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Dante Spinotti

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Biography

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Heat

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Insider

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Nell

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Director of Photography

Hercules

Director of Photography

L.A. Confidential

Director of Photography

The Quick and the Dead

Director of Photography

Public Enemies

Director of Photography

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Wild Hearts: Feral Children and the Call of the Wild

From the forests of 18th-century France to the animated jungles of Mowgli, a journey through cinema's feral children and their quest for belonging.

7 films

Second Chances

From Hitchcock to Mann, a journey through films where directors revisit their own earlier work, refining obsession into art.

8 films

The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority

From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.

8 films

Unmasked: Living in the Aftermath of Exposure

The secret is out, and the thrill of anonymity is gone. This collection skips the suspense of a secret identity to focus on the unglamorous aftermath of total e...

7 films

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