Duccio Tessari
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.
Crew
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay, Story
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Writer, Director
The Return of Ringo
Director, Screenplay
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Screenplay, Director
Zorro
Director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Screenplay, Director
A Pistol for Ringo
Screenplay, Director, Story
Puzzle
Director, Screenplay
Tony Arzenta
Director
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Story, Director, Screenplay
The Woman from Beirut
Story
Death Occurred Last Night
Director, Screenplay
Three Tough Guys
Director
The Bastard
Director, Writer
Alive or Preferably Dead
Screenplay, Director
Beyond Justice
Director
My Son, the Hero
Director, Screenplay, Story
La madama
Screenplay, Director
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Screenplay
Duel of the Titans
Screenplay
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Screenplay
Safari Express
Director
A Train for Durango
Story, Screenplay
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Director
The Revolt of the Slaves
Screenplay
Balearic Caper
Writer
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
First Assistant Director
Dick Smart 2.007
Writer
Un centesimo di secondo
Director, Screenplay
The Scapegoat
Director, Writer
Winged Devils
Director, Screenplay
Please, Let the Flowers Live
Director
The Heroes
Director
Secret of the Sphinx
Writer, Director
Carthage in Flames
Co-Writer
Better a Widow
Director, Writer
The Last Days of Pompeii
Writer, First Assistant Director
Hercules and the Captive Women
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Dangerous Pleasures
Screenplay, Director
Marco Polo
Writer
Goliath and the Dragon
Screenplay
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Messalina
Screenplay, Story, First Assistant Director
Goliath and the Vampires
Screenplay, Story
Love, the Italian Way
First Assistant Director
Baciami Strega
Director
Cannon Serenade
Writer
Quella piccola differenza
Director, Screenplay
Per amore... per magia...
Screenplay, Director
The Fifth Commandment
Director, Writer
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay
The Wonders of Aladdin
Screenstory
The Avenger of Venice
Screenplay