Alessandro Giuseppini

I've been working behind the camera since my teens.
Although IMD only lists my work with Martin Scorsese in Gangs Of New York and Mel Gibson in The Passion of The Christ, I started running cables in Franco Zeffirelli's La Traviata and I just wrapped Richard Lewis's Barney's Version.
I've also collaborated with Wes Anderson in Life Aquatic, Martin Donovan in Somebody Is Waiting and K. Il Bandito, JJ Abrams and Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III, Catherine Hardwicke in Nativity etc.

I've been working on my list for days now and I'm the first one to agree my taste is all over the place. Some of my choices may be considered by cinephiles outrageous or guilty pleasures but I go for the pleasure without guilt.

I tried not to censor myself not even once.

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .. Peter Jackson
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) .. Peter Jackson
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) .. Peter Jackson
4. Lolita (1962) .. Stanley Kubrick
5. The Aviator (2004) .. Martin Scorsese
6. Braveheart (1995) .. Mel Gibson
7. Ninotchka (1939) .. Ernst Lubitsch
8. Ed Wood (1994) .. Tim Burton
9. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) .. Alfred Hitchcock
10. Ben-Hur (1959) .. William Wyler
11. Rope (1948) .. Alfred Hitchcock
12. The Ladykillers (1955) .. Alexander Mackendrick
13. Roman Holiday (1953) .. William Wyler
14. Spartacus (1960) .. Stanley Kubrick
15. The Great Escape (1963) .. John Sturges
16. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) .. Frank Capra
17. Stop Making Sense (1984) .. Jonathan Demme
18. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) .. Otto Preminger
19. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) .. Milos Forman
20. Miracle in Milan (1951) .. Vittorio De Sica
21. State of Wonder (1984) .. Martin Donovan
22. In the Name of the Father (1993) .. Jim Sheridan
23. Catch Me If You Can (2002) .. Steven Spielberg
24. Topkapi (1964) .. Jules Dassin
25. Midnight Run (1988) .. Martin Brest
26. JFK (1991) .. Oliver Stone
27. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) .. Michael Curtiz & William Keighley
28. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) .. Stanley Kramer
29. The Departed (2006) .. Martin Scorsese
30. A Passage to India (1984) .. David Lean
31. The Party (1968) .. Blake Edwards
32. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) .. Billy Wilder
33. Apartment Zero (1988) .. Martin Donovan
34. Philadelphia (1993) .. Jonathan Demme
35. The King of Comedy (1982) .. Martin Scorsese
36. Being There (1979) .. Hal Ashby
37. Erin Brockovich (2000) .. Steven Soderbergh
38. Million Dollar Baby (2004) .. Clint Eastwood
39. People Will Talk (1951) .. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
40. Il Marchese del Grillo (1981) .. Mario Monicelli
41. Plein Soleil (1960) .. René Clément
42. Inherit the Wind (1960) .. Stanley Kramer
43. An American in Rome (1954) .. Steno
44. The Trouble with Harry (1955) .. Alfred Hitchcock
45. The Insider (1999) .. Michael Mann
46. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) .. Stephen Frears
47. Boogie Nights (1997) .. Paul Thomas Anderson
48. Manhunter (1986) .. Michael Mann
49. Silkwood (1983) .. Mike Nichols
50. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) .. Pedro Almodóvar
51. Aliens (1986) .. James Cameron
52. Election (1999) .. Alexander Payne
53. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) .. The Coen Brothers
54. Munich (2005) .. Steven Spielberg
55. The Bridges of Madison County (1995) .. Clint Eastwood
56. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) .. George Clooney
57. King of the Hill (1993) .. Steven Soderbergh
58. The Longest Day (1962) .. Ken Annakin & Andrew Marton & Bernhard Wicki
59. The Magnificent Seven (1960) .. John Sturges
60. The Thing (1982) .. John Carpenter
61. The Full Monty (1997) .. Peter Cattaneo
62. Doctor Zhivago (1965) .. David Lean
63. Dave (1993) .. Ivan Reitman
64. The Ref (1994) .. Ted Demme
65. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) .. Lasse Hallström
66. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) .. Charles Crichton
67. Apocalypto (2006) .. Mel Gibson
68. The Pink Panther (1963) .. Blake Edwards
69. Tootsie (1982) .. Sydney Pollack
70. Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .. Oliver Stone
71. Big Night (1996) .. Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci
72. To Catch a Thief (1955) .. Alfred Hitchcock
73. Funny Bones (1995) .. Peter Chelsom
74. Compulsion (1959) .. Richard Fleischer
75. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) .. Stanley Kramer
76. Death Becomes Her (1992) .. Robert Zemeckis
77. The Thrill of It All (1963) .. Norman Jewison
78. Léon (1994) .. Luc Besson
79. Men in Black (1997) .. Barry Sonnenfeld
80. Harvey (1950) .. Henry Koster
81. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) .. Alfred Hitchcock
82. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) .. Robert Aldrich
83. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) .. Hugh Hudson
84. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) .. Laurence Olivier
85. Love Actually (2003) .. Richard Curtis
86. Pocketful of Miracles (1961) .. Frank Capra
87. Ocean's Eleven (2001) .. Steven Soderbergh
88. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) .. Stanley Kramer
89. As Good as It Gets (1997) .. James L. Brooks
90. My Geisha (1962) .. Jack Cardiff
91. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) .. Melvin Frank
92. Billy Elliot (2000) .. Stephen Daldry
93. Big Wednesday (1978) .. John Milius
94. The Passionate Thief (1960) .. Mario Monicelli
95. The Odd Couple (1968) .. Gene Saks
96. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .. Sidney Lumet
97. The Sting (1973) .. George Roy Hill
98. The School of Rock (2003) .. Richard Linklater
99. Primary Colors (1998) .. Mike Nichols
100. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) .. Danny Boyle