Nicholas Musuraca
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Out of the Past
(Director of Photography)
The Seventh Victim
(Director of Photography)
The Blue Gardenia
(Director of Photography)
Clash by Night
(Director of Photography)
Bedlam
(Director of Photography)
Cat People
(Director of Photography)
Split Second
(Director of Photography)
The Fallen Sparrow
(Director of Photography)
The Spiral Staircase
(Director of Photography)
The Company She Keeps
(Director of Photography)
The Curse of the Cat People
(Director of Photography)
Roadblock
(Director of Photography)
Deadline at Dawn
(Director of Photography)
The Woman on Pier 13
(Director of Photography)
The Ghost Ship
(Director of Photography)
Stranger on the Third Floor
(Director of Photography)
The Locket
(Director of Photography)
Born to Be Bad
(Director of Photography)
The Whip Hand
(Director of Photography)
Golden Boy
(Director of Photography)
The Falcon in Hollywood
(Director of Photography)
The Gay Falcon
(Director of Photography)
Hunt the Man Down
(Director of Photography)
Back to Bataan
(Director of Photography)
Susan Slept Here
(Director of Photography)
Murder on a Honeymoon
(Director of Photography)
Lady Scarface
(Director of Photography)
China Sky
(Director of Photography)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
(Director of Photography)
Hatred
(Assistant Camera)
Crashing Hollywood
(Director of Photography)
Blood on the Moon
(Director of Photography)
Girl Rush
(Director of Photography)
Bride by Mistake
(Director of Photography)
The Navy Comes Through
(Director of Photography)
Obliging Young Lady
(Director of Photography)
Call Out the Marines
(Director of Photography)
A Bill of Divorcement
(Director of Photography)
Twelve Crowded Hours
(Director of Photography)
Tarnished Angel
(Director of Photography)
Sky Giant
(Director of Photography)
Blind Alibi
(Director of Photography)
Law of the Underworld
(Director of Photography)
Night Spot
(Director of Photography)
Everybody's Doing It
(Director of Photography)
Quick Money
(Director of Photography)
Danger Patrol
(Director of Photography)
Saturday's Heroes
(Director of Photography)
The Richest Girl in the World
(Director of Photography)
Scarlet River
(Director of Photography)
Three Who Loved
(Director of Photography)
Cracked Nuts
(Director of Photography)
Hook, Line and Sinker
(Director of Photography)
Inside the Lines
(Director of Photography)
Bombardier
(Director of Photography)
Shameful Behavior?
(Director of Photography)
Devil's Canyon
(Director of Photography)
The Story of Mankind
(Director of Photography)
Haunted Gold
(Director of Photography)
The Cheyenne Kid
(Director of Photography)
Bandit Ranger
(Director of Photography)
It's Your Move
(Director of Photography)
Where Sinners Meet
(Director of Photography)
Side Street
(Director of Photography)
Murder on the Blackboard
(Director of Photography)
The Mad Miss Manton
(Director of Photography)
Smart Woman
(Director of Photography)
Romance in Manhattan
(Director of Photography)
By Your Leave
(Director of Photography)
Village Tale
(Director of Photography)
Old Man Rhythm
(Director of Photography)
To Beat the Band
(Director of Photography)
Two in the Dark
(Director of Photography)
The Farmer in the Dell
(Director of Photography)
Silly Billies
(Director of Photography)
Murder on a Bridle Path
(Director of Photography)
The Hitch-Hiker
(Director of Photography)
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
(Director of Photography)
The Cuckoos
(Director of Photography)
The Lawbreakers
(Director of Photography)
Too Much, Too Soon
(Director of Photography)
Man on the Prowl
(Director of Photography)
Trail Guide
(Director of Photography)
A Girl in Every Port
(Director of Photography)
Hot Lead
(Director of Photography)
Where Danger Lives
(Director of Photography)
Rider from Tucson
(Director of Photography)
Dynamite Pass
(Director of Photography)
The Mysterious Desperado
(Director of Photography)
Stagecoach Kid
(Director of Photography)
I Remember Mama
(Director of Photography)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(Director of Photography)
Marine Raiders
(Director of Photography)
Gangway for Tomorrow
(Director of Photography)
Pirates of the Prairie
(Director of Photography)
Repent at Leisure
(Director of Photography)
Play Girl
(Director of Photography)
Little Men
(Director of Photography)
Tom Brown's School Days
(Director of Photography)
Swiss Family Robinson
(Director of Photography)
Allegheny Uprising
(Director of Photography)
Five Came Back
(Director of Photography)
Sorority House
(Director of Photography)
They Made Her a Spy
(Director of Photography)
Pacific Liner
(Director of Photography)
Smashing the Rackets
(Director of Photography)
Condemned Women
(Director of Photography)
Living on Love
(Director of Photography)
Flight from Glory
(Director of Photography)
The Big Shot
(Director of Photography)
Border Cafe
(Director of Photography)
Too Many Wives
(Director of Photography)
China Passage
(Director of Photography)
We're on the Jury
(Director of Photography)
The Plot Thickens
(Director of Photography)
We're Rich Again
(Director of Photography)
Sing and Like It
(Director of Photography)
Long Lost Father
(Director of Photography)
Chance at Heaven
(Director of Photography)
Midshipman Jack
(Director of Photography)
Headline Shooter
(Director of Photography)
Flying Devils
(Director of Photography)
Son of the Border
(Director of Photography)
Men of Chance
(Director of Photography)
Too Many Cooks
(Director of Photography)
Everything’s Rosie
(Director of Photography)
The Sin Ship
(Director of Photography)
Half Shot at Sunrise
(Director of Photography)
Conspiracy
(Director of Photography)
Forever and a Day
(Director of Photography)
Tropic Madness
(Director of Photography)
The Gilded Highway
(Director of Photography)
Bedlam of Beards
(Director of Photography)
Cooks and Crooks
(Director of Photography)
Cross Fire
(Director of Photography)
Tom's Gang
(Director of Photography)
Autobuyography
(Cinematography)
The Gay Nighties
(Cinematography)
Red Riders of Canada
(Director of Photography)
Trail of the Horse Thieves
(Camera Operator)
The Cherokee Kid
(Camera Operator)
South Sea Love
(Camera Operator)
Lightning Lariats
(Cinematography)
Melody in May
(Cinematography)
The Millionaire Cat
(Cinematography)
The Virgin Queen
(Director of Photography)
His New York Wife
(Cinematography)
The Avenging Rider
(Director of Photography)
Splitting the Breeze
(Director of Photography)
Idaho Red
(Director of Photography)
Gun Law
(Director of Photography)
The Red Sword
(Director of Photography)
Hey, Jeannie!
(Director of Photography)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
(Director of Photography)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
(Director of Photography)
Alcoa Theatre
(Director of Photography)