Writing With Light - Vittorio Storaro

A 1993 Documentary Film directed by David M. Thompson.

It traces the career of the cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, responsible for the photography on films like 'Apocalypse Now', `The Conformist', `Last Tango in Paris', `The Last Emperor', `Dick Tracy' and `The Sheltering Sky'.

Three-Time Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has worked with some of the most extraordinary film directors of our time, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, and Carlos Saura, to make some of the most breathtaking films of our time. Over the course of his remarkable thirty-five-year career, Storaro has brought visual life to many of the films that have become centerpieces of contemporary cinema.

The film follows Storaro at work with Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty and Bernardo Bertolucci. Explores Storaro's methods of working and his philosophy of lighting.