Marcello Gatti

Marcello Gatti (Rome, February 9, 1924 - Rome, November 26, 2013) was an Italian cinematographer. He was one of Italy's most important cinematographers. During his long career, he won five Nastri d'argento, photographed two Oscar-nominated films The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo and The Four Days of Naples by Nanni Loy, and another Palme d'Or at Cannes Chronicle of the Embers years; he worked among others with Roman Polanski, Carlo Lizzani, George Pan Cosmatos and Giancarlo Giannini, who chose him for his directorial debut with Ternosecco.