Roberto Omegna (27 May 1876 – 29 November 1948) was an Italian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the c ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

Biography

Omegna assisted

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is setting up the

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-based company

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, which became one of the leading Italian studios of the

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. While Omegna directed a number of fiction films, he became best known for his documentary efforts such as ''The Leopard Hunt'' (1908) and ''Elephants at Work'' (1911).Moliterno p.111

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

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'' (1908)

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1876 births 1948 deaths Italian cinematographers Italian film directors Film people from Turin {{Italy-film-bio-stub