Carlo Montuori
Cinematographer, Film cinematographer
1885 – 1968
Who was Carlo Montuori?
Carlo Montuori 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.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1885
Casacalenda - Also known as
- C. Montuori
- Children
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 4, 1968
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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