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Arturo Ambrosio(1870-1960)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Production Manager
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Arturo Ambrosio
Arturo Ambrosio was born on 3 December 1870 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a producer and director, known for Hamlet (1914), Cavalleria infernale (1906) and The Newspaper (1914). He died on 25 March 1960 in Pancalieri, Piedmont, Italy.
BornDecember 3, 1870
DiedMarch 25, 1960(89)
BornDecember 3, 1870
DiedMarch 25, 1960(89)
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Known for

Hamlet
  • Producer
  • 1914
Cavalleria infernale
2.8
  • Producer
  • 1906
The Newspaper
  • Producer
  • 1914
The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola (1913)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola
6.3
  • Producer
  • 1913

Credits

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Producer

  • Quo Vadis? (1924)
    Quo Vadis?
    5.9
    • producer
    • 1924
  • La sposa perduta
    • producer
    • 1922
  • La rondine
    • producer
    • 1922
  • Ferro di cavallo
    • producer
    • 1922
  • Manolita
    • producer
    • 1922
  • La ruota del falco
    • producer
    • 1922
  • Il romanzo del diavolo
    • producer
    • 1922
  • L'uomo che dormì 130 anni
    • producer
    • 1922
  • Bufera
    • producer
    • 1922
  • Il castello delle tenebre
    • producer
    • 1921
  • La nave (1921)
    La nave
    5.3
    • producer
    • 1921
  • La figlia delle onde
    • producer
    • 1921
  • Theodora (1921)
    Theodora
    7.1
    • producer
    • 1921
  • Maschietta
    • producer
    • 1921
  • Mara West
    • producer
    • 1921

Director

  • Cenere (1917)
    Cenere
    6.0
    Short
    • unconfirmed (uncredited)
    • 1917
  • Hamlet
    • Director
    • 1914
  • The Newspaper
    • Director
    • 1914
  • Scambio di cappotti
    Short
    • Director
    • 1913
  • Scacco matto
    Short
    • Director
    • 1913
  • The Golden Wedding (1911)
    The Golden Wedding
    6.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 1911
  • Salambo
    Short
    • Director
    • 1911
  • The Slave of Carthage (1910)
    The Slave of Carthage
    5.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 1910
  • Nero. Or the Fall of Rome. (1909)
    Nero. Or the Fall of Rome.
    5.2
    Short
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1909
  • The False Oath
    5.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1909
  • Galileo, Inventor of the Pendulum (1909)
    Galileo, Inventor of the Pendulum
    5.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1909
  • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)
    The Last Days of Pompeii
    5.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1908
  • Marsala
    Short
    • Director
    • 1908
  • Sicily Illustrated
    4.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 1908
  • Excursion to Montreal
    Short
    • Director
    • 1908

Production Management

  • Carmen (1944)
    Carmen
    6.0
    • unit manager
    • 1944
  • Mario Bonnard, Victor Hugo, and Michel Simon in The King's Jester (1941)
    The King's Jester
    6.1
    • production manager
    • 1941
  • Carl Koch, Giacomo Puccini, Imperio Argentina, Rossano Brazzi, and Michel Simon in Tosca (1941)
    Tosca
    6.0
    • production manager
    • 1941

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 3, 1870
    • Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  • Died
    • March 25, 1960
    • Pancalieri, Piedmont, Italy
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Extremely prolific producer, regarded as "the father of the Italian film industry". A former optician with an interest in photographic equipment, he co-founded the first Italian motion picture studio in 1904, in Turin. He was invited by Tsar Nicholas II to create a Russian film industry in 1911. In 1912 he procured exclusive rights to filming the works of Gabriele D'Annunzio. Famous for Italian epic movies during the 1920s, which rivaled those of Hollywood.

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