Anthony Joseph De Nonno (born January 12, 1947) is an Italian-American
filmmaker, photographer, puppeteer, historian, and speaker in
humanities.De Nonno was born in Brooklyn, New York to Antoinette (née
Carifa) and Jerry De Nonno, two residents of Manhattan's Little Italy
neighborhood. His grandparents, Giovanni and Angelina Carifa, owned
and operated the Columbia Restaurant on Mulberry Street in Manhattan.
His father, Jerry, was a sports columnist and horse racing handicapper
who worked at the New York Post from 1927 to 1977. He wrote a daily
column called "De Nonno's Picks," which highlighted racing odds at the
Aqueduct and Belmont tracks. Former colleague and sports editor Vic
Ziegel wrote about Jerry De Nonno in a 1997 remembrance: "He had [an
index card] for every horse who ran in New York, squeezed into a
half-dozen long cabinets that sat on his desk...De Nonno had a
well-deserved reputation for picking longshots, which will happen when
you don't have enough time to find the logical and boring even-money
favorite."De Nonno attended New Utrecht High School and later received
a B.F.A. in Communications from the New York Institute of
Technology-Manhattan. Around this time, he worked as a copy boy for
the New York Post, the newspaper where his father worked.Between 1970
and 1993, De Nonno has photographed a number of public figures
including Muhammad Ali, Tina Turner, Cary Grant, David Bowie, Joan
Baez, Bette Midler, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Frank
Sinatra, and Stevie Wonder. He served as Eric Clapton's 1974 American
tour photographer.
filmmaker, photographer, puppeteer, historian, and speaker in
humanities.De Nonno was born in Brooklyn, New York to Antoinette (née
Carifa) and Jerry De Nonno, two residents of Manhattan's Little Italy
neighborhood. His grandparents, Giovanni and Angelina Carifa, owned
and operated the Columbia Restaurant on Mulberry Street in Manhattan.
His father, Jerry, was a sports columnist and horse racing handicapper
who worked at the New York Post from 1927 to 1977. He wrote a daily
column called "De Nonno's Picks," which highlighted racing odds at the
Aqueduct and Belmont tracks. Former colleague and sports editor Vic
Ziegel wrote about Jerry De Nonno in a 1997 remembrance: "He had [an
index card] for every horse who ran in New York, squeezed into a
half-dozen long cabinets that sat on his desk...De Nonno had a
well-deserved reputation for picking longshots, which will happen when
you don't have enough time to find the logical and boring even-money
favorite."De Nonno attended New Utrecht High School and later received
a B.F.A. in Communications from the New York Institute of
Technology-Manhattan. Around this time, he worked as a copy boy for
the New York Post, the newspaper where his father worked.Between 1970
and 1993, De Nonno has photographed a number of public figures
including Muhammad Ali, Tina Turner, Cary Grant, David Bowie, Joan
Baez, Bette Midler, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Frank
Sinatra, and Stevie Wonder. He served as Eric Clapton's 1974 American
tour photographer.
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