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	==References==		==References==
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	*Kay Weniger. ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films'', Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, {{ISBN\|3-89602-340-3}} ~~{{in lang\|de}}~~		*Kay Weniger. ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films'', Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, {{ISBN\|3-89602-340-3}} (German text)

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	\| birth_place = [[Sora (FR)\|Sora]], [[Italy]]		\| birth_place = [[Sora (FR)\|Sora]], [[Italy]]
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	\| occupation = Film director and producer		\| occupation = Film director and producer

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| birth_date = 1 November 1903
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| occupation = Film director and producer
| known_for = co-founding [[Two Cities Films]]
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'''Mario Zampi''' (1 November 1903{{spaced ndash}}2 December 1963) was an Italian film producer and director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4bd97c|title=Mario Zampi|work=BFI}}</ref> A co-founder of [[Two Cities Films]], a British production company, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/591011/|title=BFI Screenonline: Laughter in Paradise (1951)|publisher=}}</ref>

==Biography==

Zampi began his career as an actor in Italy at the age of 17.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/directors/Mario-Zampi |title=Mario Zampi | Britmovie | Home of British Films |accessdate=2010-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225092157/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/directors/Mario-Zampi |archivedate=2010-12-25 }}</ref> By 1930, he was working for [[Warner Bros.]] as a [[film editor]] in London. In 1937, he and compatriot [[Filippo Del Giudice]] founded Two Cities Films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/mario-zampi-p117818|title=People search results for "mario zampi" - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref> While the company was noted for such serious films as ''[[In Which We Serve]]'', ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'', and ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'', Zampi is most remembered for comedies. He made his mark with such films as ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951), ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)|The Naked Truth]]'' (1957), and ''[[Too Many Crooks]]'' (1959), often in the dual role of director and producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/cast/mario-zampi|title=Mario Zampi|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Harper|first1=Sue|last2=Porter|first2=Vincent|title=British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|page=165-166|isbn=9780198159346|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyYTDAAAQBAJ&q=vincent+porter+sue+harper&pg=PA386}}</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Director and producer unless otherwise indicated.'''

*''[[Tredici uomini e un cannone]]'' (1936) producer
*''[[13 Men and a Gun]]'' (1938)
*''[[French Without Tears (film)|French Without Tears]]'' (1940) producer
*''[[Spy for a Day]]'' (1940)
*''[[Freedom Radio]]'' aka ''A Voice in the Night'' (1941) producer (uncredited)
*''[[The Phantom Shot]]'' (1947)
*''[[Third Time Lucky (1949 film)|Third Time Lucky]]'' (1948) producer
*''[[The Fatal Night]]'' (1948)
*''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)|The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' (1950) producer
*''[[Shadow of the Past (film)|Shadow of the Past]]'' (1950)
*''[[Come Dance with Me (1950 film)|Come Dance with Me]]'' (1950)
*''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951)
*''[[Top Secret (1952 film)|Top Secret]]'', aka ''Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow'' (1952)
* ''[[I Chose Love]]'' aka ''Ho scelto l'amore'' (1953) director
*''[[Happy Ever After (1954 film)|Happy Ever After]]'', aka ''Tonight's the Night'' (1954)
*''[[Now and Forever (1956 film)|Now and Forever]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)|The Naked Truth]]'', aka ''Your Past Is Showing'' (1957)
*''[[Too Many Crooks]]'' (1959)
*''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]'' (1960)
*''[[Five Golden Hours]]'', aka ''Cinque ore in contanti'' (1961) director

==References==
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*Kay Weniger. ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films'', Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, {{ISBN|3-89602-340-3}} {{in lang|de}}

==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0952761}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225092157/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/directors/Mario-Zampi Biography at britmovie.co.uk]

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