Ben Donateo

Editor, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Location Sound Mixer

Email: donateo_80@hotmail.com
Website: www.bendonateo.com

Born in 1988 in Lucerne, Switzerland. After studying filmmaking in Los Angeles, he attended the Sapienza University of Rome. He founded D.R.C. Creativity Productions in Rome, a cultural association for film enthusiasts. BURNT. LAND OF FIRE (2020) was selected for Locarno, IDFA and the Solothurn Filmtage 2021. In 2021 he participated in the 2nd Film Accelerator with Werner Herzog in the “Filming a strange planet”, previously Colombian Jungle. He works on social and environmental projects for his association in Lugano and Rome. MUZUNGU (2024), codirected with Michel Passos Zylberg premieres at Visions du réel in Nyon.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024: Care Givers by Ben Donateo
2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg
2023: Burnt. Boring Portrait of an Angry, Young, Black Man by Ben Donateo
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo
2019: Chrilfico by Ben Donateo
2015: Checkmate by Ben Donateo
2014: Disomertà by Ben Donateo

Screenwriter

2024: Care Givers by Ben Donateo
2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg
2023: Burnt. Boring Portrait of an Angry, Young, Black Man by Ben Donateo
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo

Cinematographer

2024: Care Givers by Ben Donateo
2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg
2023: Burnt. Boring Portrait of an Angry, Young, Black Man by Ben Donateo
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo

Editor

2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg
2023: Burnt. Boring Portrait of an Angry, Young, Black Man by Ben Donateo
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo

Location Sound Mixer

2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg

Producer

2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg
2023: Burnt. Boring Portrait of an Angry, Young, Black Man by Ben Donateo
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo

Sound Editor

2024: Muzungu by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo

Sound Designer

2023: Burnt. Boring Portrait of an Angry, Young, Black Man by Ben Donateo
2020: Grigio. Terra bruciata by Ben Donateo

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