{{Short description|Italian film director (1939–2022)}} {{For|the Italian dancer|Monty Banks}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | name = Mario Bianchi | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|1|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|4||1939|1|7|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter }}
'''Mario Bianchi''' (7 January 1939 – April 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-2/media_e_tv/necrologio-giusti-ndash-mondo-porno-nbsp-lutto-318825.htm|title=Il mondo del porno è in lutto: se n'è andato a 83 anni Mario Bianchi|work=Dagospia|date=27 July 2022}}</ref> was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Bianchi directed several features including [[sexploitation]] and [[pornographic films]].{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=243}} He spent the majority of the 1990s directing pornography in Italy under the names Nicholas Moore, Tony Yanker and Martin White.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=244}}
==Filmography== {{Inc-film|date=October 2021}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="3" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Writer!! width=6% | Other |- !scope="row"|''[[Gangster's Law]]'' |1969 | | | {{yes}} |Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=49}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Magnificent Robin Hood|''The Magnificent Robin Hood''}} |1970 | | | {{yes}} |Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=111}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=112}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Eye of the Spider]]'' |1971 | | | {{yes}} |Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=28}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Tragic Ceremony]]'' |1972 | | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017a|p=327}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Banda Vallanzasca|''La banda Vallanzasca''}} |1977 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Story author, actor as Killer |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=203}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Bravata|''La bravata''}} |1977 | | | {{yes}} | Actor as Piero |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=206}} |- !scope="row"|''Napoli:i 5 della squadra speciale'' |1978 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Story author, actor as Mario |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=247}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Don't Trust the Mafia]]'' |1979 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | Actor as one of Jacomino's henchmen |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=257}} |- !scope="row"|''Snow White and the 7 Wise Men'' |1982 | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=170}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Satan's Baby Doll]]'' |1982 | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017b|p=210}} |- |}
== References ==
===Footnotes=== {{Reflist|30em}}
===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema |publisher=Midnight Marquee Press |date=2016 |isbn=978-1-936168-60-6 }} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=978-1476628387 |year=2017a }} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=978-1476629605 |year=2017b }} * {{cite book |last1=Kinnard |first1=Roy |last2=Crnkovich |first2=Tony |title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476662916 |year=2017 }} * {{cite book | last= Paul | first= Louis | title= Italian Horror Film Directors |publisher= McFarland |year= 2005 |isbn= 978-0-7864-8749-3}} {{Refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0080636}}
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