Arturo Ambrosio
Arturo Ambrosio | |
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 Ambrosio in 1913 | |
| Born | 3 December 1870 Turin, Piedmont Italy |
| Died | 25 March 1960 (aged 89) Pancalieri, Piedmont Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Producer director |
| Years active | 1904–1943 |
Arturo Ambrosio (1870–1960) was an Italian film producer who was a pioneering and influential figure in the early years of Italian cinema.
Biography
Ambrosio was a photographer who owned a shop in
Ambrosio Films and began making more ambitious fiction films.[1]
In 1908 Ambrosio produced and directed Classical era.[2] Over the next decade Ambrosio oversaw a number of popular films and was able to export them to lucrative foreign markets such as Britain and America.
Like other Italian filmmakers, Ambrosio struggled during the crisis that hit Italian filmmaking following the
Scalera Films between 1939 and 1943.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)
- Nero or The Fall of Rome (1909)
- Doctor Antonio (1914 )
- Monna Vanna (1915)
- Cenere (1916)
- Mara West (1921)
- Theodora (1921)
- The Ship(1921)
- Quo Vadis (1924)
References
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
- Arturo Ambrosio at IMDb
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