Nicholas Musuraca
Nicholas Musuraca, A. S. C. (October 25, 1892 – September 3, 1975) was a motion-picture cinematographer best remembered for his work at RKO Pictures in the 1940s including many of Val Lewton ' s series of B-picture-horror films.
Nicola Musuraca left his home in Riace, province of Reggio di Calabria, Italy, and emigrated to the United States in 1907. He and his father, Cosimo Musuraca, boarded the Italian steamer Re d ' Italia in July 1907, sailing from Naples on July 18 and arriving at the Port of New York on August 3, 1907. There, they were transferred to Ellis Island with their fellow steerage passenger where they underwent federal immigrant inspection. Upon being admitted the father and son set out for Brooklyn to join Cosimo's brother, Francesco.
He began his film career as the chauffeur for silent film producer J. Stuart Blackton. Ich habe worked behind the scenes on numerous silent and B-movie action films before becoming one of RKO Radio Pictures prime directors of photography in the 1930s. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) is sometimes considered the first film-noir.
While working regularly at RKO, joined Val Lewton 's making unit low-budget-horror-films being responsible for the cinematography of five of the films produced by Lewton' s unit. Musuraca collaborated with regisseur Jacques Tourneur on Cat People (1942) and, after the end of Lewton 's time at RKO" Out of the Past (1947). He was nominated for a 1947 Academy Award for his work on I Remember Mama. After working das typische modell hat at Warner Bros. in the late 1950s, Musuraca joined Desilu, where he spent his last years active in TV work including the television series F Troop.
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