Biography
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, Montuori "had a major role in the figurative culture of first neo-realism", often collaborating with Luigi Zampa and winning a silver ribbon for best cinematography for his work in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves. His son Mario was also a cinematographer.
Filmography
all 102
Movies 102
Director 49
Terror of the Red Mask (1960)
The Jukebox Kids (1959)
L'uomo dai calzoni corti (1958)
The Roof (1956)
La ragazza di Via Veneto (1955)
It Happens in Roma (1955)
The Sign of Venus (1955)
An American in Rome (1954)
Frisky (1954)
The Gold of Naples (1954)
Prima di sera (1954)
Passionate song (1953)
Lo scocciatore (1953)
Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! (1953)
Saluti e baci (1953)
La fiammata (1952)
Times Gone By (1952)
Wanda the Sinner (1952)
Rome-Paris-Rome (1951)
The City Defends Itself (1951)
Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951)
Il capitano nero (1951)
Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
The White Line (1950)
La portatrice di pane (1950)
Children of Chance (1949)
La sposa non può attendere (1949)
Campane a martello (1949)
The Za-Bum Circus (1949)
Difficult Years (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Lost Youth (1948)
Heart (1948)
Lovers Without Love (1948)
Il passatore (1947)
To Live in Peace (1947)
La primula bianca (1947)
Pronto, chi parla? (1946)
Professor, My Son (1946)
Albergo Luna, camera 34 (1946)
Partenza ore 7 (1946)
Umanità (1946)
Fear No Evil (1945)
Addio, amore! (1943)
Tutta la vita in ventiquattr'ore (1943)
Enrico IV (1943)
Gente dell’aria (1943)
La contessa Castiglione (1942)
La morte civile (1942)
Via delle Cinque Lune (1942)
Anime in tumulto (1942)
Sleeping Beauty (1942)
Sancta Maria (1942)
I pirati della Malesia (1941)
Piccolo mondo antico (1941)
L'uomo del romanzo (1940)
Amore di ussaro (1940)
Don Pasquale (1940)
La nascita di Salomè (1940)
Anything for the Woman (1940)
Trappola d'amore (1940)
Frenesia (1939)
Eravamo sette vedove (1939)
Bionda sottochiave (1939)
Per uomini soli (1938)
Fuochi d'artificio (1938)
Il trovatello (1938)
Nonna Felicita (1938)
Il feroce saladino (1937)
Gatta ci cova (1937)
Lasciate ogni speranza (1937)
Felicita Colombo (1937)
La danza delle lancette (1936)
30 Seconds of Love (1936)
Amo te sola (1935)
I'll Give a Million (1935)
Aldebaran (1935)
Freccia d'oro (1935)
Full Speed (1934)
Seconda B (1934)
Le masque qui tombe (1934)
La Voce Lontana (1933)
Non son gelosa (1933)
Il trattato scomparso (1933)
Un cattivo soggetto (1933)
Either the bag or the life (1932)
The Blue Fleet (1932)
The Table of the Poor (1932)
Disaster (1931)
The Pranks (1931)
Resurrection (1931)
Mother Earth (1931)
The Doctor In Spite of Himself (1931)
La scala (1931)
Arietta antica (1930)
Nerone (1930)
Sole! (1929)
Addio giovinezza! (1927)
L'ultimo lord (1926)
Il castello dalle cinquantasette lampade (1920)
The King, the Rooks and the Bishops (1917)
La signorina Ciclone (1916)
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Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1883-08-03
Deathday1968-03-04 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceCasacalenda, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsC. Montuori
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