Carlo Di Palma (17 April 1925 – 9 July 2004) was an Italiancinematographer, renowned for his work on both color and black-and-white films, whose most famous collaborations were withMichelangelo Antonioni andWoody Allen.

Carlo Di Palma
Born	(1925-04-17)17 April 1925 Rome,Italy
Died	9 July 2004(2004-07-09) (aged 79) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1954–1997
Spouse	Adriana Chiesa

Carlo Di Palma was born into a poor Roman family; his mother was a flower seller on theSpanish Steps,^[1] while his father was a camera operator for a number of Italian film studios.^[2] In an interview shortly before his death, Di Palma recounted his childhood memories of observing his father in action: "I'd run to the studio or the location, and watch my father work. I was fascinated by the whole experience. I would stand on a crate sometimes and watch. All of the people that were on the location were pleasant to me. I was very quiet and observant, so with that they let me stay on set. I would watch many different directors over and over."^[2]

Di Palma's collaborations with Antonioni includedIl deserto rosso (1964); the "Il provino" segment inI tre volti (1965);Blowup (1966);Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna) (1982). With Woody Allen, he worked onHannah and Her Sisters (1986),Radio Days (1987),September (1987),Alice (1990),Shadows and Fog (1991),Husbands and Wives (1992),Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993),Bullets Over Broadway (1994),Don't Drink the Water (1994),Mighty Aphrodite (1995),Everyone Says I Love You (1996), andDeconstructing Harry (1997). He also worked with many other noted film directors during his long and productive career.

He is also a little-known film director.^[3]

Carlo Di Palma moved from Italy to theUnited States in 1983.

He won aSilver Ribbon for best cinematography four times: in 1965 forIl deserto rosso, in 1967 forL'armata Brancaleone, in 1993 forShadows and Fog, and in 1997 forMighty Aphrodite, as well as theOutstanding European Achievement in World Cinema award in 2003.

Di Palma was hired to shoot Allen's filmAnything Else (2003), and actually startedlocation scouting before failing an insurance physical, which was required for all key personnel on the crew, resulting in his replacement byDarius Khondji, to Di Palma's great disappointment, as he had been eager to work again after having been on the sidelines for the past six years.^[4]

In the 1980s, Di Palma married Adriana Chiesa, an exporter of Italian films. She nursed him through his final illness.^[1]

• Teresa the Thief (1973)
• Blonde in Black Leather (1975) (Also writer)
• Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino (1976)
• L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984) (Documentary film)

• Carlo Di Palma atIMDb
• Carlo Di Palma interview, by Nicholas Pasquariello in April, 1974