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Checco Varese

Checco Varese

Checco Varese

Lima, Peru

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Biography

Checco Varese (born 1963) is a Peruvian-born cinematographer. He has shot numerous shows and films such as The 33 (2015), It: Chapter Two (2019), and Daisy Jones & The Six (2023). He won an Emmy Award for his work on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.

Best known for:

It Chapter Two

The Strain

Replicas

Miracles from Heaven

Lemonade Mouth

The 33

The Arrival

Prom Night

Colony

G20

Dopesick

The New Daughter

Under the Same Moon

The Aura

5 Days of War

Hustle

Lovestruck: The Musical

The Returned

Girl in Progress

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Primal Force

Night at the Golden Eagle

I Don't Want to Talk About It

A Separate Peace

Comfort and Joy

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Filmography:

I Don't Want to Talk About It (1993)
WORK AS:
Steadicam Operator
The Arrival (1996)
4.6
WORK AS:
Steadicam Operator
Primal Force (1999)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Night at the Golden Eagle (2002)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
La milpa (2002)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Comfort and Joy (2003)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Archipiélago (2003)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Hustle (2004)
6.4
WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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A Separate Peace (2004)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Charros (2004)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Aura (2005)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Under the Same Moon (2007)
6.5
WORK AS:
Director of Photography, Co-Producer
Prom Night (2008)
3.6
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The New Daughter (2009)
3.8
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
5 Days of War (2011)
4.2
WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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Lemonade Mouth (2011)
6.4
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Girl in Progress (2012)
4.2
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Lovestruck: The Musical (2013)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Strain (2014)
6.4
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Returned (2015)
5.4
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The 33 (2015)
5
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Colony (2016)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Miracles from Heaven (2016)
6.4
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Replicas (2018)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
It Chapter Two (2019)
6.5
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Dopesick (2021)
6.8
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Alien (The Other) (2022)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
G20 (2025)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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