Occupation Director Name Pino Mercanti | Role Director | |
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Born 16 February 1911 ( 1911-02-16 ) Palermo, Italy Died September 3, 1986, Rome, Italy Movies I cinque dell'Adamello, The Black Duke, Tres dolares de plomo, The Outlaws, Serenata amara Similar People Otello Toso, Umberto Spadaro, Roberto Risso, Luigi Capuano, Franca Marzi | ||
Giuseppe Mercanti, best known as Pino Mercanti (16 February 1911 - 3 September 1986), was an Italian director and screenwriter.
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Life and career
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.
Selected filmography
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