Pecorini was born in
Milan,
Lombardy, Italy. He founded, with
Garrett Brown, inventor of the
steadicam, the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. (SOA), in 1988. Pecorini moved to the
United States in 1993, and since 1997, he has frequently collaborated with director
Terry Gilliam (together they have made
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
The Brothers Grimm,
Tideland,
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,
The Zero Theorem and
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote). In 2000, he won Best Cinematography at the
San Sebastian International Film Festival for ''
Harrison's Flowers''. He is married to British-Australian actress
Caroline Goodall and has two children, Gemma and Leone. He is blind in one eye. ==Filmography==