Anchise Brizzi
Anchise Brizzi ( born October 5, 1887 in Poppi, † February 29, 1964 in Rome ) was an Italian cinematographer.
Life
Brizzi worked as director of photography in the mid- 1920s and involved until the end of his career to more than 100 productions. He frequently photographed historical films, but well-known comedies like Don Camillo's return.
After starting out in the mythological film ( he photographed two Maciste films) made Brizzis work for Alessandro Blasettis 1860 for the first time remarkable resonance. In the 1930s included films by Carmine gallon ( case of Carthage ), Mario Camerini ( Il signor Max, I grandi magazzini ) and Mario Soldati ( Dora Nelson) to the amount of outstanding films. In the late 1940s he turned penalized each time with the Russian- American director Gregory Ratoff. Another director with whom he collaborated on several occasions, was Carmine gallon. After his probably biggest success, shoe cleaner with "gritty, reminiscent of newsreels photography," Brizzi part of the camera crew of the film Orson Welles' Othello by Orson Welles, whose production lasted from 1949 to 1952. Late in his career he worked on comedies such as the Don Camillo films or with Totò and at the very end again for colorful adventure films in the mythological environment.