Cast & creator
Dante Spinotti
Best known for Prison Break, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Heat
Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC, is an Italian cinematographer. He is known mostly for his collaborations with directors Michael Mann and Brett Ratner. He received Academy Award nominations for L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). He won a BAFTA Award for The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has also won two Italian David di Donatello Awards and two Nastro d'Argento Awards.
84
film credits
3
television credits
13
1981–2027 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
Prison Break
Director of Photography
2005
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Director of Photography
2018
Heat
Director of Photography
1995
Hercules
Director of Photography
2014
L.A. Confidential
Director of Photography
1997
Public Enemies
Director of Photography
2009
The Last of the Mohicans
Director of Photography
1992
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Director of Photography
2010
The Quick and the Dead
Director of Photography
1995
The Family Man
Director of Photography
2000
Black and Blue
Director of Photography
2019
Tower Heist
Director of Photography
2011
The Insider
Director of Photography
1999
The Alto Knights
Director of Photography
2025
After the Sunset
Director of Photography
2004
Sotto Sotto
Director of Photography
1984
Hudson Hawk
Director of Photography
1991
Frankie and Johnny
Man on Bus (uncredited)
1991Frankie and Johnny
Director of Photography
1991
Melania
Director of Photography
2026
Wonder Boys
Director of Photography
2000
Bandits
Director of Photography
2001
The Contract
Director of Photography
2006
Fatale
Director of Photography
2020
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Director of Photography
1996
Beaches
Director of Photography
1988
I Saw the Light
Director of Photography
2016
Deception
Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti
2008Deception
Director of Photography
2008
Nell
Director of Photography
1994
The Other Sister
Director of Photography
1999
Flash of Genius
Director of Photography
2008
The Comfort of Strangers
Director of Photography
1990
Red Dragon
Director of Photography
2002
Pinocchio
Director of Photography
2002
Freak Show
Director of Photography
2018
Crimes of the Heart
Director of Photography
1986
Goodbye Lover
Director of Photography
1999
Slipstream
Director of Photography
2007
Edge
Director of Photography
2015
The Star Maker
Director of Photography
1995
Traffik
Director of Photography
2018
Hearts and Armour
Director of Photography
1983
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Additional Director of Photography
1984
Up Against It
Director of Photography
2027
Borsalino City
Self - Cinematographer
2016
True Colors
Director of Photography
1991
The Berlin Affair
Director of Photography
1985
Blink
Director of Photography
1993
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Director of Photography
1988
Cinderella '80
Director of Photography
1984
The Making of 'Heat'
Self
2005
Aria
Director of Photography
1987
Cinderella '87
Director of Photography
1987
Illegally Yours
Director of Photography
1988
Torrents of Spring
Director of Photography
1989
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
La fine è nota
Director of Photography
1993That's Amore!
Director of Photography
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
2008
Where Are You
Director of Photography
2022Where Are You
Producer
2022
Cellini: A Violent Life
Director of Photography
1990Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies'
Self
2009
Edge
Director of Photography
2015
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
2008
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
2016
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
Self
2005
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
Self
2008
The Secret of the Old Woods
Director of Photography
1993
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Self
2010
From the Hip
Director of Photography
1987
Fair Game
Director of Photography
1988
Dream of a Summer Night
Director of Photography
1983L'Inverno
Director of Photography
Elyse
Director of Photography
2020Assassination
Director of Photography
Thus Spoke Bellavista
Director of Photography
1984Don't Open the Door
Director of Photography
Posso entrare? An ode to Naples
Director of Photography
2023
The Dark Side of Love
Director of Photography
1984
X-Men: The Last Stand
Director of Photography
2006
The Basileus Quartet
Director of Photography
1983
The Soup
Director of Photography
1981
Vinodentro
Director of Photography
2013
The 'Manhunter' Look: A Conversation with Dante Spinotti
Himself
2001
Manhunter
Director of Photography
1986