---
name: "Carlo Montuori"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlo-montuori"
fi1m_id: "carlo-montuori"
imdb_id: "nm0600341"
tmdb_id: 544085
wikidata_id: "Q729046"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "3 August 1885"
died: "4 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:08:26.922229+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Carlo Montuori

## Identity

Carlo Montuori

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlo-montuori
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carlo-montuori
- **IMDb ID:** nm0600341
- **TMDB ID:** 544085
- **Wikidata ID:** Q729046
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Montuori, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544085

Cinematographer. Born 3 August 1885 in Casacalenda, Molise, Italy. Died 4 March 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 3 August 1885, Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
- **Died:** 4 March 1968
- **Also known as:** C. Montuori
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Montuori, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544085

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Bicycle Thieves*](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) (93)

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## Biography

Carlo Montuori was an Italian cinematographer and cameraman. Born in Casacalenda, Molise, he moved to Milan as a child and trained at the Polytechnic University and Brera Academy before entering cinema around 1907 with Luca Comerio’s production company. He worked as an operator on early documentaries and developed lighting techniques that he applied to film from 1911.

Montuori collaborated with leading silent-era directors including Carmine Gallone and Augusto Genina, and contributed to the 1925 Hollywood production *Ben-Hur*. From 1929 he formed a long partnership with Alessandro Blasetti. After the Second World War he played a significant role in neorealist cinematography, working frequently with Luigi Zampa and Vittorio De Sica. He shot *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), for which he received the Nastro d’Argento for best cinematography, as well as *The Roof* (1956) and *The Gold of Naples* (1954). His son Mario Montuori also became a cinematographer. Montuori died in Rome in 1968.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, treccani.it.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Fi1m 93, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Terror of the Red Mask* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Jukebox Kids* (1959), Director of Photography
- *L'uomo dai calzoni corti* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Roof* (1956), Director of Photography
- *La ragazza di Via Veneto* (1955), Director of Photography
- *It Happens in Roma* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Sign of Venus* (1955), Director of Photography
- *An American in Rome* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Frisky* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Gold of Naples* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Prima di sera* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Passionate song* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Lo scocciatore* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Saluti e baci* (1953), Director of Photography
- *La nemica* (1952), Director of Photography
- *La fiammata* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Times Gone By* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Wanda the Sinner* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Lieutenant Giorgio* (1952), Cinematography
- *Rome-Paris-Rome* (1951), Director of Photography
- *The City Defends Itself* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Mamma mia, che impressione!* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Il capitano nero* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Twelve Hours to Live* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The White Line* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Il falco rosso* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Children of Chance* (1949), Director of Photography
- *La sposa non può attendere* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Campane a martello* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Za-Bum Circus* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Difficult Years* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Director of Photography — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)
- *Lost Youth* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Heart* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Lovers Without Love* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Il passatore* (1947), Director of Photography
- *To Live in Peace* (1947), Director of Photography
- *La primula bianca* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Voice of Love* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Professor, My Son* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Partenza ore 7* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Umanità* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Fear No Evil* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Addio, amore!* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Tutta la vita in ventiquattr'ore* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Enrico IV* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Gente dell’aria* (1943), Director of Photography
- *La contessa Castiglione* (1942), Director of Photography
- *La morte civile* (1942), Director of Photography
- *La fabbrica dell'imprevisto* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Via delle Cinque Lune* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Anime in tumulto* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Sleeping Beauty* (1942), Director of Photography
- *I pirati della Malesia* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Piccolo mondo antico* (1941), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *L'uomo del romanzo* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Amore di ussaro* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Don Pasquale* (1940), Director of Photography
- *La nascita di Salomè* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Anything for the Woman* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Trappola d'amore* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Frenesia* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Eravamo sette vedove* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Bionda sottochiave* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Per uomini soli* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Fuochi d'artificio* (1938), Director of Photography
- *L'amor mio non muore!* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Nonna Felicita* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Il trovatello* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Pride* (1938), Cinematography
- *Il feroce saladino* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Gatta ci cova* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Lasciate ogni speranza* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Felicita Colombo* (1937), Director of Photography
- *La danza delle lancette* (1936), Director of Photography
- *30 Seconds of Love* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Luci sommerse* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Think It Over Jack* (1936), Director of Photography
- *I Love You Only* (1935), Director of Photography
- *I'll Give a Million* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Aldebaran* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Full Speed* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Seconda B* (1934), Director of Photography
- *La Voce Lontana* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Non son gelosa* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Il trattato scomparso* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Un cattivo soggetto* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Your Money or Your Life* (1932), Cinematography
- *The Blue Fleet* (1932), Director of Photography
- *The Table of the Poor* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Resurrection* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Mother Earth* (1931), Director of Photography
- *La scala* (1931), Cinematography
- *Sole!* (1929), Director of Photography
- *La sperduta di Allah* (1929), Cinematography
- *Addio giovinezza!* (1927), Director of Photography
- *L'ultimo Lord* (1926), Director of Photography
- *Il castello dalle cinquantasette lampade* (1920), Director of Photography
- *La signorina Ciclone* (1916), Cinematography

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