| Luciano Salce | |
| Birth Date: | 1922 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Other Names: | Pilantra |
| Occupation: | Film director, actor, lyricist, comedian, film producer |
| Style: | Comedies, Comedy drama, Epic movies |
| Years Active: | 1961 - 1988 |
| Spouse: | Diletta D'Andrea |
| Children: | 1 |
Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, television host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[1]
As a writer of pop music, he used the pseudonym Pilantra. During World War II, he was a prisoner in Germany. He later worked for several years in Brazil.