Brother of future
A.S.C. member
Tony Gaudio, Eugene Gaudio was born in
Cosenza in
Italy on December 31, 1886. He learned photography in his father's portrait studio and developed an interest in movies around 1905. After coming to the United States, he served as lab superintendent for
IMP and the
Life Photo Film Corporation. Arriving in California in 1915, Gaudio came out of the darkroom and went behind the camera for
Universal. The best-known of his early efforts as a cinematographer is the 1916 production of
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He later photographed films for Metro's top female stars,
Alla Nazimova and
May Allison. His final work was with actress
Bessie Barriscale’s B. B. Features. Gaudio suffered an acute attack of
appendicitis and died on August 1, 1920, from general
peritonitis after an operation. Gaudio is buried at the
Hollywood Forever Cemetery in
Los Angeles, California. ==Cinematographer==