Person
Pino Mercanti
Directing · 1911–1986 · Palermo, Italy
Biography
Giuseppe Mercanti, best known as Pino Mercanti (16 February 1911 – 3 September 1986), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Palermo, Sicily, Mercanti was a pioneer of the Sicilian cinema as the leading filmmaker and the artistic director of the production company O.F.S. (a.k.a. Organizzazione Filmistica Siciliana), founded by the brothers Francesco and Girolamo Gorgone with the purpose of promoting the production of films on Sicilian soil. Following the bankruptcy of the company, Mercanti moved to Rome, where he directed a number of melodramas, adventure films, Spaghetti Westerns and other genre films, often international co-productions. He was sometimes credited as Joseph Trader.
Known for
Serenata amara
Director
Primo applauso
Director
La carovana del peccato
Director
The Last of the Vikings
Second Unit Director
The Underground
Screenplay
La voce del sangue
Director
Ambush on the Sea
Director
La vendetta di una pazza
Director
Three Dollars of Lead
Dialogue
Il principe ribelle
Director
Filmography
- 1970The UndergroundScreenplay
- 1966Special Code: Assignment Lost FormulaDirector
- 1964Gentlemen of the NightDirector
- 1964Three Dollars of LeadDialogue
- 1963The Black DukeDirector
- 1961The Last of the VikingsSecond Unit Director
- 1960Knight of 100 FacesDirector
- 1958Ricordati di NapoliDirector
- 1957Primo applausoDirector
- 1955Ambush on the SeaDirector
- 1954Lacrime d'amoreDirector
- 1954I cinque dell'AdamelloWriter
- 1953La carovana del peccatoDirector
- 1952Serenata amaraDirector
- 1952La voce del sangueDirector
- 1951La vendetta di una pazzaDirector
- 1950The OutlawsScreenplay
- 1950Il principe ribelleDirector
- 1948I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)Screenplay
- 1946MalacarneDirector
- 1945All'ombra della gloriaDirector
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