Tony Gaudio
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 Tony Gaudio, ASC |
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| Born | Gaetano Antonio Gaudio November 20, 1883 Cosenza, Italy |
| Died | August 10, 1951 (aged 67) Burlingame, California |
| Title | A.S.C. President (1924-1925) |
| Relatives | Eugene Gaudio (brother) |
| Awards | 1936 Academy Award for Best Cinematography |
Tony Gaudio (20 November 1883 - 10 August 1951) was an Italian American cinematographer and the first to create a montage sequence for a film.
Born Gaetano Antonio Gaudio in Cosenza, Italy, he began his career shooting short subjects for Italian film companies. He moved to New York City in 1906 and worked in Vitagraph's film laboratory until the company was bought by Warner Bros. and he was promoted to cinematographer. His credits include Hell's Angels (1930), Little Caesar (1931), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), High Sierra (1941), Days of Glory (1944), and The Red Pony (1949).
Gaudio was a favorite of Bette Davis and worked on eleven of her films, including Ex-Lady, Fog Over Frisco, Front Page Woman, Bordertown, The Sisters, Juarez, The Letter, and The Great Lie.
Gaudio won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Anthony Adverse and was nominated five additional times, for Hell's Angels, Juarez, The Letter, Corvette K-225, and A Song to Remember. He was among the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA. His brother Eugene Gaudio, also a cinematographer, died in 1920 at the age of 34.
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