Nicholas Musuraca

25 de octubre de 1892 — 3 de septiembre de 1975 (82 años)
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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. He 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 unit making low-budget horror-films being responsible for the cinematography of five of the films produced by Lewton's unit. Musuraca collaborated with director 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 briefly at Warner Bros. in the late 1950s, Musuraca joined Desilu, where he spent his last active years in TV work including the television series F Troop.

Películas y series en Plex

  • La escalera de caracol
    La escalera de caracol1946
  • El autoestopista
    El autoestopista1953
  • Gardenia azul
    Gardenia azul1953
  • El show de Lucy
    El show de Lucy3 seasons
  • Medio fusilados al amanecer
    Medio fusilados al amanecer1930
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie
    The Adventures of Jim Bowie1 season
  • Four Star Playhouse
    Four Star Playhouse4 seasons
  • Inside the Lines
    Inside the Lines1930
  • Conspiracy
    Conspiracy1930

Conocido por

  • Nunca la olvidaré
    Nunca la olvidaré1948

Filmography

1965
Tammy · as Cinematographer
1965
Run for Your Life · as Cinematographer
1965
F Troop · as Cinematographer
1963
The Farmer's Daughter · as Cinematographer
1962
McHale's Navy · as Cinematographer
1962
The Lucy Show · as CinematographerEn Plex
1961
The Lawbreakers · as Director Of Photography
1961
The Asphalt Jungle · as Cinematographer
1960
The Islanders · as Cinematographer
1960
Guestward Ho! · as Cinematographer
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show · as Director Of Photography
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse · as Cinematographer
1958
Too Much, Too Soon · as Director Of Photography
1957
Man on the Prowl · as Director Of Photography
1957
The Story of Mankind · as Director Of Photography
1957
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour · as Director Of Photography
1957
Alcoa Theatre · as Director Of Photography
1957
Maverick · as Cinematographer
1957
Date with the Angels · as Cinematographer
1957
Whirlybirds · as Cinematographer
1956
Wire Service · as Cinematographer
1956
Hey Jeannie! · as Director Of Photography
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie · as CinematographerEn Plex
1955
Stage 7 · as Cinematographer
1955
The Star and the Story · as Cinematographer
1954
Susan Slept Here · as Director Of Photography
1954
December Bride · as Cinematographer
1954
The Lineup · as Cinematographer
1954
It's a Great Life · as Cinematographer
1954
The Lone Wolf · as Cinematographer
1953
Devil's Canyon · as Director Of Photography
1953
Split Second · as Director Of Photography
1953
The Hitch-Hiker · as Director Of PhotographyEn Plex
1953
The Blue Gardenia · as Director Of PhotographyEn Plex
1953
The Life of Riley (1953) · as Cinematographer
1952
A Girl in Every Port · as Director Of Photography
1952
Cavalcade of America · as Cinematographer
1952
Four Star Playhouse · as CinematographerEn Plex
1952
Clash by Night · as Director Of Photography
1952
Trail Guide · as Director Of Photography
1951
I Love Lucy · as Cinematographer
1951
The Whip Hand · as Director Of Photography
1951
Hot Lead · as Director Of Photography
1951
Roadblock · as Director Of Photography
1951
The Company She Keeps · as Director Of Photography
1950
Hunt the Man Down · as Director Of Photography
1950
Where Danger Lives · as Director Of Photography
1950
The Jack Benny Program · as Cinematographer
1950
Born to Be Bad · as Director Of Photography
1950
Rider from Tucson · as Director Of Photography
1950
Dynamite Pass · as Director Of Photography
1949
The Woman on Pier 13 · as Director Of Photography
1949
The Mysterious Desperado · as Director Of Photography
1949
Stagecoach Kid · as Director Of Photography
1948
Blood on the Moon · as Director Of Photography
1948
I Remember Mama · as Director Of Photography
1947
Out of the Past · as Director Of Photography
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · as Director Of Photography
1946
The Locket · as Director Of Photography
1946
Bedlam · as Director Of Photography
1946
Deadline at Dawn · as Director Of Photography
1946
The Spiral Staircase · as Director Of PhotographyEn Plex
1945
Back to Bataan · as Director Of Photography
1945
China Sky · as Director Of Photography
1944
The Falcon in Hollywood · as Director Of Photography
1944
Girl Rush · as Director Of Photography
1944
Bride by Mistake · as Director Of Photography
1944
Marine Raiders · as Director Of Photography
1944
The Curse of the Cat People · as Director Of Photography
1943
The Ghost Ship · as Director Of Photography
1943
The Fallen Sparrow · as Director Of Photography
1943
Gangway for Tomorrow · as Director Of Photography
1943
The Seventh Victim · as Director Of Photography
1943
Bombardier · as Director Of Photography
1943
Forever and a Day · as Director Of Photography
1942
Cat People · as Director Of Photography
1942
Pirates of the Prairie · as Director Of Photography
1942
The Navy Comes Through · as Director Of Photography
1942
Bandit Ranger · as Director Of Photography
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti · as Director Of Photography
1942
Call Out the Marines · as Director Of Photography
1942
Obliging Young Lady · as Director Of Photography
1941
The Gay Falcon · as Director Of Photography
1941
Lady Scarface · as Director Of Photography
1941
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry · as Director Of Photography
1941
Repent at Leisure · as Director Of Photography
1941
Play Girl · as Director Of Photography
1940
Little Men · as Director Of Photography
1940
Stranger on the Third Floor · as Director Of Photography
1940
Tom Brown's School Days · as Director Of Photography
1940
A Bill of Divorcement · as Director Of Photography
1940
Swiss Family Robinson · as Director Of Photography
1939
Allegheny Uprising · as Director Of Photography
1939
Golden Boy · as Director Of Photography
1939
Five Came Back · as Director Of Photography
1939
Sorority House · as Director Of Photography
1939
They Made Her a Spy · as Director Of Photography
1939
Twelve Crowded Hours · as Director Of Photography
1939
Pacific Liner · as Director Of Photography
1938
Tarnished Angel · as Director Of Photography
1938
The Mad Miss Manton · as Director Of Photography
1938
Smashing the Rackets · as Director Of Photography
1938
Sky Giant · as Director Of Photography
1938
Blind Alibi · as Director Of Photography
1938
Law of the Underworld · as Director Of Photography
1938
Condemned Women · as Director Of Photography
1938
Night Spot · as Director Of Photography
1938
Everybody's Doing It · as Director Of Photography
1938
Crashing Hollywood · as Director Of Photography
1937
Quick Money · as Director Of Photography
1937
Danger Patrol · as Director Of Photography
1937
Living on Love · as Director Of Photography
1937
Saturday's Heroes · as Director Of Photography
1937
Flight from Glory · as Director Of Photography
1937
The Big Shot · as Director Of Photography
1937
Border Cafe · as Director Of Photography
1937
There Goes My Girl · as Cinematographer
1937
Too Many Wives · as Director Of Photography
1937
China Passage · as Director Of Photography
1937
We're on the Jury · as Director Of Photography
1936
The Plot Thickens · as Director Of Photography
1936
Murder on a Bridle Path · as Director Of Photography
1936
Silly Billies · as Director Of Photography
1936
Two in the Dark · as Director Of Photography
1935
To Beat the Band · as Director Of Photography
1935
Old Man Rhythm · as Director Of Photography
1935
Village Tale · as Director Of Photography
1935
Murder on a Honeymoon · as Director Of Photography
1934
Romance in Manhattan · as Director Of Photography
1934
By Your Leave · as Director Of Photography
1934
The Richest Girl in the World · as Director Of Photography
1934
We're Rich Again · as Director Of Photography
1934
Murder on the Blackboard · as Director Of Photography
1934
Where Sinners Meet · as Director Of Photography
1934
Sing and Like It · as Director Of Photography
1934
Long Lost Father · as Director Of Photography
1933
Chance at Heaven · as Director Of Photography
1933
Midshipman Jack · as Director Of Photography
1933
Headline Shooter · as Director Of Photography
1933
Flying Devils · as Director Of Photography
1933
Cross Fire · as Director Of Photography
1933
Son of the Border · as Director Of Photography
1933
Scarlet River · as Director Of Photography
1933
The Cheyenne Kid · as Director Of Photography
1932
Haunted Gold · as Director Of Photography
1932
1932
Come on Danger! · as Cinematographer
1931
Men of Chance · as Director Of Photography
1931
Smart Woman · as Director Of Photography
1931
Too Many Cooks · as Director Of Photography
1931
Three Who Loved · as Director Of Photography
1931
Everything's Rosie · as Director Of Photography
1931
Cracked Nuts · as Director Of Photography
1931
The Sin Ship · as Director Of Photography
1930
Hook, Line and Sinker · as Director Of Photography
1930
Half Shot at Sunrise · as Director Of PhotographyEn Plex
1930
Conspiracy · as Director Of PhotographyEn Plex
1930
Inside the Lines · as Director Of PhotographyEn Plex
1930
The Cuckoos · as Director Of Photography
1929
Side Street · as Director Of Photography
1928
Phantom of the Range · as Cinematographer
1923
The Virgin Queen · as Director Of Photography