Nicholas Musuraca

CinematographerCrew Oct 25 (died age 82) Riace, Calabria, Italy 1923–1961 (38 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Out of the Past

Director of Photography

Film

Cat People

Director of Photography

Film

The Spiral Staircase

Director of Photography

Film

The Hitch-Hiker

Director of Photography

Film

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Director of Photography

Film

Clash by Night

Director of Photography

Film

The Seventh Victim

Director of Photography

Film

The Curse of the Cat People

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (159)

Movies (155)

The Lawbreakers

1961

Director of Photography

5.5

Too Much, Too Soon

1958

Director of Photography

4.4

The Story of Mankind

1957

Director of Photography

4.3

Man on the Prowl

1957

Director of Photography

2.3

Susan Slept Here

1954

Director of Photography

6.0

The Blue Gardenia

1953

Director of Photography

6.5

The Hitch-Hiker

1953

Director of Photography

6.8

Devil's Canyon

1953

Director of Photography

4.6

Split Second

1953

Director of Photography

6.2

Clash by Night

1952

Director of Photography

6.7

Trail Guide

1952

Director of Photography

5.0

A Girl in Every Port

1952

Director of Photography

4.8

Roadblock

1951

Director of Photography

5.8

The Company She Keeps

1951

Director of Photography

5.9

The Whip Hand

1951

Director of Photography

5.6

Hot Lead

1951

Director of Photography

6.3

Born to Be Bad

1950

Director of Photography

5.9

Where Danger Lives

1950

Director of Photography

6.4

Hunt the Man Down

1950

Director of Photography

6.2

Dynamite Pass

1950

Director of Photography

5.9

The Woman on Pier 13

1950

Director of Photography

5.3

Rider from Tucson

1950

Director of Photography

6.0

Stagecoach Kid

1949

Director of Photography

6.0

The Mysterious Desperado

1949

Director of Photography

4.0

I Remember Mama

1948

Director of Photography

7.1

Blood on the Moon

1948

Director of Photography

6.2

Out of the Past

1947

Director of Photography

7.7

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

Director of Photography

6.9

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Director of Photography

6.3

Bedlam

1946

Director of Photography

6.6

The Locket

1946

Director of Photography

6.3

The Spiral Staircase

1946

Director of Photography

7.1

It's Your Move

1945

Director of Photography

Back to Bataan

1945

Director of Photography

6.0

China Sky

1945

Director of Photography

4.6

Bride by Mistake

1944

Director of Photography

6.1

The Falcon in Hollywood

1944

Director of Photography

6.0

The Curse of the Cat People

1944

Director of Photography

6.2

Girl Rush

1944

Director of Photography

5.0

Marine Raiders

1944

Director of Photography

6.8

Gangway for Tomorrow

1943

Director of Photography

5.3

The Seventh Victim

1943

Director of Photography

6.5

The Fallen Sparrow

1943

Director of Photography

5.8

Bombardier

1943

Director of Photography

5.6

The Ghost Ship

1943

Director of Photography

6.3

Forever and a Day

1943

Director of Photography

7.4

Cooks and Crooks

1942

Director of Photography

Pirates of the Prairie

1942

Director of Photography

6.0

Cat People

1942

Director of Photography

6.9

The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942

Director of Photography

5.5

Obliging Young Lady

1942

Director of Photography

5.0

Bandit Ranger

1942

Director of Photography

3.4

Call Out the Marines

1942

Director of Photography

4.0

The Navy Comes Through

1942

Director of Photography

5.6

Play Girl

1941

Director of Photography

6.3

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

1941

Director of Photography

4.5

The Gay Falcon

1941

Director of Photography

6.3

Lady Scarface

1941

Director of Photography

5.1

Repent at Leisure

1941

Director of Photography

5.7

Little Men

1940

Director of Photography

5.6

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

Director of Photography

6.4

Swiss Family Robinson

1940

Director of Photography

5.6

Tom Brown's School Days

1940

Director of Photography

7.2

A Bill of Divorcement

1940

Director of Photography

7.0

Golden Boy

1939

Director of Photography

6.5

Allegheny Uprising

1939

Director of Photography

5.6

Pacific Liner

1939

Director of Photography

5.2

Five Came Back

1939

Director of Photography

6.2

They Made Her a Spy

1939

Director of Photography

5.7

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939

Director of Photography

5.2

Sorority House

1939

Director of Photography

6.8

Tarnished Angel

1938

Director of Photography

5.0

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

Director of Photography

6.4

Night Spot

1938

Director of Photography

3.8

Sky Giant

1938

Director of Photography

4.7

Law of the Underworld

1938

Director of Photography

Hatred

Assistant Camera

Crashing Hollywood

Director of Photography

5.8

Everybody's Doing It

1938

Director of Photography

5.0

Blind Alibi

1938

Director of Photography

5.8

Smashing the Rackets

1938

Director of Photography

5.5

Condemned Women

1938

Director of Photography

6.3

Living on Love

1937

Director of Photography

6.0

The Big Shot

1937

Director of Photography

5.0

Danger Patrol

1937

Director of Photography

5.3

We're on the Jury

1937

Director of Photography

5.8

Too Many Wives

1937

Director of Photography

6.7

Saturday's Heroes

1937

Director of Photography

7.0

Flight from Glory

1937

Director of Photography

5.5

Border Cafe

1937

Director of Photography

6.3

China Passage

1937

Director of Photography

5.5

Quick Money

1937

Director of Photography

4.0

Silly Billies

1936

Director of Photography

8.0

Murder on a Bridle Path

1936

Director of Photography

5.0

Two in the Dark

1936

Director of Photography

5.9

The Plot Thickens

1936

Director of Photography

5.9

The Farmer in the Dell

1936

Director of Photography

Melody in May

1936

Cinematography

Romance in Manhattan

1935

Director of Photography

7.8

Village Tale

1935

Director of Photography

4.5

Old Man Rhythm

1935

Director of Photography

6.3

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935

Director of Photography

6.3

To Beat the Band

1935

Director of Photography

We're Rich Again

1934

Director of Photography

5.2

Autobuyography

1934

Cinematography

Sing and Like It

1934

Director of Photography

4.0

Murder on the Blackboard

1934

Director of Photography

6.1

Bedlam of Beards

1934

Director of Photography

1.0

Long Lost Father

1934

Director of Photography

5.7

Where Sinners Meet

1934

Director of Photography

3.3

By Your Leave

1934

Director of Photography

2.3

The Richest Girl in the World

1934

Director of Photography

5.7

Midshipman Jack

1933

Director of Photography

6.0

Flying Devils

1933

Director of Photography

3.8

Chance at Heaven

1933

Director of Photography

The Gay Nighties

Cinematography

Son of the Border

Director of Photography

9.0

Headline Shooter

1933

Director of Photography

6.2

The Cheyenne Kid

1933

Director of Photography

Scarlet River

1933

Director of Photography

4.5

Cross Fire

1933

Director of Photography

6.0

Haunted Gold

1932

Director of Photography

4.9

The Millionaire Cat

1932

Cinematography

The Sin Ship

1931

Director of Photography

5.8

Three Who Loved

1931

Director of Photography

5.4

Cracked Nuts

1931

Director of Photography

7.0

Smart Woman

1931

Director of Photography

5.3

Everything’s Rosie

1931

Director of Photography

4.0

Too Many Cooks

1931

Director of Photography

2.5

Men of Chance

1931

Director of Photography

5.8

The Cuckoos

1930

Director of Photography

7.5

Inside the Lines

1930

Director of Photography

5.1

Half Shot at Sunrise

1930

Director of Photography

5.9

Hook, Line and Sinker

1930

Director of Photography

5.4

Conspiracy

1930

Director of Photography

4.8

Trail of the Horse Thieves

1929

Camera Operator

The Pride of Pawnee

1929

Director of Photography

Idaho Red

1929

Director of Photography

Side Street

1929

Director of Photography

5.2

Gun Law

1929

Director of Photography

The Red Sword

1929

Director of Photography

Terror Mountain

1928

Director of Photography

The Avenging Rider

1928

Director of Photography

When the Law Rides

1928

Director of Photography

Tropic Madness

1928

Director of Photography

Red Riders of Canada

1928

Director of Photography

Tom's Gang

1927

Director of Photography

South Sea Love

1927

Camera Operator

Lightning Lariats

1927

Cinematography

Splitting the Breeze

1927

Director of Photography

The Cherokee Kid

1927

Camera Operator

The Gilded Highway

1926

Director of Photography

His New York Wife

1926

Cinematography

Shameful Behavior?

1926

Director of Photography

The Virgin Queen

1923

Director of Photography

Television (4)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

Director of Photography

6.2

Alcoa Theatre

1957

Director of Photography

6.5

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

Director of Photography

8.6

Hey, Jeannie!

1956

Director of Photography

6.0