Duccio Tessari
Writing
- Born
- October 11, 1926 · Genoa, Italy
- Died
- September 6, 1994 (age 67)
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.
Known for
A Fistful of Dollars
September 12, 1964
Zorro
March 6, 1975
The Return of Ringo
December 8, 1965
Hercules in the Haunted World
November 16, 1961
A Pistol for Ringo
May 12, 1965
Tony Arzenta
August 23, 1973
The Bloodstained Butterfly
September 10, 1971
The Last Days of Pompeii
November 12, 1959
Puzzle
August 23, 1974
Hercules and the Captive Women
August 19, 1961
Romulus and Remus
December 6, 1961
Death Occurred Last Night
September 5, 1970
Behind the camera53
- 1992Beyond Justice Director
- 1990There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs Screenplay, Director
- 1986Please, Let the Flowers Live Director
- 1985Baciami Strega Director
- 1985Tex and the Lord of the Deep Screenplay, Director
- 1981Un centesimo di secondo Director, Screenplay
- 1978The Fifth Commandment Writer, Director
- 1976La madama Screenplay, Director
- 1976Safari Express Director
- 1975Zorro