Vittorio Calcina Explained

Vittorio Calcina
Birth Date:1847 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Turin, Piedmont
Italy
Death Place:Milan, Lombardy
Italy
Occupation:Filmmaker
director
Yearsactive:1896–1905

Vittorio Calcina (31 December 1847 – 31 December 1916) was the first Italian filmmaker in history.

Biography

Born in Turin, Calcina was a photographer by profession,[1] he was the Lumière brothers' representative for Italy from 1896.[2] In that year:

He then became the official photographer of the House of Savoy,[1] the Italian ruling dynasty from 1861 to 1946. In this role he filmed the first Italian film, Sua Maestà il Re Umberto e Sua Maestà la Regina Margherita a passeggio per il parco a Monza (English: His Majesty the King Umberto and Her Majesty the Queen Margherita strolling through the Monza Park), believed to have been lost until it was rediscovered by the Cineteca Nazionale in 1979.[7]

He ended his career as a short film director in 1905, when he resumed the activity of representative of the Lumière brothers in Italy.[1] He died in Milan and was buried in Turin.[1]

Filmography

List of films made by Calcina:[8]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 31 dicembre 1847: nasce a Torino Vittorio Calcina. 2 January 2022. it.
  2. Web site: Il cinema dei fratelli Lumiere arriva a Torino: era il 7 novembre 1896. 7 November 2016 . 2 January 2022. it.
  3. Web site: Forza e Costanza. Antonio Fappani. 1 January 2022. it.
  4. Web site: Brescia città cinematografica. Carrellata lunga 125 anni nel libro di Dalena e Agnetti. 1 January 2022. it.
  5. Web site: Antonio Fappani. Cinema. 1 January 2022. it.
  6. Web site: Dal Roi Soleil all'Aquiletta, le sale senza più luce. 30 June 2010 . 1 January 2022. it.
  7. http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,7/articleid,1069_01_1979_0023_0008_19167695/ Cineteca: pericolosa polveriera per 50 anni di cinema italiano
  8. Web site: Torino e la nascita del Cinema in Italia — parte 1. 10 January 2017 . 2 January 2022. it.