Mario Vulpiani

Mario Vulpiani (born 15 February 1927) is an Italian cinematographer and documentarist.

Born in Rome, Vulpiani began his career as assistant of the operator Enrico Chroscisky.¹ In the fifties he worked mainly in the field of documentary films, also working as a director.¹ In 1965, with a segment of the anthology film Marcia nuziale, Vulpiani started a critically appreciated collaboration with the director Marco Ferreri that includes the celebrated cult films Dillinger Is Dead and La Grande Bouffe.¹ In the late sixties he collaborated with the postmodern painter Mario Schifano in his three experimental films.¹ In the seventies he worked, among others, with Valentino Orsini, Damiano Damiani, Andrea Barzini, Mario Monicelli and Carlo Lizzani.¹ Starting from the eighties Vulpiani focused into less ambitious works, except for several collaborations with Gabriele Lavia.¹