- Filoteo Alberini was born on March 14, 1865 in Orte, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy]. Filoteo was a cinematographer and director, known for La malia dell'oro (1905), Il varo della 'Regina Elena' alla Spezia (1904) and Visita di Mascagni all'esposizione (1904). Filoteo died on April 12, 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Opened Rome's first cinema, the Cinema Moderno on 20th January 1904, while in 1899 he opened a film theatre in Florence, Italy.
- Patented an invention for filming, printing and developing, as early as 1895. In 1911, created the Autostereoscopio (stereoscopic device), followed by the Panoramica Alberini, a primitive wide-screen technique.
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