Duccio Tessari
Writing
Born: October 11, 1926 · Genoa, Italy
Died: September 6, 1994 (aged 67)
Highest Rated
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.
Movies (3)
Self / Appearances (1)
Directing (35)
Tony Arzenta
Director
A Pistol for Ringo
Director
Zorro
Director
The Return of Ringo
Director
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Director
Puzzle
Director
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Director
The Law of the Desert
Director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Director
The Last Days of Pompeii
First Assistant Director
Alive or Preferably Dead
Director
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
First Assistant Director
Death Occurred Last Night
Director
Safari Express
Director
Per amore... per magia...
Director
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Director
The Scapegoat
Director
Messalina
First Assistant Director
My Son, the Hero
Director
The Bastard
Director
The Heroes
Director
Three Tough Guys
Director
Better a Widow
Director
Love, the Italian Way
First Assistant Director
Dangerous Pleasures
Director
The Fifth Commandment
Director
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
First Assistant Director
La madama
Director
Secret of the Sphinx
Director
Beyond Justice
Director
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Director
Please, Let the Flowers Live
Director
Quella piccola differenza
Director
Un centesimo di secondo
Director
Winged Devils
Director
Writing (51)
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay
Romulus and Remus
Screenplay
Carthage in Flames
Co-Writer
A Pistol for Ringo
Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
Story
A Train for Durango
Story
A Train for Durango
Screenplay
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Screenplay
The Return of Ringo
Screenplay
Puzzle
Screenplay
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Writer
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Screenplay
Goliath and the Vampires
Story
Goliath and the Vampires
Screenplay
The Last Days of Pompeii
Writer
Alive or Preferably Dead
Screenplay
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Screenplay
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay
Hercules in the Haunted World
Story
Marco Polo
Writer
Death Occurred Last Night
Screenplay
The Wonders of Aladdin
Screenstory
Hercules and the Captive Women
Screenplay
Hercules and the Captive Women
Story
Hercules and the Captive Women
Dialogue
Per amore... per magia...
Screenplay
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Story
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Screenplay
The Scapegoat
Writer
The Revenge of Hercules
Screenplay
Messalina
Story
Messalina
Screenplay
My Son, the Hero
Story
My Son, the Hero
Screenplay
The Bastard
Writer
The Woman from Beirut
Story
The Revolt of the Slaves
Screenplay
Better a Widow
Writer
Dangerous Pleasures
Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment
Writer
Balearic Caper
Writer
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Screenplay
La madama
Screenplay
Secret of the Sphinx
Writer
Cannon Serenade
Writer
The Avenger of Venice
Screenplay
Dick Smart 2.007
Writer
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza
Screenplay
Un centesimo di secondo
Screenplay
Winged Devils
Screenplay