Ben Donateo

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

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

Né en 1988 à Lucerne (Suisse). Après avoir étudié le cinéma à Los Angeles, il a fréquenté l'Université Sapienza de Rome. Il a fondé D.R.C. Creativity Productions à Rome, une association culturelle pour les amateurs de cinéma. BURNT. LAND OF FIRE (2020) a été sélectionné pour Locarno, IDFA et les Journées cinématographiques de Soleure 2021. En 2021, il a participé au 2nd Film Accelerator avec Werner Herzog dans le cadre de «Filming a strange planet», anciennement Colombian Jungle. Il travaille sur des projets sociaux et environnementaux pour son association à Lugano et à Rome. MUZUNGU (2024), coréalisé avec Michel Passos Zylberg, est présenté en première mondiale à Visions du réel à 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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