Alessandro Pavone is an Italian videographer of documentary film and television. He has worked as a cinematographer or producer of a number of documentary programs including Vice, Frontline and Hunting ISIS, as well as producing work for BBC2 and Al Jazeera.

Early life and education

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Alessandro Pavone was born in Taranto, Italy.[1][2]

Career

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As a freelancer at independent production companies in London, Pavone produced BBC2’s Shroud of Turin: Material Evidence.[1][3] The documentary was produced for Easter in 2008 for the twentieth anniversary of the 1988 radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin.[3]

From 2011 to 2015, Pavone was based in Kabul and Istanbul while covering the wars in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and Western African Ebola virus epidemic.[1]

In 2019, Pavone was the cinematographer of The Forgotten Heroes of Empire, an Al Jazeera documentary about Kenyans that served in the Second World War but were neglected as veterans of the British Army.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role(s) Ref(s).
2008 Shroud of Turin Material Evidence Producer
2013 The Longest Kiss
2018 Hunting ISIS
2015–2023 Vice Cinematographer
2019 The Forgotten Heroes of Empire [4][5]
2020 Frontline Local producer
2022 The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: The Real Story Cinematographer
Secrets and Deals
Life in the Taliban's Afghanistan [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Alessandro Pavone". Pulitzer Center. 2020.
  2. ^ "Un fotoreporter italiano vince due Emmy per i suoi reportage sull'Ucraina e l'Afghanistan". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. ^ a b "BBC Commissions New Shroud Film". Shroud.com. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ a b Losh, Jack (2019-02-13). "'We were abandoned': the Kenyan soldier forgotten by Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  5. ^ Al Jazeera English (February 13, 2019). "The Forgotten Heroes of Empire – People & Power". YouTube.
  6. ^ VICE News (February 13, 2022). "Life in the Taliban's Afghanistan". YouTube.