Born in Rome, Italy. Cinematographer for Italian features from the mid-1950s (TARANTELLA NAPOLETANA and CAFÉ CHANTANT, both 1953; GUERRA E PACE and GUIDA PER CAMMINARE ALL'UMBRA, both 1954; DOVE DIO CERCA CASA, 1955; IL MONDO DE NOTTE NUMERO 2, 1961; and IL DOMINATORE DEI SETTE MARI, 1962), he turned to directing short animated films with Emanuele Luzzati in the mid-1960s: LA GAZZA LADRA / THE THIEVING MAGPIE (1964 - Luzzati received an Oscar® nomination as producer), L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI (1968), ALI BABÀ 1970), PULCINELLA (1973), I TRE FRATELLI (1979), and PULCINELLA E IL PESCE MAGICO / PULCINELLA AND THE MAGIC FISH (1981).  Nominated for Short Subjects (Animated Films) 1973: PULCINELLA - Producer (w. Emanuele Luzzati) 1 nomination