Nicola Pecorini

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-08-10 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Nicola Pecorini

Biography

Nicola Pecorini (born 10 August 1957) is an Italian-born cinematographer. Pecorini was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He founded, with Garrett Brown, inventor of the steadicam, the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. (SOA), in 1988. Pecorini moved to the United States in 1993. Since 1997, he has frequently collaborated with critically acclaimed director Terry Gilliam (together they have made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Zero Theorem and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote). In 2000, he won Best Cinematography at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for Harrison'...

Acting

2002

Lost in La Mancha

as Self - Director of Photography

2019

2017

American Moon

as Himself

Production

1998

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

as Director of Photography

2000

Rules of Engagement

as Director of Photography

2005

Tideland

as Director of Photography

2003

The Order

as Director of Photography

1995

Cutthroat Island

as Camera Operator

2009

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

as Director of Photography

2006

2006

Best of Chris Isaak

as Director of Photography

1995

The American President

as Steadicam Operator

2013

The Zero Theorem

as Director of Photography

2000

Harrison's Flowers

as Steadicam Operator

2000

Harrison's Flowers

as Director of Photography

1990

Towards Evening

as Steadicam Operator

1994

Death and the Maiden

as Steadicam Operator

1992

Bitter Moon

as Steadicam Operator

2008

A Whole Life Ahead

as Director of Photography

1988

Provvisorio, quasi d'amore

as Steadicam Operator

2013

Doubt

as Cinematography

1998

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

as Steadicam Operator

1991

The Sect

as Steadicam Operator

1989

The Church

as Steadicam Operator

1993

Cliffhanger

as "A" Camera Operator

2010

The First Beautiful Thing

as Director of Photography

2005

The Brothers Grimm

as Additional Photography

1994

Only You

as Steadicam Operator

2014

Misunderstood

as Director of Photography

2018

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

as Director of Photography

1997

Beverly Hills Ninja

as Camera Operator

1993

Cliffhanger

as Steadicam Operator

1990

The Comfort of Strangers

as Steadicam Operator

1991

Piedipiatti

as Steadicam Operator

1997

2018

The Legend of the Christmas Witch

as Director of Photography

2011

Ra.One

as Director of Photography

1988

The Gamble

as Steadicam Operator

1994

1987

Opera

as Steadicam Operator

2011

The Wholly Family

as Cinematography

2024

1993

Low Profile

as Camera Operator

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