Anchise Brizzi


Anchise Brizzi was an Italian cinematographer.

Life and career

Born in Poppi, Arezzo, Brizzi attended the regio istituto tecnico, specializing in optics and photography, then entered the cinema industry in the early 1910s. He won the best cinematography award at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival for the film The Charterhouse of Parma directed by Christian-Jaque. He worked as cinematographer in more than 100 productions, including Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine, Orson Welles' Othello, Alessandro Blasetti's 1860, Gregory Ratoff's Black Magic, Mario Camerini's Il signor Max.

Selected filmography

The Bread Peddler The Painting of Osvaldo Mars Maciste's American Nephew Pleasure Train Maciste against the Sheik Maciste in the Lion's Cage The Devil's Lantern Palio The Telephone Operator Tourist Train The Haller Case 1860 Port Loyalty of Love The Joker King The Phantom Gondola Lo squadrone bianco The Happy Road Beggar's Wedding Il signor Max The Two Misanthropists Naples of Olden Times The Two Mothers Dora Nelson Naples Will Never Die The Dream of Butterfly Heartbeat Department Store Beyond Love Love Me, Alfredo! Eternal Melodies Two on a Vacation The Betrothed The Two Orphans Sealed Lips Odessa in Flames The Three Pilots Invisible Chains Harlem Sad Loves Maria Malibran Shoeshine Biraghin Before Him All Rome Trembled The Lovers The Charterhouse of Parma Crossroads of Passion Black Magic