Daria D’Antonio was born and raised in Naples. Always passionate about photography, she began her career in cinema at a very young age, following a brief stint at university, working as a video assistant and camera assistant. After a short apprenticeship with cinematographers Pasquale Mari and Cesare Accetta, she began a long collaboration with Luca Bigazzi, first as an assistant and later as a camera operator. These years were crucial to her development, as she worked with various directors including Mario Martone, Antonio Capuano, Peter Del Monte, Francesca Archibugi, Francesca Comencini, Gianni Amelio, and Silvio Soldini.
Her debut as a cinematographer came in 2007 with Il passaggio della linea by Pietro Marcello. Among other films, she has been responsible for the lighting in Hai paura del buio by Massimo Coppola, Slam: Tutto per una ragazza by Andrea Molaioli, I padroni di casa by Edoardo Gabbriellini, Il padre d’Italia by Fabio Mollo, La pelle dell’orso by Marco Segato, N-capace by Eleonora Danco, Ricordi? by Valerio Mieli, Tornare by Cristina Comencini, Flesh Out by Michela Occhipinti, Il miracolo by Niccolò Ammaniti, Bang Bang Baby by Alaique, Ferri, Bonito, Super-sex by Rovere Mazzoleni and Carrozzini, È stata la mano di Dio and Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino.
She has been nominated four times for the Nastro d’Argento, winning it in 2022 for È stata la mano di Dio. She has also been nominated twice for the David di Donatello, winning once in 2022, again for È stata la mano di Dio. Additionally, she was nominated once and won the Globo d’oro twice for La pelle dell’orso and Ricordi?. In 2024 he won the CST Award for Best Artist-Technician at Cannes for the cinematography of Parthenope.
