Giancarlo Ferrando

Giancarlo Ferrando (4 November 1939 – 13 August 2020) was an Italian film cinematographer and director.

Giancarlo Ferrando
Born	4 November 1939 (1939-11-04) Rome, Italy
Died	13 August 2020 (2020-08-14) (aged 80) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Cinematographer

Life and career

Born in Rome, Ferrando had his first cinema experience as a child, playing a bit part in Alessandro Blasetti's In Olden Days.^[1] In the late 1950s he became assistant operator under Augusto Tiezzi, and after working for over a decade as an operator and an assistant cinematographer, he made his debut as a cinematographer in 1971.^[1]

Ferrando is best known for his professional association with the Martino brothers, the director Sergio and the producer Luciano.^[1][2] In 1994 he directed his only film, La ragazza di Cortina (transl. "The Girl from Cortina"), starring Vanessa Gravina.^[1][2] He died of cancer on 13 August 2020, at the age of 80.^[2]

Selected filmography

• And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971)
• All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
• Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
• Torso (1973)
• The Violent Professionals (1973)
• The Visitor (1974)
• Ten Killers Came from Afar (1974)
• La bellissima estate (1974)
• Gambling City (1975)
• Silent Action (1975)
• The School Teacher (1975)
• The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
• The Teasers (1975)
• Sex with a Smile (1976)
• Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976)
• Crimebusters (1976)
• Sex with a Smile II (1976)
• The Lady Medic (1976)
• The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977)
• Taxi Girl (1977)
• Per amore di Poppea (1977)
• The Nurse on a Military Tour (1977)
• Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
• Loggerheads (1978)
• The School Teacher in the House (1978)
• The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (1978)
• Island of the Fishmen (1979)
• A Policewoman on the Porno Squad (1979)
• The Great Alligator River (1979)
• Il ladrone (1980)
• Qua la mano (1980)
• L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe (1980)
• La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città (1980)
• Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980)
• Il casinista (1980)
• Manolesta (1981)
• Cornetti alla crema (1981)
• A Policewoman in New York (1981)
• Culo e camicia (1981)
• Don't Play with Tigers (1982)
• The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
• The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
• Ironmaster (1983)
• 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
• Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
• Warrior of the Lost World (1984)
• Monster Shark (1984)
• Hands of Steel (1986)
• Detective School Dropouts (1986)
• The Messenger (1986)
• The Opponent (1988)
• Casablanca Express (1989)
• Troll 2 (1990)
• Cop Target (1990)
• Door to Silence (1991)
• Dark Tale (1991)
• Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992)
• Spiando Marina (1992)
• Palermo - Milan One Way (1995)
• The Return of Sandokan (1996)
• Desert of Fire (1997)
• Uninvited (1999)
• L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008)