Franco Di Giacomo was born on September 18, 1932, in Amatrice (Rieti), and died on April 30, 2016.

He was an Italian cinematographer.

Franco was the winner of the 1983 David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s The Night of the Shooting Stars.

Di Giacomo worked among others, such as, with Nanni Moretti, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio, Michael Radford, Bernardo Bertolucci, Dino Risi, Nikita Mikhalkov and Mario Monicelli.

He received a Flaiano Prize for his career, in 2000.

Franco Di Giacomo passed away at 83 yrs old.