director of Photography

6.7

The Double Bed

1965

Director of Photography

2.5

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964

Director of Photography

5.3

Amori pericolosi

1964

Director of Photography

Extraconiugale

1964

Director of Photography

Love in Four Dimensions

1964

Director of Photography

5.0

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

1963

Director of Photography

7.2

The Executioner

1963

Director of Photography

7.6

La bella di Lodi

1963

Director of Photography

5.2

Mamma Roma

1962

Director of Photography

7.9

The New Angels

1962

Director of Photography

The Swordsman of Siena

1962

Director of Photography

2.5

The Nun of Monza

1962

Cinematography

5.0

The Wonders of Aladdin

1961

Director of Photography

4.9

Accattone

1961

Director of Photography

7.7

The Thief of Baghdad

1961

Director of Photography

5.0

L'amico del giaguaro

1959

Director of Photography

5.0

Poor Millionaires

1959

Director of Photography

5.7

First Love

1959

Director of Photography

6.3

The Maids

1959

Director of Photography

7.0

Marinai, donne e guai

1958

Director of Photography

5.0

Adorable and Lying

1958

Director of Photography

5.0

Venice, the Moon and You

1958

Director of Photography

5.8

Cortina de cristal

1958

Editor

America By Night

1957

Editor

2.0

Oh! Sabella

1957

Director of Photography

7.1

Susanna tutta panna

1957

Director of Photography

5.0

Female Three Times

1957

Director of Photography

7.0

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl

1957

Director of Photography

6.6

Poor But Beautiful

1957

Director of Photography

6.7

Seven Hills of Rome

1957

Director of Photography

5.9

Donatella

1956

Director of Photography

5.2

It Happened in the Penitentiary

1955

Director of Photography

6.2

The Young Ladies of 04

1955

Director of Photography

6.0

Piccola posta

1955

Director of Photography

6.6

The Intruder

1955

Director of Photography

7.2

The White Angel

1955

Director of Photography

6.1

Rosso e nero

1954

Director of Photography

Night of Love

1954

Director of Photography

9.0

Mid-Century Loves

1954

Director of Photography

4.9

The Shadow

1954

Director of Photography

3.7

Naples 1943

1954

Cinematography

I Always Loved You

1953

Director of Photography

Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair

1953

Director of Photography

6.2

Gioventù alla sbarra

1953

Director of Photography

Toto and the Women

1952

Director of Photography

6.8

I tre corsari

1952

Director of Photography

Totó in color

1952

Director of Photography

7.3

Io sono il capataz

1951

Director of Photography

7.0

Damn the Taxes!!

1951

Director of Photography

Toto the Third Man

1951

Director of Photography

6.3

It's Him!... Yes! Yes!

1951

Director of Photography

4.5

Milano miliardaria

1951

Director of Photography

Il padrone del vapore

1951

Director of Photography

Fugitive Lady

1950

Director of Photography

3.3

Alina

1950

Director of Photography

5.0

The Promise

1950

Director of Photography

5.7

City of Pain

1949

Director of Photography

5.4

Fame and the Devil

1949

Director of Photography

4.5

La mano della morta

1949

Director of Photography

L'isola de Montecristo

1948

Director of Photography

Sinfonia fatale

1947

Camera Operator

Rossini

1942

Assistant Camera