Duccio Tessari
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 work…
Known For
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay
Zorro
Director
The Return of Ringo
Director
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Director
Tony Arzenta
Director
The Last Days of Pompeii
First Assistant Director
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Filmography
Acting (4)
Crew (87)
Movies (86)
Beyond Justice
1992Director
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990Director
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990Screenplay
Please, Let the Flowers Live
1986Director
Baciami Strega
1985Director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985Director
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
1985Screenplay
Un centesimo di secondo
1981Director
Un centesimo di secondo
1981Screenplay
The Fifth Commandment
1978Director
The Fifth Commandment
1978Writer
Safari Express
1976Director
La madama
1976Director
La madama
1976Screenplay
Zorro
1975Director
Puzzle
1974Director
Puzzle
1974Screenplay
Three Tough Guys
1974Director
The Heroes
1973Director
Tony Arzenta
1973Director
Winged Devils
1972Director
Winged Devils
1972Screenplay
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971Director
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971Director
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971Writer
Death Occurred Last Night
1970Director
Death Occurred Last Night
1970Screenplay
Alive or Preferably Dead
1969Director
Alive or Preferably Dead
1969Screenplay
Quella piccola differenza
1969Director
Quella piccola differenza
1969Screenplay
A Train for Durango
1968Screenplay
A Train for Durango
1968Story
The Bastard
1968Director
The Bastard
1968Writer
Better a Widow
1968Director
Better a Widow
1968Writer
Dick Smart 2.007
1967Writer
Per amore... per magia...
1967Director
Per amore... per magia...
1967Screenplay
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
1966Director
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
1966Screenplay
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
1966Story
Balearic Caper
1966Writer
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
1966Screenplay
Dangerous Pleasures
1965Director
Dangerous Pleasures
1965Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
1965Director
A Pistol for Ringo
1965Screenplay
A Pistol for Ringo
1965Story
The Return of Ringo
1965Director
The Return of Ringo
1965Screenplay
The Woman from Beirut
1965Story
A Fistful of Dollars
1964Screenplay
The Avenger of Venice
1964Screenplay
Secret of the Sphinx
1964Director
Secret of the Sphinx
1964Writer
The Scapegoat
1963Director
The Scapegoat
1963Writer
My Son, the Hero
1962Director
My Son, the Hero
1962Screenplay
My Son, the Hero
1962Story
Marco Polo
1962Writer
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961Dialogue
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961Screenplay
Hercules and the Captive Women
1961Story
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961Screenstory
Romulus and Remus
1961Screenplay
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961Screenplay
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961Story
Goliath and the Vampires
1961Screenplay
Goliath and the Vampires
1961Story
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961Screenplay
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
1960First Assistant Director
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960First Assistant Director
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
1960Screenplay
Messalina
1960First Assistant Director
Messalina
1960Screenplay
Messalina
1960Story
Love, the Italian Way
1960First Assistant Director
Carthage in Flames
1960Co-Writer
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960Screenplay
Goliath and the Dragon
1960Screenplay
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959First Assistant Director
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959Writer
Cannon Serenade
1958Writer
Television (1)
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