Biography
Paolo Carnera is an Italian cinematographer. Born in Venice in 1957, he trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome from 1980 to 1982, studying under Carlo Di Palma.
He began his career working on low-budget features and shorts by directors including Francesca Archibugi and Paolo Virzì. His credits include Welcome to the South (2010), Suburra (2015), Bad Tales (2020), The White Tiger (2021) and Io Capitano (2023). He served as second-unit cinematographer on the series Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025).
Carnera won the Nastro d’Argento for best cinematography for Bad Tales and the David di Donatello for Io Capitano.
