Duccio Tessari
Cunoscut Pentru
Writing
Born
October 11, 1926 (age 99)
Birth Place
Genoa, Italy
Died
September 6, 1994
Biografie
Duccio Tessari was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally actor, considered one of the fathers of spaghetti westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of Peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo.
He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
Filmografie
Italian Kings Of B
2003 — Self
Beyond Justice
1992 — director
Desert Law
1991 — director
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 — screenplay
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 — director
Please, Let the Flowers Live
1986 — director
Baciami Strega
1985 — director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985 — director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985 — screenplay
Un centesimo di secondo
1981 — screenplay
Un centesimo di secondo
1981 — director
The Fifth Commandment
1978 — director