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'''Exploitation genre films directed by [[Duccio Tessari]]'''
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====Overview====
'''Duccio Tessari''' (October 11, 1926 - September 6, 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally 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 '''[http://www.swdb.info/index.php/A_Fistful_of_Dollars A Fistful of Dollars]''', one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the career of '''[http://www.swdb.info/index.php/Giuliano_Gemma Giuliano Gemma]''' with '''[http://www.swdb.info/index.php/A_Pistol_For_Ringo A Pistol for Ringo]''' and his immediate sequel, '''[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Ritorno_di_Ringo,_Il The Return of Ringo]'''.[1]
 
He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68.[2] He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.[1][2]
 
====References====
*1. ^ a b c Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. I
*2. ^ a b Silvia Fumarola (7 September 1994). "ADDIO DUCCIO TESSARI UN REGISTA PER TUTTI". La Repubblica. [http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/09/07/addio-duccio-tessari-un-regista-per-tutti.html] Retrieved 9 January 2012.
 
 
[[Category:Films by Director|Tess]][[Category:Films by Writer|Tess]]

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SWDB Profile

Duccio tessari.jpg

Overview

Duccio Tessari (October 11, 1926 - September 6, 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and occasionally 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 career of Giuliano Gemma with A Pistol for Ringo and his immediate sequel, The Return of Ringo.[1]

He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 68.[2] He was married to actress Lorella De Luca.[1][2]

References

  • 1. ^ a b c Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. I
  • 2. ^ a b Silvia Fumarola (7 September 1994). "ADDIO DUCCIO TESSARI UN REGISTA PER TUTTI". La Repubblica. [1] Retrieved 9 January 2012.

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