Ferruccio Biancini

Biography

Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter. He started his film career in 1912 as a scriptwriter for Gaumont and l'Eclair, then shifted to acting for a few years, both on stage and in films. He worked for a number of American studios and became involved in producing Italian- and German-language versions of American films after the coming of sound. During the Second World War Biancini produced industrial films in Spain. He continued to occasionally write screenplays, alone or in collaboration, but functioned mainly as a producer after the war. He was the father-in-law of producer Dario Sabatello.