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After collaborating with the Italian leading directors from the silent era such as [[Carmine Gallone]] and [[Augusto Genina]], in 1925 he collaborated at the [[Fred Niblo]]'s blockbuster ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', and in 1929 he was the cinematographer of ''[[Sun (film)|Sole]]'', the directorial debut of [[Alessandro Blasetti]], with whom he establishing a professional relationship that lasted for eight films.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gianni Canova|title=Enciclopedia del cinema|publisher=Garzanti Libri, 2009|page=831}}</ref> |
After collaborating with the Italian leading directors from the silent era such as [[Carmine Gallone]] and [[Augusto Genina]], in 1925 he collaborated at the [[Fred Niblo]]'s blockbuster ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', and in 1929 he was the cinematographer of ''[[Sun (film)|Sole]]'', the directorial debut of [[Alessandro Blasetti]], with whom he establishing a professional relationship that lasted for eight films.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gianni Canova|title=Enciclopedia del cinema|publisher=Garzanti Libri, 2009|page=831}}</ref> |
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After the war, Montuori "had a major role in the figurative culture of first neo-realism",<ref name=enc/> often collaborating with [[Luigi Zampa]] and winning a [[Nastro d'Argento|silver ribbon]] for best cinematography for his work in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Bicycle Thieves]]''.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|page=228}}</ref> His son Mario was also a cinematographer.<ref name=enc/> |
After the war, Montuori "had a major role in the figurative culture of first neo-realism",<ref name=enc/> often collaborating with [[Luigi Zampa]] and winning a [[Nastro d'Argento|silver ribbon]] for best cinematography for his work in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Bicycle Thieves]]''.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|page=228}}</ref> His son [[Mario Montuori|Mario]] was also a cinematographer.<ref name=enc/> |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
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Carlo Montuori (3 August 1885 - 4 March 1968) was an Italian cinematographer and cameraman.
Born in Casacalenda, Campobasso, at twelve Montuori moved to Milan to live with his uncle, a photographer and a painter; in Milan he attended the Polytechnic University and followed courses in painting at the Brera Academy.[1] He approached cinema in 1907 working in the production company "Comerio & C." and debuting as an operator in Dalla pietà all'amore, a 1909 Luca Comerio's documentary film about the 1908 Messina earthquake.[1] At the same time Montuori started working at the photo studio Ganzini, where he learned the basics in the field of the use of artificial lighting.[1] Starting from 1911 Montuori was among the first in Italy to test the application of these techniques in film, inventing a device based on rudimentary arc lamps, made of carbon bound with wire and connected to the electric current through resistors.[1][2]
After collaborating with the Italian leading directors from the silent era such as Carmine Gallone and Augusto Genina, in 1925 he collaborated at the Fred Niblo's blockbuster Ben-Hur, and in 1929 he was the cinematographer of Sole, the directorial debut of Alessandro Blasetti, with whom he establishing a professional relationship that lasted for eight films.[3]
After the war, Montuori "had a major role in the figurative culture of first neo-realism",[1] often collaborating with Luigi Zampa and winning a silver ribbon for best cinematography for his work in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves.[4] His son Mario was also a cinematographer.[1]
Selected filmography
- Goodbye Youth (1927)
- Sun (1929)
- Mother Earth (1931)
- The Man with the Claw (1931)
- The Table of the Poor (1932)
- The Blue Fleet (1932)
- Your Money or Your Life (1932)
- Seconda B (1934)
- Thirty Seconds of Love (1936)
- The Ferocious Saladin (1937)
- Goodbye Youth (1940)
- Sleeping Beauty (1942)
- The Countess of Castiglione (1942)
- Street of the Five Moons (1942)
- Yes, Madam (1942)
- The Courier of the King (1947)
- Alarm Bells (1949)
- Chains (1949)
- Count Max (1957)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Stefano Masi, Storie della luce: i film, la vita, le avventure, le idee di 200 operatori italiani, L'Aquila 1983, pp. 153-56.
- ^ Alberto Lorenzi, Milano, il nostro secolo: Letteratura, teatro, divertimenti e personaggi del '900 milanese, Bramante, 1969, p. 87.
- ^ Gianni Canova. Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti Libri, 2009. p. 831.
- ^ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. p. 228.