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Duccio Tessari
Tessari in 1984
Born(1926-10-11)11 October 1926
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Died6 September 1994(1994-09-06) (aged 67)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
SpouseLorella De Luca

Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. [1]

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 its immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. [1]

He later touched different genres and worked in RAI, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 67. [2] He was married to actress Lorella De Luca. [1] [2]

Filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Screenwriter Screen story writer Other
Kanonenserenade [ de] 1958 Yes Yes Assistant director [3]
The Last Days of Pompeii 1959 Yes Yes Assistant director [4]
Carthage in Flames 1960 Yes [5]
Messalina Yes Yes [6] [7]
Goliath and the Dragon Yes [8]
Colossus and the Amazon Queen Yes Assistant director [9]
The Revolt of the Slaves Yes [10]
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis 1961 Yes [11]
Goliath and the Vampires Yes [12] [13]
The Colossus of Rhodes Yes [14] [15]
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan Yes [14] [16]
The Wonders of Aladdin Yes [17]
Hercules in the Haunted World Yes [14] [15]
Duel of the Titans Yes [18] [19]
My Son, the Hero 1962 Yes Yes [20]
Marco Polo Yes [21]
Il fornaretto di Venezia — Yes Yes [22]
The Avenger of Venice 1964 Yes [23] [24]
A Fistful of Dollars Yes [25] [24]
Secret of the Sphinx — Yes Yes [26]
A Pistol for Ringo 1965 Yes Yes Yes [27] [28]
The Return of Ringo Yes Yes Yes [29] [30]
Una voglia da morire — Yes Yes [31]
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang 1966 Yes Yes Yes [32] [33]
Seven Guns for the MacGregors Yes [34] [35]
Dick Smart 2.007 — Yes [36]
Per amore... per magia... 1967 Yes Yes [37] [38] [39]
La dama de Beyrut — Yes [40]
The Cats 1968 Yes Yes [41]
Better a Widow — Yes Yes [42]
Train for Durango — Yes Yes [43]
Sundance and the Kid 1969 Yes Yes [44] [45] [46]
Quella piccola differenza — Yes Yes [47]
La morte risale a ieri sera 1970 Yes Yes [48]
The Bloodstained Butterfly — Yes Yes [49]
Long Live Your Death 1971 Yes Yes [50] [51]
Winged Devils — Yes Yes [52]
The Heroes — Yes [53]
Tony Arzenta 1973 Yes [54]
Three Tough Guys 1974 Yes [55]
Puzzle — Yes Yes [56]
Zorro 1975 Yes [57]
Sexycop 1976 Yes Yes [58]
Safari Express — Yes Yes Yes [59]
The Fifth Commandment 1978 Yes Yes Yes [60]
Un centesimo di secondo — Yes Yes [61]
Tex and the Lord of the Deep 1985 Yes Yes [62] [63]
Please, Let the Flowers Live [ de] 1989 Yes Yes [64]
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs — Yes Yes [65]

References

  1. ^ a b c Giusti, Marco (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. p. 695. ISBN  978-88-04-57277-0. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b Silvia Fumarola (7 September 1994). "Addio Duccio Tessari un regista per tutti". La Repubblica (in Italian). Divisione Stampa Nazionale. GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Kanonen-Serenade". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 105.
  5. ^ "Carthage in Flames". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
  7. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 117.
  8. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 70.
  9. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 36.
  10. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 140.
  11. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 87.
  12. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 73.
  13. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 76.
  14. ^ a b c Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 89.
  15. ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
  16. ^ Curti 2017, p. 316.
  17. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 192.
  18. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 51.
  19. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 50.
  20. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 163.
  21. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 112.
  22. ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  24. ^ a b Hughes 2009, p. 7.
  25. ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  26. ^ "La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  27. ^ Hughes 2006, p. 27.
  28. ^ "Una pistola para Ringo [Una pistola per Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  29. ^ Hughes 2006, p. 36.
  30. ^ "El retorno de Ringo [Il ritorno di Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  31. ^ "Una voglia da morire (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  32. ^ "Kiss kiss... bang bang" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  33. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  34. ^ Grant 2011, p. 443.
  35. ^ "7 Pistole Per I Macgregor (7 Guns for the MacGregors), Italy/Spain, 1965". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 34, no. 405. British Film Institute. October 1967. p. 158.
  36. ^ "Dick Smart 2007" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  37. ^ "Per amore... per magia..." (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  38. ^ Curti 2018, p. 63.
  39. ^ Curti 2018, p. viii.
  40. ^ "La dama de Beyrut [La dama di Beyrut] (1967)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  41. ^ Curti 2013, p. 15.
  42. ^ "Meglio vedova (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  43. ^ "Un treno per Durango (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  44. ^ "Vivi o preferibilmente morti (1969)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  45. ^ Grant 2011, p. 451.
  46. ^ Grant 2011, p. 433.
  47. ^ "Quella piccola differenza (1969)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  48. ^ Curti 2013, p. 36.
  49. ^ "Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  50. ^ "Zwei tolle Companeros" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  51. ^ "Viva la muerte... tua! (1971)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  52. ^ "Forza "g"" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  53. ^ "Gli eroi" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  54. ^ Curti 2013, p. 72.
  55. ^ Curti 2013, p. 124.
  56. ^ "L'uomo senza memoria (1974)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  57. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 194.
  58. ^ Curti 2013, p. 194.
  59. ^ "Safari Express (1976)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  60. ^ "Das fünfte Gebot" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  61. ^ "Un centesimo di secondo" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  62. ^ "Tex e il Signore degli abissi (1985)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  63. ^ Curti 2016, p. 182.
  64. ^ "Bitte laßt die Blumen leben" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  65. ^ "C'era un castello con quaranta cani (1990)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

Bibliography

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Duccio Tessari
Tessari in 1984
Born(1926-10-11)11 October 1926
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Died6 September 1994(1994-09-06) (aged 67)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
SpouseLorella De Luca

Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. [1]

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 its immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo. [1]

He later touched different genres and worked in RAI, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 67. [2] He was married to actress Lorella De Luca. [1] [2]

Filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Screenwriter Screen story writer Other
Kanonenserenade [ de] 1958 Yes Yes Assistant director [3]
The Last Days of Pompeii 1959 Yes Yes Assistant director [4]
Carthage in Flames 1960 Yes [5]
Messalina Yes Yes [6] [7]
Goliath and the Dragon Yes [8]
Colossus and the Amazon Queen Yes Assistant director [9]
The Revolt of the Slaves Yes [10]
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis 1961 Yes [11]
Goliath and the Vampires Yes [12] [13]
The Colossus of Rhodes Yes [14] [15]
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan Yes [14] [16]
The Wonders of Aladdin Yes [17]
Hercules in the Haunted World Yes [14] [15]
Duel of the Titans Yes [18] [19]
My Son, the Hero 1962 Yes Yes [20]
Marco Polo Yes [21]
Il fornaretto di Venezia — Yes Yes [22]
The Avenger of Venice 1964 Yes [23] [24]
A Fistful of Dollars Yes [25] [24]
Secret of the Sphinx — Yes Yes [26]
A Pistol for Ringo 1965 Yes Yes Yes [27] [28]
The Return of Ringo Yes Yes Yes [29] [30]
Una voglia da morire — Yes Yes [31]
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang 1966 Yes Yes Yes [32] [33]
Seven Guns for the MacGregors Yes [34] [35]
Dick Smart 2.007 — Yes [36]
Per amore... per magia... 1967 Yes Yes [37] [38] [39]
La dama de Beyrut — Yes [40]
The Cats 1968 Yes Yes [41]
Better a Widow — Yes Yes [42]
Train for Durango — Yes Yes [43]
Sundance and the Kid 1969 Yes Yes [44] [45] [46]
Quella piccola differenza — Yes Yes [47]
La morte risale a ieri sera 1970 Yes Yes [48]
The Bloodstained Butterfly — Yes Yes [49]
Long Live Your Death 1971 Yes Yes [50] [51]
Winged Devils — Yes Yes [52]
The Heroes — Yes [53]
Tony Arzenta 1973 Yes [54]
Three Tough Guys 1974 Yes [55]
Puzzle — Yes Yes [56]
Zorro 1975 Yes [57]
Sexycop 1976 Yes Yes [58]
Safari Express — Yes Yes Yes [59]
The Fifth Commandment 1978 Yes Yes Yes [60]
Un centesimo di secondo — Yes Yes [61]
Tex and the Lord of the Deep 1985 Yes Yes [62] [63]
Please, Let the Flowers Live [ de] 1989 Yes Yes [64]
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs — Yes Yes [65]

References

  1. ^ a b c Giusti, Marco (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. p. 695. ISBN  978-88-04-57277-0. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b Silvia Fumarola (7 September 1994). "Addio Duccio Tessari un regista per tutti". La Repubblica (in Italian). Divisione Stampa Nazionale. GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Kanonen-Serenade". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 105.
  5. ^ "Carthage in Flames". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
  7. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 117.
  8. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 70.
  9. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 36.
  10. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 140.
  11. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 87.
  12. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 73.
  13. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 76.
  14. ^ a b c Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 89.
  15. ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
  16. ^ Curti 2017, p. 316.
  17. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 192.
  18. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 51.
  19. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 50.
  20. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 163.
  21. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 112.
  22. ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  24. ^ a b Hughes 2009, p. 7.
  25. ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  26. ^ "La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  27. ^ Hughes 2006, p. 27.
  28. ^ "Una pistola para Ringo [Una pistola per Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  29. ^ Hughes 2006, p. 36.
  30. ^ "El retorno de Ringo [Il ritorno di Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  31. ^ "Una voglia da morire (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  32. ^ "Kiss kiss... bang bang" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  33. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  34. ^ Grant 2011, p. 443.
  35. ^ "7 Pistole Per I Macgregor (7 Guns for the MacGregors), Italy/Spain, 1965". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 34, no. 405. British Film Institute. October 1967. p. 158.
  36. ^ "Dick Smart 2007" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  37. ^ "Per amore... per magia..." (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  38. ^ Curti 2018, p. 63.
  39. ^ Curti 2018, p. viii.
  40. ^ "La dama de Beyrut [La dama di Beyrut] (1967)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  41. ^ Curti 2013, p. 15.
  42. ^ "Meglio vedova (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  43. ^ "Un treno per Durango (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  44. ^ "Vivi o preferibilmente morti (1969)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  45. ^ Grant 2011, p. 451.
  46. ^ Grant 2011, p. 433.
  47. ^ "Quella piccola differenza (1969)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  48. ^ Curti 2013, p. 36.
  49. ^ "Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  50. ^ "Zwei tolle Companeros" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  51. ^ "Viva la muerte... tua! (1971)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  52. ^ "Forza "g"" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  53. ^ "Gli eroi" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  54. ^ Curti 2013, p. 72.
  55. ^ Curti 2013, p. 124.
  56. ^ "L'uomo senza memoria (1974)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  57. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 194.
  58. ^ Curti 2013, p. 194.
  59. ^ "Safari Express (1976)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  60. ^ "Das fünfte Gebot" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  61. ^ "Un centesimo di secondo" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  62. ^ "Tex e il Signore degli abissi (1985)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  63. ^ Curti 2016, p. 182.
  64. ^ "Bitte laßt die Blumen leben" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  65. ^ "C'era un castello con quaranta cani (1990)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

Bibliography

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duccio Tessari.


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