- Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio, A.S.C. (Gaetano Antonio Gaudio) (
20 November 1883 -10 August 1951 ) was the chief photographer forMary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr, and the firstcinematographer to use a montage sequence in a film.Life and career
Born in
Rome, Italy of a family of photographic experts, Gaudio got his start in his early 20s when he went toNew York City to head Vitagraph's film lab. In the late 1920s,Vitagraph was taken over byWarner Bros. , and Gaudio went on to become one of the studio's best cinematographers. Particularly notable was his work in the 30s: "Hell's Angels" (1930), "Little Caesar" (1931), "Ex-Lady " (1933), "Fog Over Frisco " (1934), "Front Page Woman " (1935), "The Story of Louis Pasteur " (1936), and "The Adventures of Robin Hood " (1938 - theErrol Flynn version). Gaudio was among the founders of theAmerican Society of Cinematographers .Awards
*Nominated for Cinematography 1929-30: "Hell's Angels"
*Cinematography 1936: "Anthony Adverse "
*Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1939: "Juarez"
*Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1940: "The Letter"
*Nominated for Cinematography (Black & White) 1943: "Corvette K-225 "
*Nominated for Cinematography (Color) 1945: "A Song to Remember "External links
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