death_place death_date birth_place relatives birth_date article_title name occupation
rome , italy 22 april 2004 rome , italy tonino delli colli -lrb- cousin -rrb- 2 march 1929 franco delli colli
 franco delli colli cinematographer
franco delli colli

franco delli colli -lrb- 2 march 1929 -- 22 april 2004 -rrb- was an italian film cinematographer .
born in rome , he began to work in the late 1940s with his cousin tonino delli colli as camera operator and assistant cinematographer , and worked with him to dozens of films , including dino risi 's `` poveri ma belli '' , pier paolo pasolini 's `` accattone '' and `` mamma roma '' and luchino visconti 's `` the leopard '' .
in early 60s delli colli started his career as director of photography , working mainly in genre films ; his credits include pupi avati 's `` balsamus '' and `` zeder '' , giulio questi 's `` django kill '' , lamberto bava 's `` macabre '' and sidney salkow 's `` the last man on earth '' .
in early nineties he retired from cinema to dedicate himself to design a right lighting to improve the appearance of the most famous and frequented places in italian art cities .
