Duccio Tessari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Duccio Tessari

filmmaker

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1926

Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1994

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and 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 its 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.