Dini, Gennaro

   Napolitan born, he settled on the French Riviera. A diplomat, engineer, architect, sculptor, musician, and painter, he entered films as an actor (1918 Reine-Lumière, twelve episodes: "L'Usine aux Secrets", "L'Effroyable Aventure", "La Justice de César", "La Nuit terrible", "Le Repaire", "Le Crime en Déroute", "Un Coup de Tonnerre dans le Ciel bleu", "L'Explosif", "Ahmed le Marocain", "Le Château de la Mort", "La Bataille suprême", "Lino Manzoni", René Navarre, reedited in 1921; 1919 Barrabas, Louis Feuillade; 1920 Tue-la-Mort, twelve episodes: "L'Auberge du Petit Chaperon Rouge", "La Forge des Quatre Chemins", "Les Contrebandiers", "L'Inconnu", "Tue-la-Mort et Ovilla", "Une Etrange Hypothèse", "L'Incendie", "Can-zonette", "Tu ne tueras point", "Un et un font un", "Tiberio", "La Vengeance d'Ovillia", René Navarre; Le Secret d'Alta Rocca, twelve episodes: "Les Des­sous d'Alta Rocca", "Octave Bernac", "L'Homme à l'Anneau de Fer", "La Rencontre", "La Boutique de la Rue Picpus", "Le Magazine révélateur", "La Méprise rouge", "L'Hydravion mystérieux", "Détresse", "Une Levée d'Ecrou imprévu", "Le Camion disparu", "La Cave à Noyade", André Liabel; 1921 Le Sept de Trèfle, twelve episodes: "La Carte fatale", "L'Idylle de Lot­tie", "La Princesse Irène", "Le Fond de l'Abîme", "Les Deux Frères", "En Cage", "Le Mariage de Lottie", "Ce que Femme veut", "La Dernière Route", "L'Enjeu suprême", "Les Cachots de Venise", "Le Vainqueur du Sept de Trèfle"). He also drew film posters and was a set decorator (1924 J'ai tué / Fidélité / USA: I Have Killed, Roger Lion).

 Filmography

1923 ◘ L'Expiation (also screenwriter, producer, actor)

        ◘ Paternité (also screenwriter, producer)

1924 ◘ La Nuit d'un Vendredi 13 (also producer)

1926 ◘ Âme de Femmes (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Romanetti, le Roi du Maquis (four parts; also producer; shot in 1924)

        ◘ Les Capes noires / Amour de Perdition / Justice (also actor)

        ◘ Quand l'Ombre descend (also screenwriter, producer designer)

        ◘ Les Vagabonds magnifiques (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Voix qui meurt (also screenwriter, dialogist)