Duccio Tessari
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- October 11, 1926
- Died
- September 6, 1994 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Genoa, Italy
Biography
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
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Movie · Screenplay
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Movie · Screenplay
Un centesimo di secondo
Movie · Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment
Movie · Writer
La madama
Movie · Screenplay
Puzzle
Movie · Screenplay
Winged Devils
Movie · Screenplay
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Movie · Writer
Death Occurred Last Night
Movie · Screenplay
Alive or Preferably Dead
Movie · Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza
Movie · Screenplay
A Train for Durango
Movie · Story, Screenplay
The Bastard
Movie · Writer
Better a Widow
Movie · Writer
Dick Smart 2.007
Movie · Writer
Per amore... per magia...
Movie · Screenplay
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Movie · Screenplay
Balearic Caper
Movie · Writer
The Return of Ringo
Movie · Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
Movie · Story, Screenplay
The Woman from Beirut
Movie · Story
Dangerous Pleasures
Movie · Screenplay
Secret of the Sphinx
Movie · Writer
A Fistful of Dollars
Movie · Screenplay
The Avenger of Venice
Movie · Screenplay
The Scapegoat
Movie · Writer
My Son, the Hero
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Marco Polo
Movie · Writer
Hercules in the Haunted World
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Movie · Screenplay
Romulus and Remus
Movie · Screenplay
Hercules and the Captive Women
Movie · Screenplay, Dialogue, Story
Goliath and the Vampires
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Wonders of Aladdin
Movie · Screenstory
The Revolt of the Slaves
Movie · Screenplay
Carthage in Flames
Movie · Co-Writer
Goliath and the Dragon
Movie · Screenplay
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Movie · Screenplay
Messalina
Movie · Story, Screenplay
The Last Days of Pompeii
Movie · Writer
Cannon Serenade
Movie · Writer