Domenico Meccoli

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]

Domenico Meccoli
Born	(1913-01-04)4 January 1913 Assisi, Italy
Died	21 November 1983(1983-11-21) (aged 70) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film critic, journalist, screenwriter, actor

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)