Alvaro Mancori was born in Rome, Italy on September 15,
1923. A brother of cinematographers Guglielmo Mancori [1927-1995] and Sandro
Mancori [1933-2009] and uncle of child actor, sound mixer David Mancori [1962-
], Alvaro was a cinematographer on over 50 films from 1940 until 1966. He
started his career in the Golden Age of Italian Cinema in 1940 as a studio
technician. In 1941 he became an assistant cameraman and in 1946 he was the
lead cameraman on "Come scopersi l’America" by Carlo Borghesio. He
became a regular on Toto films and was the cinematographer on a dozen of the
comedian’s films. In 1963 Alvaro created Elios studios where one of the major
Italian western sets was built. He became a director in 1964 and directed both
"Hercules the Invincible" and "Racconti a due piazze" in
1965. Alvaro participated in four Euro-westerns as a producer and
cinematographer on "The Magnificent Brutes of the West" (1964) and
"The Tramplers" (1965) and producer on "Run, Man, Run" (1968)
and "Bastard Go and Kill" (1971). Alvaro died on June 24, 2011 in Rome, Italy.
Today we remember Alvaro Mancori on what would have been his 90th birthday.
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