Pino Mercanti
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-02-16 (75 years old)
Deathday
1986-09-03
Place of Birth
Palermo, Italy
Also known As
Henry Folkner
Giuseppe Mercanti
Pino Mercanti
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...
Production
1952
as Director
1963
as Director
1960
as Director
1964
as Director
1954
as Director
1954
as Writer
1964
as Dialogue
1958
as Director
1964
as Director
1970
as Director
1970
as Story
1970
as Screenplay
1948
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1948
1954
as Director
1966
as Director
1946
as Director
1946
as Writer
1961
as Second Unit Director
1945
as Director
1955
as Director
1950
as Director
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