Tony Gaudio

Tony Gaudio, A.S.C. (Gaetano Antonio Gaudio) (20 November 1883 - 10 August 1951) was the chief photographer for Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr, and the first cinematographer 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 to New York City to head Vitagraph's film lab. In the late 1920s, Vitagraph was taken over by Warner 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 - the Errol Flynn version). Gaudio was among the founders of the American 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"

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