Biography
Alessandro Tasca di Cutò (also credited as Alessandro Tasca) was an Italian film producer, production manager and occasional actor. Born in Palermo in 1906 into an aristocratic Sicilian family, he was a cousin of the novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
After early years in the United States and wartime service in Italy, Tasca entered the film industry in the late 1940s. He became a close associate of Orson Welles, serving as executive producer on Chimes at Midnight (1965) and as producer of the original footage for Don Quixote (1992). His other credits include line producer on the 1989 miniseries Around the World in 80 Days and production roles on films such as Goliath and the Dragon (1960).
Tasca died in 2000.
