Writing
Duccio Tessari
IT, DE, EN, ES cinema · 55 credits
Born
11 October 1926
Died
6 September 1994 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Genoa, Italy
Also known as ドゥッチオ・テッサリ · ドゥッチョ・テッサリ
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
Filmography
In camera mia
as Verso Sera
Beyond Justice
Director
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Director, Screenplay
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Director, Screenplay
Un centesimo di secondo
Director, Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment
Director, Writer
La madama
Screenplay, Director
Safari Express
Director
Zorro
Director
Puzzle
Director, Screenplay
Three Tough Guys
Director
Tony Arzenta
Director
The Heroes
Director
Winged Devils
Director, Screenplay
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Director, Writer
Death Occurred Last Night
Director, Screenplay
Alive or Preferably Dead
Director, Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza
Director, Screenplay
Better a Widow
Actor, Director, Writer
The Bastard
Director, Writer
A Train for Durango
Story, Screenplay
Per amore... per magia...
Director, Screenplay
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Director, Story, Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story
The Return of Ringo
Director, Screenplay
Dangerous Pleasures
Screenplay, Director
Secret of the Sphinx
Director, Writer
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay
The Avenger of Venice
Screenplay
The Scapegoat
Director, Writer
My Son, the Hero
Director, Story, Screenplay
Marco Polo
Writer
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay, Story
Romulus and Remus
Screenplay
Hercules and the Captive Women
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Goliath and the Vampires
Story, Screenplay
The Wonders of Aladdin
Screenstory
The Revolt of the Slaves
Screenplay
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
First Assistant Director
Carthage in Flames
Co-Writer
The Revenge of Hercules
Screenplay
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Messalina
Story, Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Love, the Italian Way
First Assistant Director
The Last Days of Pompeii
Writer, First Assistant Director
