
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.

Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang

アラン・ドロンのゾロ

La sfinge sorride prima di morire - stop - Londra

C'era un castello con 40 cani

続・荒野の1ドル銀貨

夕陽の用心棒

Il fornaretto di Venezia

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate

La morte risale a ieri sera

ビッグ・ガン

Per amore... per magia...

L'uomo senza memoria

Arrivano i titani

Vivi o, preferibilmente, morti

I bastardi

¡Viva la muerte... tua!

La madama

Safari Express

Three Tough Guys

Tex e il signore degli abissi

Gli Eroi

Una voglia da morire

Beyond Justice

Forza 'G'

Un centesimo di secondo

Bitte lasst die Blumen leben

Meglio Vedova

Quella piccola differenza

Das fünfte Gebot

Il principe del deserto