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Carlo Montuori

Cinematographer / Camera Operator / Film Director | * 08/03/1885 († 82, 03/04/1968) | Casacalenda, Molise (Italy)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. After the war, Mo... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Movies with Carlo Montuori as Crew(86)

Camera/Director of Photography1960 Terror of the Red Mask
Camera/Director of Photography1959 The Jukebox Kids
Camera/Director of Photography1958 L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Camera/Director of Photography1956 The Roof
Camera/Director of Photography1955 The Sign of Venus
Camera/Director of Photography1955 La ragazza di Via Veneto
Camera/Director of Photography1955 It Happens in Roma
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Prima di sera
Camera/Director of Photography1954 The Gold of Naples
Camera/Director of Photography1954 An American in Rome
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Frisky
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Lo scocciatore
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Passionate song
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Saluti e baci
Camera/Director of Photography1953 Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!
Camera/Director of Photography1952 La fiammata
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Wanda the Sinner
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Times Gone By
Camera/Director of Photography1951 The City Defends Itself
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Mamma mia, che impressione!
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Rome-Paris-Rome
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Il capitano nero
Camera/Director of Photography1950 Twelve Hours to Live
Camera/Director of Photography1950 The White Line
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Circo equestre Za-bum
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Children of Chance
Camera/Director of Photography1949 La sposa non può attendere
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Campane a martello
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Difficult Years
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Bicycle Thieves
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Lovers Without Love
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Lost Youth
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Heart
Camera/Director of Photography1947 To Live in Peace
Camera/Director of Photography1947 La primula bianca
Camera/Director of Photography1947 Il passatore
Camera/Director of Photography1946 Professor, My Son
Camera/Director of Photography1946 Pronto, chi parla?
Camera/Director of Photography1946 Umanità
Camera/Director of Photography1946 Partenza ore 7
Camera/Director of Photography1945 Fear No Evil
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Gente dell’aria
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Tutta la vita in ventiquattr'ore
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Enrico IV
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Addio, amore!
Camera/Director of Photography1942 Sleeping Beauty
Camera/Director of Photography1942 Anime in tumulto
Camera/Director of Photography1942 Via delle Cinque Lune
Camera/Director of Photography1942 La morte civile
Camera/Director of Photography1942 La contessa Castiglione
Camera/Director of Photography1941 I pirati della Malesia
Camera/Director of Photography1941 Piccolo mondo antico
Camera/Camera Operator1941 Piccolo mondo antico
Camera/Director of Photography1940 Trappola d'amore
Camera/Director of Photography1940 Don Pasquale
Camera/Director of Photography1940 L'uomo del romanzo
Camera/Director of Photography1940 Anything for the Woman
Camera/Director of Photography1940 La nascita di Salomè
Camera/Director of Photography1940 Amore di ussaro
Camera/Director of Photography1939 Eravamo sette vedove
Camera/Director of Photography1939 Bionda sottochiave
Camera/Director of Photography1939 Frenesia
Camera/Director of Photography1938 Fuochi d'artificio
Camera/Director of Photography1938 Per uomini soli
Camera/Director of Photography1938 Il trovatello
Camera/Director of Photography1938 Nonna Felicita
Camera/Director of Photography1937 Gatta ci cova
Camera/Director of Photography1937 Il feroce saladino
Camera/Director of Photography1937 Lasciate ogni speranza
Camera/Director of Photography1936 30 Seconds of Love
Camera/Director of Photography1936 La danza delle lancette
Camera/Director of Photography1935 I'll Give a Million
Camera/Director of Photography1935 Amo te sola
Camera/Director of Photography1935 Aldebaran
Camera/Director of Photography1934 Full Speed
Camera/Director of Photography1934 Seconda B
Camera/Director of Photography1933 Non son gelosa
Camera/Director of Photography1933 Un cattivo soggetto
Camera/Director of Photography1933 La voce lontana
Camera/Director of Photography1932 The Table of the Poor
Camera/Director of Photography1931 Resurrection
Camera/Director of Photography1931 Mother Earth
Camera/Director of Photography1929 Sole!
Camera/Director of Photography1927 Addio giovinezza!
Camera/Director of Photography1926 L'ultimo lord
Camera/Director of Photography1920 Il castello dalle cinquantasette lampade

Full Name: Carlo Luigi Montuori
Citizenship: Italy
Born: Monday, 08/03 1885 (August) in Casacalenda, Molise (Italy)
Died: Monday, 03/04 1968 (March) in Rome (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Educated at: Brera Academy
Other names for Carlo Montuori (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"C. Montuori"
Carlo Montuori frequently works together with these people:
Vittorio De Sica (18x, Actor)
Aldo De Benedetti (18x, Crew)
Mario Mattoli (17x, Crew)
Gastone Medin (14x, Crew)
Eraldo Da Roma (13x, Crew)
Mario Serandrei (13x, Crew)
Cesare Zavattini (13x, Crew)
Luisa Alessandri (12x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:42248, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024