), is an Italian cinematographer

Cinematographer

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, film director

Film director

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, and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. While the majority of the titles in his filmography are Italian, he has worked as cinematographer on several United States

United States

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 and French

France

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 productions.

His films include Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni

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's The Passenger

The Passenger (film)

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(1975), Walerian Borowczyk

Walerian Borowczyk

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's Behind Convent Walls (1977), Dario Argento

Dario Argento

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's Suspiria

Suspiria

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(1977) and Tenebrae

Tenebrae (film)

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(1982), and Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor

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's Titus (1999). Tovoli has enjoyed a particularly fruitful relationship with Barbet Schroeder

Barbet Schroeder

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, working on that director's Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune

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(1990), Single White Female

Single White Female

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(1992), Before and After (1996), Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

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(2002), and Inju: The Beast in the Shadow

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow

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(2008).

In 1983, Tovoli directed and cowrote Il Generale dell'armata morte

The General of the Dead Army (film)

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based on a novel by Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare

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, starring Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

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 and Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

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