Maddalena De Beni is a NYC-based cinematographer inspired by exploitation films, camp, and the melodramatic style of Douglas Sirk. 

Maddalena recently shot her first feature, The Woods - a horror film written and directed by noted occultist and activist Sarah Lyons.

She also shot the pilot for Events at Hemlock Manor, which premiered at Dances with Films 2024.

Her work recently screened at festivals like SoHo Internation Film Festival, Indie Memphis, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, and NoBudge.com. She’s also been published by Kill Rock Stars, Waif Magazine and Vice.

She loaded on L&O:SVU, crewed on Dazed + Calvin Klein and Louis Vuitton. Her photography is featured on aintbad.com and bushwickdaily.

Maddalena studied under Tom Richmond(ASC) Sarah Cawley and Valentina Caniglia (AIC) at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn.


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mdebeni@icloud.com