In 1911 he published the treatise
Fotodinamismo and began lecturing on the concept. In the same year he became the chief editor of the art and theater newspaper "L'Artista". He published two Futurist manifestos,
Fotodinamica Futurista (1912) and
Manifesto of Futurist Cinema (1916). In 1916 he founded the
avant garde magazine
Cronache di Attualità, which examined politics, music, theater and art from a Futurist standpoint. In the same year he founded the film studio "Novissima-Film", and produced some visionary Futurist films including
Thais,
Perfido incanto, and
Il mio cadavere. In 1918 he opened an art gallery, the "Casa d'Arte Bragaglia", which became a nexus of
avant garde artists and exhibitions. It displayed the work of such modernists as Balla, Depero, De Chirico, Boccioni, Klimt and Kandinsky. In 1919 he directed plays by
Rosso di San Secondo and
Pirandello. From 1921 to 1924 Bragaglia published the satirical pamphlet
Index Rerum Virorumque Prohibitorum ("Index of Forbidden Things and Men"). In 1922 he opened the "Teatro Sperimentale degli Indipendenti" which he directed till 1936. The same year he founded his own theater company ("Company Bragaglia Shows"), which also became a focal point for the Italian
avant garde. In 1932, he was named advisor to the
Corporazione dello Spettacolo (Entertainment Guild). The
Teatro closed in 1936, and from 1937 to 1943 he was director of the foundation "Teatro delle Arti". Bragaglia described his theories on the theater in
Maschera mobile (1926),
Del teatro teatrale ossia del teatro (1927), and
Il segreto di Tabarrino (1933). He directed more than fifty productions. From 1926 until 1960, he also wrote a number of articles and books about art, the theater and motion pictures. Bragaglia died in
Rome on 15 July 1960. ==Selected filmography==