Gino Tanasescu is an Emmy award winner writer, director and producer, based in Los Angeles, California. (Click Here.) As a young film maker, he was uniquely qualified to direct “Pancho.” The film is informed by his sensibility as an elite American junior player, and a member of a national collegiate championship team at UCLA — where Gino also received his bachelor degree in the fine arts. “Pancho” captures the character of this great champion with an experimental quality that borders on film noir, and equals many of the great films in that genre.
Gino Tanasescu
Tennis History
In 1971 something remarkable happened. Pancho Gonzales, then age 41, announced that he was retiring from professional tennis. The Howard Hughes Open in Las Vegas--then considered a kind of unofficial world pro championship in the days before Open tennis--would be...
Tennis History
In 1971 something remarkable happened. Pancho Gonzales, then age 41, announced that he was retiring from professional tennis. The Howard Hughes Open in Las Vegas--then considered a kind of unofficial world pro championship in the days before Open tennis--would be...
Tennis History
In 1971 something remarkable happened. Pancho Gonzales, then age 41, announced that he was retiring from professional tennis. The Howard Hughes Open in Las Vegas--then considered a kind of unofficial world pro championship in the days before Open tennis--would be...
Tennis History
In 1971 something remarkable happened after Pancho Gonzales, then age 41, announced that he was retiring from professional tennis. The Howard Hughes Open in Las Vegas--then considered a kind of unofficial world pro championship in the days before Open tennis...