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Books by Joseph Mascelli

Joseph V. Mascelli (1918–1989) was an American cinematographer, director, and educator who worked primarily in industrial and educational films during the postwar era. He wrote The Five C's of Cinematography as a teaching text while working as an instructor, drawing on his production experience to systematize the technical conventions of professional filmmaking. The book was self-published through Cine/Graphic Publications in Los Angeles and has remained continuously in print, becoming a standard text at film schools across the United States and internationally.