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Alfredo Donelli

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Alfredo Donelli
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1915–1929

Alfredo Donelli was a leading Italian cinematographer who worked on a number of silent films including the largely abandoned Italian-shot scenes of MGM's blockbuster Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). For Italian studios he worked on big-budget epics such as Quo Vadis (1924) and The Last Days of Pompeii (1926).[1]

Along with Edmundo Orlandi he invented the Avia compact camera.[2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Souto p.160
  2. ^ Souto p.159-160

Bibliography

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  • Souto, H. Mario Raimondo. Motion Picture Photography: A History, 1891-1960. McFarland, 2007.
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