Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC, is an Italian cinematographer. He is known mostly for his collaborations with directors Michael Mann and Brett Ratner. He received Academy Award nominations for L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). He won a BAFTA Award for The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has also won two Italian David di Donatello Awards and two Nastro d'Argento Awards.

Filmography

• 2027Up Against It — Director of Photography
• 2026Melania — Director of Photography
• 2025The Alto Knights — Director of Photography
• 2023Posso entrare? An ode to Naples — Director of Photography
• 2022Where Are You — Producer, Director of Photography
• 2020Elyse — Director of Photography
• 2020Fatale — Director of Photography
• 2019Black and Blue — Director of Photography
• 2018Ant-Man and the Wasp — Director of Photography
• 2018Freak Show — Director of Photography
• 2018Traffik — Director of Photography
• 2016I Saw the Light — Director of Photography
• 2015Edge — Director of Photography
• Edge — Director of Photography
• 2014Hercules — Director of Photography
• 2013Vinodentro — Director of Photography
• 2011Tower Heist — Director of Photography
• 2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader — Director of Photography
• 2009Public Enemies — Director of Photography
• 2008Deception — Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti, Director of Photography
• 2008Flash of Genius — Director of Photography
• 2007Slipstream — Director of Photography
• 2006The Contract — Director of Photography
• 2006X-Men: The Last Stand — Director of Photography
• Prison Break — Director of Photography
• 2004After the Sunset — Director of Photography
• 2002Pinocchio — Director of Photography
• 2002Red Dragon — Director of Photography
• 2001Bandits — Director of Photography
• 2000The Family Man — Director of Photography
• 2000Wonder Boys — Director of Photography
• 1999Goodbye Lover — Director of Photography
• 1999The Insider — Director of Photography
• 1999The Other Sister — Director of Photography
• 1997L.A. Confidential — Director of Photography
• 1996The Mirror Has Two Faces — Director of Photography
• 1995Heat — Director of Photography
• 1995The Quick and the Dead — Director of Photography
• 1995The Star Maker — Director of Photography
• 1994Nell — Director of Photography
• 1993Blink — Director of Photography
• 1993La fine è nota — Director of Photography
• 1993The Secret of the Old Woods — Director of Photography
• 1992The Last of the Mohicans — Director of Photography
• 1991Frankie and Johnny — Man on Bus (uncredited), Director of Photography
• 1991Hudson Hawk — Director of Photography
• 1991True Colors — Director of Photography
• 1990Cellini: A Violent Life — Director of Photography
• 1990The Comfort of Strangers — Director of Photography
• 1989Torrents of Spring — Director of Photography
• 1988Beaches — Director of Photography
• 1988Fair Game — Director of Photography
• 1988Illegally Yours — Director of Photography
• 1988The Legend of the Holy Drinker — Director of Photography
• 1987Aria — Director of Photography
• Cinderella '87 — Director of Photography
• 1987From the Hip — Director of Photography
• 1986Crimes of the Heart — Director of Photography
• 1986Manhunter — Director of Photography
• 1985The Berlin Affair — Director of Photography
• 1984Cinderella '80 — Director of Photography
• 1984Sotto Sotto — Director of Photography
• 1984The Dark Side of Love — Director of Photography
• 1984Thus Spoke Bellavista — Director of Photography
• 1984Voyage of the Rock Aliens — Additional Director of Photography
• 1983Dream of a Summer Night — Director of Photography
• 1983Hearts and Armour — Director of Photography
• 1983The Basileus Quartet — Director of Photography
• 1981The Soup — Director of Photography
• Assassination — Director of Photography
• Don't Open the Door — Director of Photography
• L'Inverno — Director of Photography
• That's Amore! — Director of Photography

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2016Borsalino City — Self - Cinematographer
• 2016Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond — Self
• 2010Making The Last of the Mohicans — Self
• 2009Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies' — Self
• 2008Dreaming Slipstream Dream — Self
• 2008Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' — Self
• 2008Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' — Self
• 2005Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation — Self
• 2005The Making of 'Heat' — Self
• 2001The 'Manhunter' Look: A Conversation with Dante Spinotti — Himself
• 1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs — Self