Monte Luke
Monte Luke (1885–1962), born Charles Robert Montague Luke, was an Australian photographer, actor and director.
Also recorded as Monty Luke
Monte Luke
Monte Luke · State Library of New South Wales, PXE 685 (No.2) · Public domain
- Born
- Monte Luke was born in 1885.
- Died
- Monte Luke died in 1962.
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- cinematographer · film director · photographer
- Languages
- English
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Monte Luke (1885–1962), born Charles Robert Montague Luke, was an Australian photographer, actor and director.
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Born in Geelong he worked as an actor on stage before developing an interest in stills photography. He was appointed official photographer for J. C. Williamson, taking portraits of stage stars and publicity shots of plays in production. In 1915 he was placed in charge of film production for J. C. Williamson Ltd after Fred Niblo left the country, and directed three features for them. He then set up a photography studio and became one of the leading photographers in the country. He was photographer for the respected Sydney magazine The Bystander.
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• For Australia (1915) - director • Within the Law (1916) - director • Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916) - director • The Monk and the Woman (1917) - actor
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- 1.Biography at Monte Luke Studio's website
- 2.National Library of Australia. Camera Pictures. Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954). 3 Section: Second Section. 24 January 1926.
- 3.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 56
- 4.The Bystander. The Leader (Orange, NSW). 2. 6 May 1914.
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