Francesco Carini was born in Rome in 1971. From 1991 to 1993, he attended the Television and Film Operator course (recognized by the Lazio Region) at Laboratorio Cinema ’87 (graduating with honors). From 1992 to 1997, he collaborated with Laboratorio Cinema ’87 as a teaching assistant and technical assistant for video shoots. In 1992, as a freelancer, he worked as an ENG operator for Rai and Fininvest (TG5, Uno Mattina, Nonsolomoda, etc.). Starting in 1996, he began working on various film sets in the role of video assistant: Hotel paura by Renato De Maria (1996), and I colori del diavolo by Alan Jessuà (1996). Since 1997, as a camera assistant, he has worked on the following films: Il bagno turco by Ferzan Ozpetek (1997), The Eighteen Angel by William Bindley (1997), Nicholas’ Gift by Robert Markowitz (1997), Padrona del suo destino by Marshall Herskovitz (1998), Geremia – il profeta by Henry Winer (1998), and Ester by Raffaele Mertes (1998). Since 1999, he has worked as a camera assistant on the following films: Boom by Andrea Zaccariello (1999), Il manoscritto di Vam Hecken by Nicola De Rinaldo (1999), Territori d’ombra by Paolo Modugno (2000), I cavalieri che fecero l’impresa by Pupi Avati (2001), The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé (2001), and in various commercials including Illy Caffè, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and photographed by Vittorio Storaro. As a camera operator, he has worked on the following films: Vento di terra by Vincenzo Marra (2004), Natale a casa Deejay – A Christmas Carol by Lorenzo Bassano (2004), and Lettere dalla Sicilia by Manuel Giliberti (2005). Since 2005, he has pursued a career as a director of photography, working on films such as Sons of Italy by Jonathan Deman (2005), Il rabdomante by Fabrizio Cattani (2005), Maternity Blues by Fabrizio Cattani (2011), and Tra cinque minuti in scena (documentary section) by Laura Chiossone (2012). Since 2005, he has also worked on various music videos for artists like Negramaro, Morgan, Dolcenera, Mondomarcio, Daniele Silvestri, etc.; the 13-episode sitcom Taglia e cuci for Fox; and approximately 700 commercials.
