

Duccio Tessari
Directing
October 11, 1926
Genoa, Italy
September 6, 1994
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.
Movies & Shows


Tex and the Lord of the Deep

La madama

Zorro

Three Tough Guys

Tony Arzenta

Winged Devils

The Bloodstained Butterfly

Death Occurred Last Night

Alive or Preferably Dead

The Bastard

A Train for Durango

Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

Balearic Caper

The Return of Ringo

A Fistful of Dollars

The Avenger of Venice

My Son, the Hero

Marco Polo
