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Director of Photography

Salvatore Totino

Bio

SALVATORE TOTINO, ASC most recently worked with Ron Howard on Frost/Nixon and previously teamed with the director on The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man, and The Missing. Totino first served as cinematographer on Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday and went on to shoot Changing Lanes, starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. A Clio winner, he has photographed well over 300 TV commercials and music videos, working with such artists as Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, REM, Radiohead and many others. A native of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, the son of Italian immigrants, Totino was interested in photography at an early age. He began his career as a production assistant on commercials and worked his way through the ranks of the camera department on several television and film projects before becoming a director of photography. Prior to becoming a director of photography, among his credits are the New York portion of Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth, on which he served as a focus puller.

Director of Photography- Job Description

A cinematographer who is ultimately responsible for the process of recording a scene in the manner desired by the director. The Director of Photography has a number of possible duties: selection of film stock, cameras, and lenses; designing and selecting lighting, directing the gaffer's placement of lighting; shot composition (in consultation with the director); film developing and film printing.