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name: "Jolanda Benvenuti"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "15 January 1908"
died: "16 November 1981"
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# Jolanda Benvenuti

Editor. Born 15 January 1908 in Rome, Italy. Died 16 November 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 15 January 1908, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 16 November 1981
- **Active:** 1945–1954
- **Also known as:** Iolanda Benvenuti
- **Works often with:** Renzo Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini

## Biography

Jolanda Benvenuti (also credited as Iolanda Benvenuti) was an Italian film editor. She was born on 15 January 1908 in Rome and died on 16 November 1981.

She worked on more than 150 productions between 1942 and 1975. Benvenuti began a long collaboration with director Roberto Rossellini on *Rome, Open City* (1945) and edited many of his subsequent films, including *Stromboli* (1950), *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950), *Europa '51* (1952), *Journey to Italy* (1954), *Fear* (1954) and *The Messiah* (1975). Her other credits include *Sunday in August* (1950), *The Machine That Kills Bad People* (1952), *Bandits of Orgosolo* (1961) and *More Than a Miracle* (1967).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, womenfilmeditors.princeton.edu, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Journey to Italy* (1954), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/journey-to-italy.md)
- *Rome, Open City* (1945), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rome-open-city.md)

## Also known for

- *Stromboli* (1950), Editor
- *Europa '51* (1952), Editor
- *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950), Editor
- *Fear* (1954), Editor
- *Sunday in August* (1950), Editor
- *The Machine That Kills Bad People* (1952), Editor
- *Bandits of Orgosolo* (1961), Editor
- *More Than a Miracle* (1967), Editor

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