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.
Films (55)
Italian Kings Of B
2003 · Self
Beyond Justice
1992 · Director
In camera mia
1992 · Verso Sera
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 · Screenplay, Director
Please, Let the Flowers Live
1986 · Director
Baciami Strega
1985 · Director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985 · Screenplay, Director
Un centesimo di secondo
1981 · Director, Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment
1978 · Director, Writer
La madama
1976 · Screenplay, Director
Safari Express
1976 · Director
Zorro
1975 · Director
Puzzle
1974 · Director, Screenplay
Three Tough Guys
1974 · Director
Tony Arzenta
1973 · Director
The Heroes
1973 · Director
Winged Devils
1972 · Director, Screenplay
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 · Director
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971 · Writer, Director
Death Occurred Last Night
1970 · Director, Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza
1969 · Director, Screenplay
Alive or Preferably Dead
1969 · Screenplay, Director
The Bastard
1968 · Director, Writer
Better a Widow
1968 · Director, Writer
A Train for Durango
1968 · Story, Screenplay
Per amore... per magia...
1967 · Screenplay, Director
Dick Smart 2.007
1967 · Writer
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
1966 · Story, Director, Screenplay
Balearic Caper
1966 · Writer
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
1966 · Screenplay
The Return of Ringo
1965 · Director, Screenplay
The Woman from Beirut
1965 · Story
A Pistol for Ringo
1965 · Deputy Sheriff (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Story
Dangerous Pleasures
1965 · Screenplay, Director
A Fistful of Dollars
1964 · Screenplay
Secret of the Sphinx
1964 · Writer, Director
The Avenger of Venice
1964 · Screenplay
The Scapegoat
1963 · Director, Writer
My Son, the Hero
1962 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Marco Polo
1962 · Writer
Romulus and Remus
1961 · Screenplay
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961 · Screenplay, Story
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 · Screenplay
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961 · Screenstory
Goliath and the Vampires
1961 · Screenplay, Story
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961 · Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960 · Screenplay
Love, the Italian Way
1960 · First Assistant Director
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
1960 · First Assistant Director
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960 · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
The Revenge of Hercules
1960 · Screenplay
Messalina
1960 · Screenplay, Story, First Assistant Director
Carthage in Flames
1960 · Co-Writer
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Writer, First Assistant Director
Cannon Serenade
1958 · Writer
