Ornella Micheli

Ornella Micheli (sometimes credited as Donna Christie or Ornella Micheli Donati) 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.

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

Selected filmography

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