Mario Camerini

Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Camerini made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. He directed about fifty films until 1972, including 1954's Ulysses with American stars Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn, one of the first Europe/US film co-productions.

Biography

Early life and education Mario Camerini was born in Rome on 6 February 1895 to Camillo Camerini, a prominent socialist politician and lawyer from L'Aquila, and Laura Genina. He attended the Liceo Torquato Tasso, where he and a fellow student wrote the screenplay for the crime thriller Le mani ignote, produced by Cines. He studied law at the Sapienza University but did not graduate. Ath the outbreak of World War I, he enlisted as an officer in the Bersaglieri. After the end of the war, he returned to Rome, where he co-wrote several screenplays for Cines with his brother, Augusto, and his cousin, the prolific director Augusto Genina.

Selected filmography Silent films Year Title Preservation status 1923 Wally Lost Jolly clown da circo Lost 1924 The House of Pulcini Lost 1923 Voglio tradire mio marito Lost Saetta, principe per un giorno Lost Maciste against the Sheik Public domain; Cineteca di Bologna 1928 Kif Tebbi Public domain; Cineteca di Bologna, EYE Film Institute Netherlands 1929 Rails Public domain; Cineteca Italiana

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