Roberto Calvi began his career as focus puller & camera operator. He mainly worked in cinema shooting films with such big Italian directors as Dino Risi, Sergio Corbucci, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Maurizio Nichetti, Carlo Vanzina etc. In the 90ies Roberto prioritised the development as director of photography in advertising. He shot numerous commercials with Italian celebrities, including Dario Argento, Giuseppe Tornatore, Paolo Genovese, as well as with other internationally acclaimed advertising directors, such as Bryce Attwell, David Saire, Francisco Daniel and Christopher Broadbent.
From 2001 to 2004 Roberto collaborated as a table-top director and DoP with “Syntesys Film” of Alberto Zabban.
In 2005 Roberto co-founded “TableSpot” where he shot advertising campaigns for all major food industry players until 2014.
Since then Roberto is a freelance talent available to local and international production companies and agencies.
Some of Roberto’s clients and brands include:
