G.R. Aldo on AllMovie

Cinematographer G.R. Aldo was born and raised in Italy. When he was 19, Aldo moved to France to act. He worked in one film, changed his mind, and became a cameraman. After many years he had moved up to assistant cameraman. He became a full-fledged director of photography by the late 1940s. At that time, he and a French production crew returned to Italy. There, Aldo went on to become one of the country's premiere cinematographers whose work is distinguished by his dynamic compositions and sharply contrasting black-and-white images. He has worked with some of the world's best directors, including Visconti and De Sica. Aldo died during a traffic accident while filming Senso (1954).