Pino Mercanti
Pino Mercanti (actually Giuseppe Mercanti ; born February 16, 1911 in Palermo , † September 3, 1986 in Rome ) was an Italian film director .
Life
Mercanti was one of the leading filmmakers and pioneers of Sicilian film, along with the Gorgone brothers, with whom he often worked ; he made his first films in the 1930s for the "Organizzazzione Filmistica Siciliana" in his hometown. Initially working as an assistant director, from 1943 he continuously made films on his own responsibility, turning to commercial films and presenting adventure material as well as melodramas, later westerns and agent films. He often used the anglicized version of his name, "Joseph Trader", as a pseudonym . Occasionally he also wrote the scripts for his films; 1949 unique for another director when he scripted Aldo Vergano's I fuorilegge .
Filmography (selection)
- 1933: Nubi (also book & editor)
- 1952: Caravan of Sin (La caravana del peccato)
- 1955: The fisherman of the golden island (Agguato sul mare)
- 1960: The revenge of the red knight (Il cavaliere dai cento volti)
- 1962: Cesare Borgia (Il duca nera)
- 1963: The avenger with the mask (Il vendicatore mascherato)
- 1964: For three dollars of lead (Tre dollari di piombo)
- 1964: The Damned Pistols of Dallas (Las malditas pistolas de Dallas)
- 1966: The black scorpion (Cifrato speciale)
Web links
- Pino Mercanti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short bio at mymovies (Italian)
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi , Gremese 2002, pp. 284/285
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercanti, Pino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mercanti, Giuseppe; Trader, Joseph; Sherman, Herbert J .; Folkner, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1986 |
| Place of death | Rome |