Career
His career spanned six decades and over a hundred films. Nannuzzi briefly worked in the United States in the mid-, and during this period he collaborated with horror novelist Stephen King on King"s directorial debut, Maximum Overdrive. An accident occurred on 31 July 1985, during shooting in a suburb of Wilmington, North Carolina for Maximum Overdrive.
A radio controlled lawnmower used in a scene went out of control and struck a block of wood used as a camera support, shooting out wood splinters which injured Nannuzzi, the director of photography on the production.
As a result, Nannuzzi lost his right eye. After the incident, Nannuzzi sued Stephen King, and 17 others, on February 18, 1987 for $18 million in damages due to unsafe working practices.
The suit was settled out of court. Other films in which he served as a cinematographer include Sandra (1965) and Frankenstein Unbound (1990).
He was also a frequent collaborator of Mauro Bolognini"son
Nannuzzi died on May 14, 2001, in Ostia, Italy, although some sources say he died in April 2001. He was 75.