Aldo Tonti (2 March 1910 – 2 July 1988) was an Italian cinematographer.
Born in Rome, Tonti started his career as photographer, then entered the industry of cinema as assistant camera operator. He debuted as cinematographer in 1939, with Piccoli naufraghi by Flavio Calzavara; his first important work was Ossessione by Luchino Visconti. His works include films by Federico Fellini, King Vidor, Richard Fleischer, Roberto Rossellini, John Huston, Alberto Lattuada, Mario Monicelli, Sergio Sollima, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Marco Ferreri. In 1961 he won a Silver Ribbon for best cinematography for Nicholas Ray's The Savage Innocents. Tonti retired in 1982.
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Known For
Ossessione
(1944)
Director of Photography
Barabbas
(1961)
Director of Photography
The Count of Monte-Cristo
(1975)
Director of Photography
War and Peace
(1956)
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Valachi Papers
(1972)
Director of Photography
Reflections in a Golden Eye
(1967)
Director of Photography
Attila
(1954)
Director of Photography
Nights of Cabiria
(1957)
Director of Photography
Casanova '70
(1965)
Director of Photography
Violent City
(1970)
Director of Photography
The Savage Innocents
(1960)
Director of Photography
Europe '51
(1952)
Director of Photography
Cast a Giant Shadow
(1966)
Director of Photography
Ashanti
(1979)
Director of Photography
Totò all'inferno
(1955)
Director of Photography
The Ape Woman
(1964)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
The Little Adventurers
(1939)
Director of Photography
L'eredità in corsa
(1939)
Director of Photography
Non me lo dire!
(1940)
Director of Photography
Il pirata sono io!
(1940)
Director of Photography
The Knight of Kruja
(1940)
Director of Photography
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
(1941)
Director of Photography
Il cavaliere senza nome
(1941)
Director of Photography
Stasera niente di nuovo
(1942)
Director of Photography
Headlights in the Fog
(1942)
Director of Photography
La donna è mobile
(1942)
Director of Photography
Il mercante di schiave
(1942)
Director of Photography
Scorned Flesh
(1943)
Director of Photography
Ossessione
(1944)
Director of Photography
The Gate of Heaven
(1945)
Director of Photography
In High Places
(1945)
Director of Photography
L'abito nero da sposa
(1945)
Director of Photography
Vivere ancora
(1945)
Director of Photography
Peddlin' in Society
(1946)
Director of Photography
Rome: Free City
(1946)
Director of Photography
The Bandit
(1946)
Director of Photography
Pian delle stelle
(1946)
Director of Photography
The Testimony
(1946)
Director of Photography
Outcry
(1946)
Director of Photography
The Captain's Daughter
(1947)
Director of Photography
Flesh Will Surrender
(1947)
Director of Photography
How I Lost the War
(1947)
Director of Photography
L'amore
(1948)
Director of Photography
Guaglio
(1948)
Director of Photography
Woman Trouble
(1948)
Director of Photography
Without Pity
(1948)
Director of Photography
Lure of the Sila
(1949)
Director of Photography
The Firemen of Viggiù
(1949)
Director of Photography
The Mill on the Po
(1949)
Director of Photography
Adam and Eve
(1949)
Director of Photography
Romanticismo
(1949)
Director of Photography
Signorinella
(1949)
Director of Photography
L'inafferrabile 12
(1950)
Director of Photography
I'm in the Revue
(1950)
Director of Photography
Il vedovo allegro
(1950)
Director of Photography
Side Street Story
(1950)
Director of Photography
Outlaw Girl
(1950)
Director of Photography
I cadetti di Guascogna
(1950)
Director of Photography
O Comprador de Fazendas
(1951)
Director of Photography
Santa Brigida
(1951)
Director of Photography
Europe '51
(1952)
Director of Photography
Sensualità
(1952)
Director of Photography
The She-Wolf
(1953)
Director of Photography
Hell Raiders of the Deep
(1953)
Director of Photography and Underwater Camera
The Unfaithfuls
(1953)
Director of Photography
The Ship of Condemned Women
(1953)
Director of Photography
Easy Years
(1953)
Director of Photography
Where Is Freedom?
(1954)
Director of Photography
100 Years of Love
(1954)
Director of Photography
Attila
(1954)
Director of Photography
Orient Express
(1954)
Director of Photography
Are We Men or Corporals?
(1955)
Director of Photography
Totò all'inferno
(1955)
Director of Photography
L'ultimo amante
(1955)
Director of Photography
Forbidden
(1955)
Director of Photography
War and Peace
(1956)
Second Unit Director of Photography
Nights of Cabiria
(1957)
Director of Photography
It Happened in Rome
(1957)
Director of Photography
Tempest
(1958)
Director of Photography
Fortunella
(1958)
Director of Photography
Move and I'll Shoot
(1958)
Director of Photography
India: Matri Bhumi
(1959)
Director of Photography
Winter Holidays
(1959)
Director of Photography
The Savage Innocents
(1960)
Director of Photography
The Hunchback
(1960)
Director of Photography
Barabbas
(1961)
Director of Photography
Agostino
(1962)
Director of Photography
To Bed or Not to Bed
(1963)
Director of Photography
The Castle of the Living Dead
(1964)
Director of Photography
Slave Trade in the World Today
(1964)
Director of Photography
The Ape Woman
(1964)
Director of Photography
Casanova '70
(1965)
Director of Photography
Oggi, domani, dopodomani
(1965)
Director of Photography
Su e giù
(1965)
Director of Photography
Cast a Giant Shadow
(1966)
Director of Photography
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
(1966)
Director of Photography
The Devil in Love
(1966)
Director of Photography
The Treasure of San Gennaro
(1966)
Director of Photography
A... For Assassin
(1966)
Director of Photography
Reflections in a Golden Eye
(1967)
Director of Photography
The Man with the Balloons
(1967)
Director of Photography
Catch As Catch Can
(1967)
Director of Photography
The Black Sheep
(1968)
Director of Photography
The Young Tigers
(1968)
Director of Photography
Bandits in Rome
(1968)
Director of Photography
Possibility Zero
(1969)
Director of Photography
Fortunata y Jacinta
(1970)
Director of Photography
Upon This Rock
(1970)
Director of Photography
Violent City
(1970)
Director of Photography
Brancaleone at the Crusades
(1970)
Director of Photography
The Deserter
(1970)
Director of Photography
The Conjugal Debt
(1970)
Director of Photography
The Designated Victim
(1971)
Director of Photography
A Girl in Australia
(1971)
Director of Photography
It Can Be Done Amigo
(1972)
Director of Photography
The Valachi Papers
(1972)
Director of Photography
The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
(1972)
Director of Photography
The War Goddess
(1973)
Director of Photography
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
(1973)
Director of Photography
Three Tough Guys
(1974)
Director of Photography
Crazy Joe
(1974)
Director of Photography
The Count of Monte-Cristo
(1975)
Director of Photography
Two hearts, a Chapel
(1975)
Director of Photography
Italy is Rotten
(1976)
Director of Photography
A Woman at Her Window
(1976)
Director of Photography
Strange Occasion
(1976)
Director of Photography
Rene the Cane
(1977)
Director of Photography
Quando c'era lui... caro lei!
(1978)
Director of Photography
Ashanti
(1979)
Director of Photography
Acting
How I Lost the War
(1947)
Fritz - soldato tedesco
The Firemen of Viggiù
(1949)
Fireman from Genoa
Side Street Story
(1950)
Catch As Catch Can
(1967)
Regista (uncredited)
Crew