Filmmaker: Leo Caloia

Caloia pictured in Home Movies, March 1945, 104.

Leo Caloia

Club Affiliation

Amateur Cinema League

Los Angeles 8mm Club

Los Angeles Cinema Club

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1939 - General Class
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1951 - Honorable Mention
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1952 - Honorable Mention

Films:

Lady on June Street (1939)

Joint Account (1950)

Thing, The (1951)

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Related Professional Works:

• A Christmas Fantasy (ca. 1950)

Biographical Notes:

From Los Angeles, California. Caloia is notable for filming a pre-fame Marilyn Monroe in 1946; see Caloia discuss the subject in an interview via Marilyn Monroe Video Archives.

Bibliographic Resources:

Movie Makers, Dec. 1939, 607.