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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).