Duccio Tessari

Known for WritingBorn 1926-10-11Died 1994-09-06Genoa, Italy

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Please, Let the Flowers Live

The Fifth Commandment

The Law of the Desert

Baciami Strega

Un centesimo di secondo

Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

A Fistful of Dollars

Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

Better a Widow

Dick Smart 2.007

Per amore... per magia...

Secret of the Sphinx

Cannon Serenade

Zorro

Hercules in the Haunted World

Italian Kings Of B

The Scapegoat

The Return of Ringo

The Avenger of Venice

Goliath and the Vampires

Tony Arzenta

La madama

The Last Days of Pompeii

A Pistol for Ringo

Death Occurred Last Night

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

The Bloodstained Butterfly

Alive or Preferably Dead

My Son, the Hero

Puzzle

The Bastard

The Revolt of the Slaves

The Heroes

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

Messalina

Seven Guns for the MacGregors

The Woman from Beirut

Dangerous Pleasures

The Revenge of Hercules

A Train for Durango

Romulus and Remus

Three Tough Guys

Carthage in Flames

Safari Express

The Wonders of Aladdin

Tex and the Lord of the Deep

Balearic Caper