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
The Law of the Desert (1991) — DirectorThere Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990) — Screenplay · DirectorPlease, Let the Flowers Live (1986) — DirectorBaciami Strega (1985) — DirectorUn centesimo di secondo (1981) — Director · ScreenplayThe Fifth Commandment (1978) — Writer · DirectorZorro (1975) — DirectorPuzzle (1974) — Director · ScreenplayTony Arzenta (1973) — DirectorThe Bloodstained Butterfly (1971) — Director · WriterDon't Turn the Other Cheek (1971) — DirectorDeath Occurred Last Night (1970) — Director · ScreenplayAlive or Preferably Dead (1969) — Director · ScreenplayKiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966) — Story · Director · ScreenplayThe Return of Ringo (1965) — Screenplay · DirectorA Pistol for Ringo (1965) — Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) · Story · Screenplay · DirectorA Fistful of Dollars (1964) — ScreenplaySecret of the Sphinx (1964) — Director · WriterMy Son, the Hero (1962) — Director · Screenplay · StoryHercules in the Haunted World (1961) — Screenplay · StoryRomulus and Remus (1961) — ScreenplayThe Revenge of Hercules (1960) — ScreenplayCall 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan (1960) — First Assistant DirectorThe Last Days of Pompeii (1959) — Writer · First Assistant Director