Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli explained

Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Occupation:Cinematographer, film producer

Roberto D’Ettorre Piazzoli (born 27 April 1942) is an Italian film producer and cinematographer who has worked frequently with Ovidio G. Assonitis.[1]

Born in Rome, Piazzoli began working for the Italian movie industry in the early 1960s as a cameraman, under the direction of Vittorio De Sica, Damiano Damiani, Marco Ferreri, Florestano Vancini, Mauro Bolognini, Dino Risi and Pasquale Festa Campanile.

As a cinematographer he has worked on such films as The Last Snows of Spring and as co-director (under the pseudonym Robert Barrett) on Beyond the Door and Tentacles directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis; he also co-directed Laure, together with Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, Emmanuelle Arsan's husband.

His filmography also includes No Place to Hide, Over the Line, Sposi, Fratelli e Sorelle and Laguna.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104090950/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1091603/Roberto-D-Ettore-Piazzoli New York Times