Mario Masini began filming in 1960 with the cinematographic adaptation of A Gentle Creature by Dostoevski. In 1961 he received certification as a camera operator from C.S.C. He worked as cameramen with Carmelo Bene on Nostra Signora dei Turchi, Don Giovanni, and Salomè, and with Paolo and Vittorio Taviani on San Michele aveva un Gallo.

Sirio Luginbühl, Cinema Underground Oggi, Mastrogiacomo Ediore Images, 1970