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Duccio Tessari

Writing

Duccio Tessari

Born
1926-10-11 · Genoa, Italy
Died
1994-09-06
Filmography
56 titles on TMDB
About Duccio Tessari

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.

Backdrop from A Pistol for Ringo

Films & television

55 titles

Story · Screenplay · First Assistant Director

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · Story

Director · Screenplay

Writer · First Assistant Director

Screenplay · Story · Dialogue

Director · Screenplay

Director · Screenplay

Screenplay · First Assistant Director

Director · Screenplay

Director · Story · Screenplay

Director · Writer

First Assistant Director

Director · Story · Screenplay

Director · Screenplay

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