Elvira Notari

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Elvira Notari (1875-1946), Italy's earliest and most prolific female filmmaker, made over sixty feature films and about a hundred documentaries. Her documentary-style films of street life in Naples are often seen as a forerunner of Italian neorealism.

Born Elvira Coda, she was of modest social origins. She married Nicola Notari. Together they founded Dora Film. She directed the films, while he worked as a cameraman.

[edit] Literature

  • Giuliana Bruno, Streetwalking on a Ruined Map: Cultural Theory and the City Films of Elvira Notari, Princeton University Press 1993
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