Alessandro Pavone
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Based in Dubai, Italian born Alessandro has been working as a freelance director of photography and producer in current affairs and documentary programming for the past ten years. After leaving his country, Ale began freelancing in London for independent production companies overseeing the production of various documentary programs including the BBC "Shroud of Turin: Material Evidence". Based in Kabul and then in Istanbul from 2011 to 2015, Alessandro has filmed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. From 2011-2013, he was on the frontline for NATO's news desk in Afghanistan. Highlights included exclusive access to the Afghan Army to cover night raids by special forces, this story was featured on Al Jazeera News' special coverage. Beyond the Middle East and Afghanistan, Alessandro has also covered recent terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, climate change in Greenland and in Somalia. In 2017 he filmed and produced for the PBS NewsHour a series of news feature stories funded by the Pulitzer Center on ethnic violence in South Sudan. Alessandro was also part of the PBS Newshour team to receive the 2017 Overseas Press Club citation (honourable mention) in the Edward R. Murrow Award for their "The Fight for Iraq" series. |