I'm a cinematographer

I've always been fascinated by things coming to life in shots, a gift from my father, from whom I used to borrow the camera I looked at the world through.

During high school, I developed a passion for photography and then for gelatin silver process, learned in the dark room of photographer and friend Filippo Trojano.

After a degree in Architecture, I graduated in Cinematography at the Italian National Film School, “Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia”, where I deepened my passion under guidance of Giuseppe Lanci (AIC) and Emilio Loffredo (AIC).

Cinematography is the form of art that I love the most. I conduct my research for cinematic atmospheres through the pictures I take and the films I take part in.

I’m constantly looking for collaboration with directors, to contribute to the development of visual imagery for their stories.

Danilo

IL GIOCO

SYNOPSIS

An afternoon like many others, Eva and Jasmine are spending some time together, in the colourful whirlwind of a shopping center. At one point though, something starts creeping into the lightness of the afternoon. A small event takes on unexpected proportions.


SHORT FILM - 2019

DIRECTOR - Davide Salucci

13min - color - 2.39:1 - anamorphic

Arri Alexa M

Atlas Orion Anamorphic

NON AVERE PAURA

SYNOPSIS

Guglielmo wants to forget his past and travels from Northern Italy to Rome to start a new life. He arrives at Sara’s house, were he’s going to stay for a bit, and immediately falls for her. Sara however has a secret that gets in their way.


SHORT FILM - 2020

DIRECTOR - Davide Salucci

9min - color - 2.39:1

Sony Alpha 7sII

Nikkor lenses

TIE VAI IEU RESTU

SYNOPSIS

In a weird future two sisters struggle to survive. The tragic conditions in which they drag themselves have now become unsustainable. Their survival is at odds with their ethics, a conflict arises between the two.


SHORT FILM - 2018

DIRECTOR - Francesco Pascucci

7min - color - 2.39:1

Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K

Zeiss Superspeed MK3

DORME

SYNOPSIS

Time flows strangely into a silent house, the only voices a brother’s and sister’s. They play quietly. Their mother seems to have fallen into a deep slumber.


SHORT FILM - 2017

DIRECTOR - Malina Mackiewicz

11min - color - 1.85:1

Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K

Zeiss Superspeed MK3

IL PADRE DI FAMIGLIA

SYNOPSIS

A boy returns to his family after a long period abroad. Is not exactly welcomed, except from his younger sister. There’s something odd about her and her father though, something that lurks under the perfect family’s show they're trying to enact.


SHORT FILM - 2018

DIRECTOR - Carolina Pavone

9min - color - 2.39:1

Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K

Cooke Varotal 18-100mm T3

RIGATONI

SYNOPSIS

A young high school student girl suffers from an eating disorder, one fellow student has similar insecurities. They exchange fleeting glances over the same dish they take, and waste, everyday. One day the boy notices that the girl's conditions are suddenly worsening, and she so gets hospitalised. It is here, at the hospital, that their first real interaction will take place.


SHORT FILM - 2018

DIRECTOR - Francesco Romano

9min - color - 2:1

Sony PMW-F3 SUPER 35mm

Zeiss Superspeed MK2

LA MISSIONE

SYNOPSIS

A priest, active in missions in Africa as much as in caring for the interests of his parish church, is accustomed to deceive his parishioners in order to obtain donations. One day the deception seems to get out of his hands so he decides to try and get help from a young boy from his parish to fix the trouble.


SHORT FILM - 2018

DIRECTOR - Alice Murgia

9min - color - 1.85:1

Arri Alexa Plus 16:9

Cooke S2/S3 Speed Panchro T2.3

CONTACT

+1 (747) 307-1756 - USA
+39 388 111 03 09 - Europe
danilo.pitrelli@hotmail.com

Based in

Rome, Italy