Duccio Tessari
Appearance
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Died | 6 September 1994 | (aged 67)
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Spouse | Lorella 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
[edit]- Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Giusti, Marco (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. p. 695. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kanonen-Serenade". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 105.
- ^ "Carthage in Flames". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 117.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 70.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 36.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 140.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 87.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 73.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 76.
- ^ a b c Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 89.
- ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 316.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 192.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 51.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 50.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 163.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 112.
- ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b Hughes 2009, p. 7.
- ^ "Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Hughes 2006, p. 27.
- ^ "Una pistola para Ringo [Una pistola per Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Hughes 2006, p. 36.
- ^ "El retorno de Ringo [Il ritorno di Ringo] (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Una voglia da morire (1965)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Kiss kiss... bang bang" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 443.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dick Smart 2007" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Per amore... per magia..." (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Curti 2018, p. 63.
- ^ Curti 2018, p. viii.
- ^ "La dama de Beyrut [La dama di Beyrut] (1967)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 15.
- ^ "Meglio vedova (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Un treno per Durango (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Vivi o preferibilmente morti (1969)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 451.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 433.
- ^ "Quella piccola differenza (1969)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 36.
- ^ "Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Zwei tolle Companeros" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Viva la muerte... tua! (1971)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Forza "g"" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Gli eroi" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 72.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 124.
- ^ "L'uomo senza memoria (1974)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 194.
- ^ Curti 2013, p. 194.
- ^ "Safari Express (1976)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Das fünfte Gebot" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Un centesimo di secondo" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Tex e il Signore degli abissi (1985)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 182.
- ^ "Bitte laßt die Blumen leben" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "C'era un castello con quaranta cani (1990)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
Bibliography
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
- Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
- Curti, Roberto (2018). Mavericks of Italian Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7242-7.
- Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
- Hughes, Howard (2006). Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. I B Tauris. ISBN 0857730452.
- Hughes, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-902-7.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
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