Duccio Tessari
Writing · Screenplay · Director · Writer
Born Oct 11, 1926 · Genoa, Italy
Active 1958–1994
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.
Filmography
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) — ScreenplayZorro (1975) — DirectorThe Return of Ringo (1965) — Screenplay · DirectorHercules in the Haunted World (1961) — Screenplay · StoryA Pistol for Ringo (1965) — Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) · Story · Screenplay · DirectorTony Arzenta (1973) — DirectorThe Last Days of Pompeii (1959) — Writer · First Assistant DirectorThe Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) — Director · WriterPlease, Let the Flowers Live (1986) — DirectorThe Fifth Commandment (1978) — Writer · DirectorDeath Occurred Last Night (1970) — Director · ScreenplayKiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966) — Story · Director · ScreenplayPuzzle (1974) — Director · ScreenplayAlive or Preferably Dead (1969) — Director · ScreenplayThere Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990) — Screenplay · DirectorDon't Turn the Other Cheek (1971) — DirectorSecret of the Sphinx (1964) — Director · WriterUn centesimo di secondo (1981) — Director · ScreenplayBaciami Strega (1985) — DirectorThe Law of the Desert (1991) — DirectorMy Son, the Hero (1962) — Director · Screenplay · StoryRomulus and Remus (1961) — ScreenplayThe Revenge of Hercules (1960) — ScreenplayCall 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan (1960) — First Assistant Director