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.
TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
DirectorScreenwriterScreen story writerOther
Kanonenserenade 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 1989 Yes Yes [64]
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs — Yes Yes [65]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Giusti, Marco (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. p. 695. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 89.
  15. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.

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