BRAGAGLIA, ANTON GIULIO

(1890-1960)

   Photographer, journalist, writer, film and theater director. Brother of photographer and director Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Anton Giulio began working as a journalist in Rome in 1906 when his father, Francesco, was managing director at the Cines. An active interest in all the arts led to his involvement with the futurist movement and he produced two experimental films, Perfido incanto (WickedEnchantment, 1916) and Thais (1916) before turning to the theater in 1922 and founding the Teatro degli Indipendenti with his brother. After touring America with his theatrical troupe in the late 1920s, he returned to Italy and directed Vele ammainate (Lowered Sails, 1931) at the new Cines-Pittaluga studios. Following the film's singular lack of success, Anton Giulio abandoned the cinema altogether and henceforth dedicated himself to writing and the theater.

   Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema by Alberto Mira

(1890-1960)

   Photographer, journalist, writer, film and theater director. Brother of photographer and director Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Anton Giulio began working as a journalist in Rome in 1906 when his father, Francesco, was managing director at the Cines. An active interest in all the arts led to his involvement with the futurist movement and he produced two experimental films, Perfido incanto (WickedEnchantment, 1916) and Thais (1916) before turning to the theater in 1922 and founding the Teatro degli Indipendenti with his brother. After touring America with his theatrical troupe in the late 1920s, he returned to Italy and directed Vele ammainate (Lowered Sails, 1931) at the new Cines-Pittaluga studios. Following the film's singular lack of success, Anton Giulio abandoned the cinema altogether and henceforth dedicated himself to writing and the theater.