Piero Basso

Born and raised in northern Italy, Piero Basso graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from the University of Turin, with a specialization in Cinema Studies. While writing his thesis on the works of David Lynch, he already knew that Cinematography would be his ultimate pursuit.

Piero began building a career as a director of photography while also specializing as a Steadicam operator. He built his first years collaborating with some of the most talented director of his generation, including Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio and Susanna Nicchiarelli. In 2008 he moved to the United States of America, to New York, where he still lives today, while keeping a strong professional connection with Europe and Italy.

In 2009, after being invited to join the AIC (Italian Association of Cinematographers), he was in competition at the 29th Turin Film Festival with Santina directed by Gioberto Pignatelli, and in 2011 he was the cinematographer for Sette Opere di Misericordia, debut feature film for Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio, presented in Competition at the 64th Locarno Film Festival.

The following years saw him mainly active in the USA shooting, between others, on Lanre Olabisi's Somewhere in the Middle, Meredith Edwards' Imagine I'm Beautiful and Rick Lopez's American Genius for National Geographic. In 2014 Piero comes back to Italy to light the first feature of Sebastiano Riso Più Buio di Mezzanotte, for a world premiere at the Semaine of the Critiq…