Nicola Notari was an Italian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. In 1902 he married director and screenwriter

Elvira Notari Elvira Notari (born Elvira Coda; 10 February 1875 – 17 December 1946) was an Italian film director, one of the country's earliest and most prolific female filmmaker. She is credited as the first woman who made over sixty feature films and about ...

, and in 1906 they founded and ran the

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

-based Dora Film company.Cantini p.19 They had three children including the actor Eduardo Notari.

Selected filmography

* '' Soldier's Fantasy'' (1927) * '' Italy Has Awakened'' (1927)

References

Bibliography

* Maristella Cantini. ''Italian Women Filmmakers and the Gendered Screen''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Italian cinematographers Italian film directors {{Italy-film-bio-stub