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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
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# Benito Frattari

## Identity

Benito Frattari

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benito-frattari
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benito-frattari
- **IMDb ID:** nm0292361
- **TMDB ID:** 109558
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109558

Cinematographer. Born in Rome.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** Benito Romano Frattari
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109558

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mondo Cane*](https://film.one/film/mondo-cane.md) (58)

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## Biography

Benito Frattari, also credited as Benito Romano Frattari, is an Italian cinematographer. He worked on films from 1961, primarily in Italy.

Frattari shared cinematography duties with Antonio Climati on *Mondo Cane* (1962). His other credits include *Goodbye Uncle Tom* (1971), *Mondo Cane 2* (1963) and numerous features and documentaries.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mondo Cane* (1962), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/mondo-cane.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Godfathers of Mondo* (2003), Actor
- *Rent Control* (1984), Executive Producer, Cinematography
- *Blue Nude* (1978), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *World by Night Today* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Fischia Il Sesso* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Goodbye Uncle Tom* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Lonely Violent Beach* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Snake God* (1970), Cinematography
- *The Degenerates* (1969), Cinematography
- *Commandos* (1968), Director of Photography
- *La moglie giapponese* (1968), Director of Photography
- *La più bella coppia del mondo* (1968), Director of Photography
- *I due vigili* (1967), Director of Photography
- *An Italian in America* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Assicurasi vergine* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Pardon, Are You for or Against?* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Smoke Over London* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Wedding March* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Run for Your Wife* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Mondo Cane 2* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Sexy Magico* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Women of the World* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Mondo Sexuality* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Mondo Cane* (1962), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mondo-cane.md)

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