Silvano Ippoliti was born on January 23, 1923 in Cagli, Marche, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Caligula (1979), Miranda (1985) and Capriccio (1987). He died on January 1, 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Born in Cagli, Ippoliti entered the cinema industry thanks to his sister Iria, employed at Cinecittà, who introduced him to Anchise Brizzi, at the time the chief of the operators department. He began working as a camera operator in 1949 for the Raffaello Matarazzo's film Catene, then held this role for over a decade.
Silvano Ippoliti was introduced to the world of cinema by his sister Iria, employed at Cinecittà, who introduced him to Anchise Brizzi, at the time head of the operators department.
His credits include films directed by Tinto Brass, Giuliano Montaldo, Luigi Magni, Jacques Deray, Carlo Lizzani, Sergio Corbucci, Robert Aldrich, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Lucio Fulci, Riccardo Freda and Emidio Greco.
He made his debut as a director of photography at the beginning of the sixties and in 1967 he worked for the first time with Tinto Brass, for the London-set film Col cuore in gola. It was the beginning of a long-lasting professional partnership that developed for twenty-five years, both in the cinematographic and advertising fields, up until Cosi fan tutte (1992).