Key visual of Duccio Tessari

Duccio Tessari

Writing
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.

Personal Info

Occupation Writing
Place of Birth Genoa, Italy
Birthday 1926-10-11

Featured Crew Taste

AI Keytalk information mark

Filmography by Year

1
1990
1
1985
1
1978
1
1972
1
1971
1
1970
2
1969
3
1968
2
1967
3
1966
4
1965
3
1964
1
1963
2
1962
6
1961
7
1960
1
1959
1
1958

Filmography by Genre

Adventure
19
Comedy
9
Action
8
Fantasy
8
Western
7
Crime
5
Drama
5
Horror
4
Thriller
3
History
2
Romance
2
War
2
Mystery
1