Rino Barillari
Rino Barillari is an Italian paparazzo, often reviled as "The King of Paparazzi".
He was named an honorary lecturer in photography at Xi'an International University in October 2011.
In 2024, Barillari made headlines when he alleged that actor Gerard Depardieu had punched him. The resulting assault case against Depardieu is scheduled to go to trial in a Rome court on.
Due to a improved public understanding of the negative impact of his style of work, exhibitions of his work have made efforts to rebrand him as an artist or photographer rather than paparazzo - a term which derives from the Italian for “pest”. Barillari himself remains unrepentant, claiming he enjoyed his career. He reports having visited the hospital 173 times due to altercations with his victims.