From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mario Zampi 1 November 1903 Sora Italy 2 December 1963 London England was a film producer and director A cofounder of Two Cities Films he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s Zampi started out as an actor in Italy at the age of 17 By 1930 he was working for Warner Bros as a film editor in London In 1937 he and fellow compatriate Filippo Del Giudice founded Two Cities Films While the company was noted for such serious films as In Which We Serve Henry V and Hamlet Zampi is most remembered for comedies He made his mark with such films as Laughter in Paradise 1951 The Naked Truth 1957 and Too Many Crooks 1959 often in the dual role of director and producer Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Zampi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia