Education
Born in Rome, Pavoni graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia as a camera operator in 1948 and started working in several documentary films, as a camera assistant of Leonida Barboni and Mario Craveri.
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Born in Rome, Pavoni graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia as a camera operator in 1948 and started working in several documentary films, as a camera assistant of Leonida Barboni and Mario Craveri.
In 1952 he debuted as cinematographer in a segment of the comedy film Marito e moglie directed by Eduardo De Filippo. Among other things, he photographed a considerable number of peplum films. Between 1960 and 1971 Pavoni worked also as a producer for the company "Dear".
He also directed three successful films in the mid-1970s, two of them based on his own screenplays.
He retired in 1989.