Federico Pierotti

Biography

Federico Pierotti is professor of history of film techniques at the University of Lausanne. His work mainly focused on cinema and visual culture; the aesthetics, technology, and history of color in cinema; and the history of Italian cinema. He is the author of books on color, including La Couleur: une passion cinématographique (2020) and Un'archeologia del colore nel cinema italiano. Dal Technicolor ad Antonioni (2016). He is a member of the scientific committees of the journals L’Avventura – International Journal of Italian Film and Media Landscapes and Immagine – Note di Storia del Cinema.