17 jun 2025

Mio Figlio Nerone / Nero´s Mistress (1956)

Production designer: Piero Filippone

Director of Photography and special effects: Mario Bava

 Matte paintings. Amedeo Gigli. 


Italian illustrator Amedeo Gigli painted mattes for Mario Bava on his studio in Rome. Bava took the glass painting and went to location where he gave the last colour touches to match the painting with the surrounding  landscape. 

Two photos of Mario Bava on location with one of the glass paintings. 








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