What type of details about carlo montuori can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: carlo montuori -lrb- 3 august 1885 - 4 march 1968 -rrb- was an italian cinematographer and cameraman . born in casacalenda , campobasso , at twelve montuori moved to milan to live with his uncle , a photographer and a painter ; in milan he attended the polytechnic university and followed courses in painting at the brera academy . he approached cinema in 1907 working in the production company '' comerio & c. '' and debuting as an operator in '' dalla pieta all ' amore '' , a 1909 luca comerio 's documentary film about the 1908 messina earthquake . at the same time montuori started working at the photo studio ganzini , where he learned the basics in the field of the use of artificial lighting . starting from 1911 montuori was among the first in italy to test the application of these techniques in film , inventing a device based on rudimentary arc lamps , made of carbon bound with wire and connected to the electric current through resistors . after collaborating with the italian leading directors from the silent era such as carmine gallone and augusto genina , in 1925 he collaborated at the fred niblo 's blockbuster '' ben-hur '' , and in 1929 he was the cinematographer of '' sole '' , the directorial debut of alessandro blasetti , with whom he establishing a professional relationship that lasted for eight films . after the war , montuori '' had a major role in the figurative culture of first neo-realism '' , often collaborating with luigi zampa and winning a silver ribbon for best cinematography for his work in vittorio de sica 's '' bicycle thieves '' . his son mario was also a cinematographer .
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