Tonino Delli Colli to Receive ASC International Achievement Award

Tonino Delli Colli, AIC will receive the ASC International Achievement Award which is presented annually to an individual whose body of work has made an enduring impact on the global art form. The award will be presented to Delli Colli during the 19th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel on Feb. 20, 2005.

Delli Colli was in the front ranks of a new generation of cinematographers who pioneered neorealist cinema after World War II. He earned over 130 cinematography credits between 1944 and 1997. The Ministry of Performing Arts in Italy has presented the prestigious annual David di Donatello Award to Delli Colli four times. He has also earned six top cinematography awards from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.

His award-inning films include Tales of Ordinary Madness, The Name of the Rose, Marianna Ucria, Gospel According to St. Matthew, China is Near, Once Upon a Time in America, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Life is Beautiful.

"Tonino Delli Colli is one of our great artists and it's high time he was singled out for recognition," says ASC President Richard Crudo. "Throughout his career he has been incredibly courageous and imaginative in exploring new possibilities for cinematographers. He is an inspiration to all of us, all over the world."

Past recipients of the ASC International Achievement Award include Freddie Young, BSC, Jack Cardiff, BSC, Gabriel Figueroa, AMC, Henri Alekan, Raoul Coutard, Freddie Francis, BSC, Giuseppe Rotunno, ASC, AIC, Oswald Morris, BSC, Billy Williams, BSC, Douglas Slocombe, BSC, Witold Sobocinski, PSC and Miroslav Ondricek, ASC, ACK.

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