Duccio Tessari
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.
Hercules in the Haunted World
(Screenplay)
The Bloodstained Butterfly
(Director)
The Bloodstained Butterfly
(Writer)
The Return of Ringo
(Director)
The Return of Ringo
(Screenplay)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
(Director)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
(Screenplay)
Zorro
(Director)
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
(Director)
Tex and the Lord of the Deep
(Screenplay)
A Pistol for Ringo
(Director)
A Pistol for Ringo
(Screenplay)
A Pistol for Ringo
(Story)
Puzzle
(Director)
Tony Arzenta
(Director)
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
(Director)
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
(Story)
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
(Screenplay)
The Woman from Beirut
(Story)
Death Occurred Last Night
(Director)
Three Tough Guys
(Director)
The Bastard
(Director)
Alive or Preferably Dead
(Director)
Alive or Preferably Dead
(Screenplay)
Beyond Justice
(Director)
My Son, the Hero
(Director)
La madama
(Screenplay)
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
(Screenplay)
Duel of the Titans
(Screenplay)
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
(Screenplay)
Safari Express
(Director)
A Train for Durango
(Story)
A Train for Durango
(Screenplay)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
(Director)
The Revolt of the Slaves
(Screenplay)
Balearic Caper
(Writer)
Puzzle
(Screenplay)
Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
(First Assistant Director)
Dick Smart 2.007
(Writer)
My Son, the Hero
(Story)
My Son, the Hero
(Screenplay)
Un centesimo di secondo
(Director)
The Scapegoat
(Director)
The Scapegoat
(Writer)
Winged Devils
(Director)
La madama
(Director)
Please, Let the Flowers Live
(Director)
The Heroes
(Director)
Secret of the Sphinx
(Director)
Secret of the Sphinx
(Writer)
Carthage in Flames
(Co-Writer)
Winged Devils
(Screenplay)
Better a Widow
(Director)
The Bastard
(Writer)
The Last Days of Pompeii
(Writer)
Hercules and the Captive Women
(Screenplay)
Hercules and the Captive Women
(Story)
Hercules and the Captive Women
(Dialogue)
Dangerous Pleasures
(Screenplay)
Marco Polo
(Writer)
Goliath and the Dragon
(Screenplay)
Better a Widow
(Writer)
Desert Law
(Director)
Hercules in the Haunted World
(Story)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
(Screenplay)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
(First Assistant Director)
Messalina
(Story)
Messalina
(Screenplay)
Messalina
(First Assistant Director)
Goliath and the Vampires
(Story)
Goliath and the Vampires
(Screenplay)
Love, the Italian Way
(First Assistant Director)
Baciami Strega
(Director)
The Last Days of Pompeii
(First Assistant Director)
Cannon Serenade
(Writer)
Un centesimo di secondo
(Screenplay)
Dangerous Pleasures
(Director)
Per amore... per magia...
(Director)
Per amore... per magia...
(Screenplay)
Quella piccola differenza
(Director)
Quella piccola differenza
(Screenplay)
The Fifth Commandment
(Director)
The Fifth Commandment
(Writer)
Death Occurred Last Night
(Screenplay)
A Fistful of Dollars
(Screenplay)
The Wonders of Aladdin
(Screenstory)
The Avenger of Venice
(Screenplay)