Mario Amura (Naples, 1973) is an Italian photographer and visual artist. Between 2000 and 2012, he worked as director of photography on several films presented at major international festivals, including Cannes, the Berlinale, and the Venice Biennale; in 2003 he received as director the David di Donatello Award from the Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Since 2010, he has been developing the artistic project Napoli Explosion, exhibited in 2023 at the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte and in 2026 at the Real Albergo dei Poveri in Naples, both curated by Sylvain Bellenger.