FrameThrower · Actors · Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1979–1983
Born 1 September 1922 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy · died 29 June 2000
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI, popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements.
Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1979–1983
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor1975
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- David di Donatello for Best Actor
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1994
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1987
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
- Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts1997
- Donostia Award1988
- Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor1975
- Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor1957
- Ciak d'oro - Best Lead Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Vittorio takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Vittorio takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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