Ornella Micheli

Ornella Micheli
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1950–1981
Relatives	Bruno Micheli (brother)

Ornella Micheli (sometimes credited as Donna Christie or Ornella Micheli Donati)^[1] was an Italian film editor active from the 1950s through the 1980s. She often worked on the exploitation films and thrillers of directors Lucio Fulci, Riccardo Freda, and Giuliano Carnimeo.^[2][3]

Biography

She was the daughter of Roberto Rosselini's key grips, and she apprenticed under Rosselini's editor, Jolanda Benvenuti.^[4] Her brother, Bruno Micheli, also worked as a film editor.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Porno Holocaust (1981)
• Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (1980)
• Antropophagus (1980)
• Sesso nero (1980)
• Beyond the Darkness (1979)
• Silver Saddle (1978)
• The Psychic (1977)
• My Sister in Law (1976)
• Piange... il telefono (1975)
• Dracula in the Provinces (1975)
• Challenge to White Fang (1974)
• White Fang (1973)
• Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! (1973)
• Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
• Return of Halleluja (1972)
• His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972)
• They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
• Guns for Dollars (1971)
• Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (1970)
• Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970)
• I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (1969)
• One on Top of the Other (1969)
• Suicide Commandos (1968)
• Find a Place to Die (1968)
• The Moment to Kill (1968)
• Operazione San Pietro (1967)
• Bang Bang Kid (1967)
• How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967)
• The Hills Run Red (1966)
• The Brute and the Beast (1966)
• The Third Eye (1966)
• The Wacky World of James Tont (1966)
• Goldsinger (1965)
• How We Got into Trouble with the Army (1965)
• Samson in King Solomon's Mines (1964)
• The Avenger of Venice (1964)
• Il magnifico avventuriero (1963)
• The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
• Marco Polo (1962)
• The Witch's Curse (1962)
• Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)
• The Lion of Amalfi (1950)

References

1. Missero, Dalila (1 October 2018). "Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema". Feminist Media Histories. 4 (4): 57–82. doi:10.1525/fmh.2018.4.4.57. ISSN 2373-7492.
2. Hughes, Howard (31 March 2006). Once Upon A Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-045-9.
3. Curti, Roberto (11 September 2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2960-5.
4. Missero, Dalila (Fall 2018). "Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema" (PDF). Feminist Media Histories. doi:10.1525/fmh.2018.4.4.57.