Mario Salieri, born November 29, 1957, in Naples, Italy, is a prominent Italian pornographic film director, producer, and occasional actor. He entered the adult industry in the late 1970s, initially producing semi-amateur films shot in Amsterdam for the Italian market. In 1984, he founded his production company in Naples, later known as Salieri Productions. Since the early 1990s, he has directed and written numerous adult erotic films, often infusing them with artistic influences from Italian neorealism, citing directors like De Sica and Rossellini.
Notable works include Dracula (1994), Faust (2002), La Dolce Vita (2003), and various series exploring themes of perversion and eroticism. Active for decades, he has produced hundreds of titles and remains a key figure in European adult cinema. Married to performer Nicky Ranieri, Salieri continues to influence the genre with his distinctive style blending narrative depth and explicit content.