Duccio Tessari
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- October 11, 1926
- Died
- September 6, 1994
- Birthplace
- Genoa, Italy
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.
Filmography
Italian Kings Of B 2003
as Self
Beyond Justice 1992
Director
In camera mia 1992
as Verso Sera
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs 1990
Screenplay, Director
Please, Let the Flowers Live 1986
Director
- Baciami Strega
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
Actor, 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
as 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
The Wonders of Aladdin 1961
Screenstory
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World 1961
Screenplay
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
Credits from TMDB.