Domenico Meccoli
Italian writer
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Domenico Meccoli (4 January 1913 – 21 November 1983) was an Italian film critic, journalist, screenwriter and occasional actor. Born in Assisi, Meccoli started his career as a journalist and a film critic for the magazine Cinema, and later for several decades he was film critic and chief editor of the magazine Epoca.[1]
He wrote for nine films between 1939 and 1954.[1] He was a member of the jury at the 16th Venice International Film Festival in 1955,[2] at the 9th Cannes Film Festival in 1956[3] and at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968.[4] In 1961 and 1962 he served as artistic director of the Venice Film Festival.[1]
Selected filmography
- Cardinal Messias (1939)
- Hurricane in the Tropics (1939)
- Flying Squadron (1949)
- Stormbound (1950)
- Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
- I due derelitti (1951)
- Tom Toms of Mayumba (1955, actor)