The Art of Italian Cinematography and Beyond

The Art of Italian Cinematography and Beyond

Luca Bigazzi

Born in Naples in 1985, he attended the Photography course led by Giuseppe Rotunno at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from 2008 to 2010. He works as a camera operator on films and TV series (Gomorrah, Romulus, My Brilliant Friend). In 2015, he made his debut as a cinematographer with the film Lost and Beautiful by Pietro Marcello, which was presented at the Locarno Festival and earned him a nomination for the Globo d’oro as well as the Epomeo Award for Cinematography at the Ischia Film Festival. In 2018, with If Life Gives You Lemons directed by Ciro D’Emilio, he competed at the Venice Biennale in the Orizzonti section. He collaborated again with the same director in 2022, signing the cinematography of Nothing Special. In 2019, he worked with director Roan Johnson on the seventh season of I delitti del BarLume, produced by Palomar for Sky. In 2023, he teamed up with director Alessandro Tonda, overseeing the cinematography of four episodes of the series Suburræterna for Netflix. In 2024, he worked on the Sky series Gangs of Milan, directed by Ciro Visco. His most recent work is the documentary Pino, produced by Groenlandia and Lucky Red and directed by Francesco Lettieri.