Armando Nannuzzi

Armando Nannuzzi (21 September 1925 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian cinematographer and camera operator active from the 1940s until the 1990s. His career spanned six decades and over 100 films.

Biography Nannuzzi briefly worked in the United States in the mid-1980s, and during this period he collaborated with horror novelist Stephen King on Maximum Overdrive, King's directorial debut.

An accident occurred on 31 July 1985, during shooting in a suburb of Wilmington, North Carolina, for Maximum Overdrive. A radio controlled lawnmower used in a scene went out of control and struck a block of wood used as a camera support, shooting out wood splinters which injured Nannuzzi, the director of photography on the production. As a result, Nannuzzi lost his right eye.

After the incident, Nannuzzi sued Stephen King, and 17 others on 18 February 1987 for $18 million in damages due to unsafe working practices. The suit was settled out of court, for $975,000.

Other films in which he served as a cinematographer include Sandra (1965) and Frankenstein Unbound (1990). He was also a frequent collaborator of Mauro Bolognini's.

Nannuzzi died on 14 May 2001 in Ostia, Italy, although some sources say he died in April 2001. He was 75.

Selected filmography 1950s 1955 Lo Svitato 1956 The Window to Luna Park 1956 Donna del giorno 1957 Mariti in città 1958 Young Husbands 1958 Three Strangers in Rome 1958 Mogli pericolose 1959 Tunisi top secret 1959 Everyone's in Love 1959 Bad Girls Don't Cry

1960s 1960 Il Bell'Antonio 1961 The Brigand 1962 Mafioso 1963 The Girl from Parma 1964 The Magnificent Cuckold 1965 Sandra 1965 I Knew Her Well 1969 The Damned

1970s 1970 Waterloo 1977 Jesus of Nazareth 1978 La Cage aux Folles

1980s 1980 La Cage aux Folles II 1985 Silver Bullet 1986 Maximum Overdrive

1990s 1990 Frankenstein Unbound 1992 Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed