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Carlo Di Palma was born into a poor Roman family. His mother was a flower seller on the Spanish Steps, while his father was a camera operator for a number of Italian film studios. In an interview shortly before his death, Di Palma recounted his childhood memories of observing his father in action: "I"d run to the studio or the location, and watch my father work.
I was fascinated by the whole experience. I would stand on a crate sometimes and watch. All of the people that were on the location were pleasant to medical
I was very quiet and observant, so with that they let me stay on set.
I would watch many different directors over and over."
Di Palma"s collaborations with Antonioni included (Il deserto rosso (1964). The "Il provino" segment in I tre volti (1965).
Blowup (1966). Identificazione di una donna (1982)).
He also worked with many other noted film directors during his long and productive career. He is also a little-known film director
Carlo Di Palma moved from Italy to the United States in 1983. Di Palma was hired to shoot Allen"s film Anything Else (2003), and actually started location scouting before failing an insurance physical, which was required for all key personnel on the crew, resulting in his replacement by Darius Khondji, to Di Palma"s great disappointment, as he had been eager to work again after having been on the sidelines for the past six years.
