Directed credits
30
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Duccio Tessari
Writing
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Directed movies: 29Directed series: 1All crew credits: 53
TMDB ID: 99511
IMDb ID: nm0856319
Known for: Writing
Born: October 11, 1926
Died: September 6, 1994
Age: 67
Place of birth: Genoa, Italy
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1958 - 2003
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.02
Wikidata: Q716460
Also known as
ドゥッチオ・テッサリ • ドゥッチョ・テッサリ
Frequent jobs
Director (28)First Assistant Director (2)Screenplay (12)Writer (5)Story (4)Co-Writer (1)Screenstory (1)
Biography
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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Duccio Tessari.
3.5
Beyond Justice
Director
1992 Movie
6.4
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Director
1990 Movie
Please, Let the Flowers Live
Director
1986 Movie
4.6
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
Director
1985 Movie
Un centesimo di secondo
Director
1981 Movie
The Fifth Commandment
Director
1978 Movie
4.9
Safari Express
Director
1976 Movie
6.6
Zorro
Director
1975 Movie
5.6
Puzzle
Director
1974 Movie
4.6
Three Tough Guys
Director
1974 Movie
6.0
Tony Arzenta
Director
1973 Movie
4.5
The Heroes
Director
1973 Movie
1.0
Winged Devils
Director
1972 Movie
5.3
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Director
1971 Movie
6.1
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Director
1971 Movie
6.1
Death Occurred Last Night
Director
1970 Movie
Quella piccola differenza
Director
1969 Movie
5.6
Alive or Preferably Dead
Director
1969 Movie
5.3
The Bastard
Director
1968 Movie
Better a Widow
Director
1968 Movie
6.0
Per amore... per magia...
Director
1967 Movie
7.7
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Director
1966 Movie
6.4
The Return of Ringo
Director
1965 Movie
6.2
A Pistol for Ringo
Director
1965 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Duccio Tessari.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Duccio Tessari.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Duccio Tessari.
7.8
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay
1964 Movie
6.4
The Return of Ringo
Director
1965 Movie
4.5
The Heroes
Director
1973 Movie
6.6
Zorro
Director
1975 Movie
6.0
Tony Arzenta
Director
1973 Movie
7.7
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Director
1966 Movie
5.6
Puzzle
Director
1974 Movie
5.2
Romulus and Remus
Screenplay
1961 Movie
6.2
The Last Days of Pompeii
Writer
1959 Movie
4.2
Hercules and the Captive Women
Screenplay
1961 Movie
6.6
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay
1961 Movie
4.9
Safari Express
Director
1976 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Duccio Tessari.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Duccio Tessari.
5.2
La madama
Screenplay
1976 Movie
4.9
A Train for Durango
Story
1968 Movie
7.0
Dick Smart 2.007
Writer
1967 Movie
4.4
Balearic Caper
Writer
1966 Movie
5.1
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Screenplay
1966 Movie
4.5
The Woman from Beirut
Story
1965 Movie
4.5
Dangerous Pleasures
Screenplay
1965 Movie
7.8
A Fistful of Dollars
Screenplay
1964 Movie
5.8
The Avenger of Venice
Screenplay
1964 Movie
3.6
Marco Polo
Writer
1962 Movie
5.2
Romulus and Remus
Screenplay
1961 Movie
6.6
Hercules in the Haunted World
Screenplay
1961 Movie
4.9
The Wonders of Aladdin
Screenstory
1961 Movie
5.8
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Screenplay
1961 Movie
5.7
Goliath and the Vampires
Story
1961 Movie
4.2
Hercules and the Captive Women
Screenplay
1961 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Duccio Tessari.
