Nicholas Musuraca
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-10-25
Day of Death
1975-09-03 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Riace, Calabria, Italy
Nicholas Musuraca
Biography
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.
Known For
Crew
The Cherokee Kid
Camera Operator
(1961)
The Lawbreakers
Director of Photography
(1958)
Too Much, Too Soon
Director of Photography
(1957)
The Story of Mankind
Director of Photography
(1957)
Man on the Prowl
Director of Photography
(1954)
Susan Slept Here
Director of Photography
(1953)
The Blue Gardenia
Director of Photography
(1953)
Split Second
Director of Photography
(1953)
Devil's Canyon
Director of Photography
(1953)
The Hitch-Hiker
Director of Photography
(1952)
Clash by Night
Director of Photography
(1952)
Trail Guide
Director of Photography
(1952)
A Girl in Every Port
Director of Photography
(1951)
The Company She Keeps
Director of Photography
(1951)
Roadblock
Director of Photography
(1951)
The Whip Hand
Director of Photography
(1951)
Hot Lead
Director of Photography
(1950)
The Woman on Pier 13
Director of Photography
(1950)
Born to Be Bad
Director of Photography
(1950)
Hunt the Man Down
Director of Photography
(1950)
Rider from Tucson
Director of Photography
(1950)
Where Danger Lives
Director of Photography
(1950)
Dynamite Pass
Director of Photography
(1949)
The Mysterious Desperado
Director of Photography
(1949)
Stagecoach Kid
Director of Photography
(1948)
Blood on the Moon
Director of Photography
(1948)
I Remember Mama
Director of Photography
(1947)
Out of the Past
Director of Photography
(1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Director of Photography
(1946)
Bedlam
Director of Photography
(1946)
The Spiral Staircase
Director of Photography
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
Director of Photography
(1946)
The Locket
Director of Photography
(1945)
Back to Bataan
Director of Photography
(1945)
China Sky
Director of Photography
(1945)
It's Your Move
Director of Photography
(1944)
The Curse of the Cat People
Director of Photography
(1944)
The Falcon in Hollywood
Director of Photography
(1944)
Girl Rush
Director of Photography
(1944)
Bride by Mistake
Director of Photography
(1944)
Marine Raiders
Director of Photography
(1943)
The Seventh Victim
Director of Photography
(1943)
The Fallen Sparrow
Director of Photography
(1943)
The Ghost Ship
Director of Photography
(1943)
Bombardier
Director of Photography
(1943)
Gangway for Tomorrow
Director of Photography
(1943)
Forever and a Day
Director of Photography
(1942)
Cat People
Director of Photography
(1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Director of Photography
(1942)
Call Out the Marines
Director of Photography
(1942)
The Navy Comes Through
Director of Photography
(1942)
Obliging Young Lady
Director of Photography
(1942)
Bandit Ranger
Director of Photography
(1942)
Pirates of the Prairie
Director of Photography
(1942)
Cooks and Crooks
Director of Photography
(1941)
The Gay Falcon
Director of Photography
(1941)
Lady Scarface
Director of Photography
(1941)
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Director of Photography
(1941)
Play Girl
Director of Photography
(1941)
Repent at Leisure
Director of Photography
(1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Director of Photography
(1940)
A Bill of Divorcement
Director of Photography
(1940)
Little Men
Director of Photography
(1940)
Tom Brown's School Days
Director of Photography
(1940)
Swiss Family Robinson
Director of Photography
(1939)
Golden Boy
Director of Photography
(1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Director of Photography
(1939)
Five Came Back
Director of Photography
(1939)
Pacific Liner
Director of Photography
(1939)
Allegheny Uprising
Director of Photography
(1939)
Sorority House
Director of Photography
(1939)
They Made Her a Spy
Director of Photography
(1938)
Hatred
Assistant Camera
(1938)
Tarnished Angel
Director of Photography
(1938)
Law of the Underworld
Director of Photography
(1938)
Blind Alibi
Director of Photography
(1938)
Sky Giant
Director of Photography
(1938)
Everybody's Doing It
Director of Photography
(1938)
Night Spot
Director of Photography
(1938)
Crashing Hollywood
Director of Photography
(1938)
The Mad Miss Manton
Director of Photography
(1938)
Condemned Women
Director of Photography
(1938)
Smashing the Rackets
Director of Photography
(1937)
Saturday's Heroes
Director of Photography
(1937)
Quick Money
Director of Photography
(1937)
Danger Patrol
Director of Photography
(1937)
Too Many Wives
Director of Photography
(1937)
Border Cafe
Director of Photography
(1937)
China Passage
Director of Photography
(1937)
We're on the Jury
Director of Photography
(1937)
Flight from Glory
Director of Photography
(1937)
The Big Shot
Director of Photography
(1937)
Living on Love
Director of Photography
(1936)
Two in the Dark
Director of Photography
(1936)
Silly Billies
Director of Photography
(1936)
Murder on a Bridle Path
Director of Photography
(1936)
The Farmer in the Dell
Director of Photography
(1936)
The Plot Thickens
Director of Photography
(1936)
Melody in May
Cinematography
(1935)
Murder on a Honeymoon
Director of Photography
(1935)
Old Man Rhythm
Director of Photography
(1935)
Romance in Manhattan
Director of Photography
(1935)
To Beat the Band
Director of Photography
(1935)
Village Tale
Director of Photography
(1934)
The Richest Girl in the World
Director of Photography
(1934)
Where Sinners Meet
Director of Photography
(1934)
Murder on the Blackboard
Director of Photography
(1934)
By Your Leave
Director of Photography
(1934)
We're Rich Again
Director of Photography
(1934)
Sing and Like It
Director of Photography
(1934)
Long Lost Father
Director of Photography
(1934)
Bedlam of Beards
Director of Photography
(1934)
Autobuyography
Cinematography
(1933)
Scarlet River
Director of Photography
(1933)
The Cheyenne Kid
Director of Photography
(1933)
Son of the Border
Director of Photography
(1933)
Flying Devils
Director of Photography
(1933)
Chance at Heaven
Director of Photography
(1933)
Midshipman Jack
Director of Photography
(1933)
Headline Shooter
Director of Photography
(1933)
Cross Fire
Director of Photography
(1933)
The Gay Nighties
Cinematography
(1932)
Haunted Gold
Director of Photography
(1931)
Three Who Loved
Director of Photography
(1931)
Cracked Nuts
Director of Photography
(1931)
Smart Woman
Director of Photography
(1931)
The Sin Ship
Director of Photography
(1931)
Men of Chance
Director of Photography
(1931)
Everything’s Rosie
Director of Photography
(1931)
Too Many Cooks
Director of Photography
(1930)
Hook, Line and Sinker
Director of Photography
(1930)
Inside the Lines
Director of Photography
(1930)
The Cuckoos
Director of Photography
(1930)
Half Shot at Sunrise
Director of Photography
(1930)
Conspiracy
Director of Photography
(1929)
Side Street
Director of Photography
(1929)
Trail of the Horse Thieves
Camera Operator
(1928)
Tropic Madness
Director of Photography
(1928)
Red Riders of Canada
Director of Photography
(1927)
Tom's Gang
Director of Photography
(1927)
South Sea Love
Camera Operator
(1927)
Lightning Lariats
Cinematography
(1926)
Shameful Behavior?
Director of Photography
(1926)
The Gilded Highway
Director of Photography