Ernesto Maria Pasquali (1883–1919) was an Italian pioneering film producer and director. Originally a journalist he was employed by Ambrosio Film before he set up the

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-based Pasquali Film, one of Italy's leading production companies. Shortly after his death in 1919 it was subsumed into larger conglomerate Unione Cinematografica Italiana.Abel p.500

References

Bibliography

* Abel, Richard. ''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema''. Taylor & Francis, 2005. * Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.

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* 1883 births 1919 deaths French film directors Italian film producers People from the Province of Pavia 20th-century Italian journalists {{Italy-film-bio-stub