Duccio Tessari
Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns.[1] 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 its immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. In 1975, Tessari launched the most popular and successful European depiction of Zorro, when he directed Zorro starring Alain Delon as the titular masked hero.
Duccio Tessari

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- Name
- Duccio Tessari
- Born
- 11 October 1926
- Birthplace
- Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Died
- 6 September 1994
- Place of death
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Spouse
- Lorella De Luca
- Full name
- Amadeo Tessari.
- Nationality
- Italy and Kingdom of Italy.
- Fields
- Spaghetti Western.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns.[1] 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 its immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. In 1975, Tessari launched the most popular and successful European depiction of Zorro, when he directed Zorro starring Alain Delon as the titular masked hero.
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Duccio Tessari (1926–1994) was an Italian and Italian actor, director and film director, among other activities. Born Amadeo Tessari in Genoa, the actor died in Rome.
Genres include Spaghetti Western. Languages used include Italian.
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The movie was a smash hit in Europe, Russia, Japan and China. He later touched different genres and worked in RAI, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 67.[2] He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.
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• Name — Duccio Tessari • Born — 11 October 1926 • Birthplace — Genoa, Liguria, Italy • Died — 6 September 1994 • Place of death — Rome, Lazio, Italy • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • Spouse — Lorella De Luca
Filmography
Filmography
• Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. • Title — Year — Credited as — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • Director — Screenwriter — Screen story writer — Other • Kanonenserenade — 1958 — Assistant director • 1959 — Assistant director • Carthage in Flames — 1960 • Messalina • Goliath and the Dragon • Colossus and the Amazon Queen — Assistant director • Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis — 1961 • Goliath and the Vampires • Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World • Hercules in the Haunted World • Duel of the Titans • My Son, the Hero — 1962 • Marco Polo • Il fornaretto di Venezia • 1964 • 1965 • Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang — 1966 • Seven Guns for the MacGregors[14] • Dick Smart 2.007[15] • Per amore... per magia... — 1967[16] • La dama de Beyrut[17] • 1968 • Better a Widow • Train for Durango • Sundance and the Kid — 1969[20] • Quella piccola differenza • Death Occurred Last Night — 1970 • Long Live Your Death — 1971[23][24] • Winged Devils • The Heroes • Tony Arzenta — 1973 • Three Tough Guys — 1974 • Puzzle • Zorro — 1975 • Sexycop — 1976 • Safari Express • 1978 • Tex and the Lord of the Deep — 1985[31] • ' — 1989 • There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs[19][21][22][26][27][33]
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Duccio Tessari is recorded as screenwriter, actor and director. Recorded at birth as Amadeo Tessari.
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1926
Duccio Tessari was born on 11 October 1926.
1994
Duccio Tessari died on 6 September 1994.
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- 1.Giusti, Marco. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. 695. 2007. 978-88-04-57277-0.
- 2.Silvia Fumarola. Addio Duccio Tessari un regista per tutti. La Repubblica. Divisione Stampa Nazionale. 7 September 1994.
- 3.Filmportal.de. Kanonen-Serenade.
- 4.American Film Institute. Carthage in Flames.
- 5.Archvio del cinema italiano. Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963).
- 6.Archvio del cinema italiano. Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963).
- 7.Archvio del cinema italiano. Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963).
- 8.Archvio del cinema italiano. La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964).
- 9.Archvio del cinema italiano. Una pistola para Ringo [Una pistola per Ringo] (1965).
- 10.Archvio del cinema italiano. El retorno de Ringo [Il ritorno di Ringo] (1965).
- 11.Archvio del cinema italiano. Una voglia da morire (1965).
- 12.Archvio del cinema italiano. Kiss kiss. bang bang.
- 13.Erickson, Hal. Kiss Kiss.Bang Bang. AllMovie.
- 14.British Film Institute. 7 Pistole Per I Macgregor (7 Guns for the MacGregors), Italy/Spain, 1965. Monthly Film Bulletin. 34. 405. 158. October 1967.
- 15.Archvio del cinema italiano. Dick Smart 2007.
- 16.Archvio del cinema italiano. Per amore. per magia.
- 17.Archvio del cinema italiano. La dama de Beyrut [La dama di Beyrut] (1967).
- 18.Archvio del cinema italiano. Meglio vedova (1968).
- 19.Archvio del cinema italiano. Un treno per Durango (1968).
- 20.Archvio del cinema italiano. Vivi o preferibilmente morti (1969).
- 21.Archvio del cinema italiano. Quella piccola differenza (1969).
- 22.Archvio del cinema italiano. Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate.
- 23.Filmportal.de. Zwei tolle Companeros.
- 24.Archvio del cinema italiano. Viva la muerte. tua! (1971).
- 25.Archvio del cinema italiano. Forza "g".
- 26.Archvio del cinema italiano. Gli eroi.
- 27.Archvio del cinema italiano. L'uomo senza memoria (1974).
- 28.Archvio del cinema italiano. Safari Express (1976).
- 29.Filmportal.de. Das fünfte Gebot.
- 30.Archvio del cinema italiano. Un centesimo di secondo.
- 31.Archvio del cinema italiano. Tex e il Signore degli abissi (1985).
- 32.Filmportal.de. Bitte laßt die Blumen leben.
- 33.Archvio del cinema italiano. C'era un castello con quaranta cani (1990).
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Curti, Roberto. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. 2013. 978-0786469765.
- Curti, Roberto. Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. 2016. 978-1-936168-60-6.
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- Curti, Roberto. Mavericks of Italian Cinema. McFarland. 2018. 978-1-4766-7242-7.
- Grant, Kevin. Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. 2011. 9781903254615.
- Hughes, Howard. Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. I B Tauris. 2006. 0857730452.
- Hughes, Howard. Aim for the Heart. I.B. Tauris. 2009. 978-1-84511-902-7.
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