RIP Sergio Salvati

 

Veteran cinematographer Sergio Salvati died in Rome on September 17^th. He was 91. Born in Trastevere, Rome on May 16, 1934, Salvati’s father, Aldofo Salvati, was a key grip in the early days of Italian cinema through his father's contacts Sergio began his career developing negatives in a small photographic laboratory in Rome. In 1956, his father was working with Enzo Serafin, who asked Sergio to work with him as camera assistant on “Raw Wind in Eden” starring Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler. Salvati went on to work on seventy-three films as either a cinematographer or cameraman or both from1960 to 2013. During his career, Salvati would be director of photography for eleven films directed by Lucio Fulci. In later life Sergio was president of the AIC, Associazione Italiana Autori della Fotografia, from 2007 through 2008 and remains on the board of directors. Sergio Salvati was a cinematographer on seven Euro-westerns: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” in 1966, “Three Silver Dollars” in 1968, “My Name is Nobody” in 1973, “Challenge to White Fang” and “4 of the Apocalypse” both in 1974, “Silver Saddle” in 1978 and “Thunder Warrior” in 1983. He appeared as himself in the “Sad Hill Unearthed” documentary in 2017.