1964Winner
Best Writing
A Fistful of Dollars
Duccio Tessari
Actor · Director · Writer
Genoa, Italy
October 11, 1926
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1975Nominee
Best Director
Zorro
1960Nominee
Best Director
Messalina
Career Highlights
1965Highlight
Best Performance
A Pistol for Ringo
1969Highlight
Best Director
Alive or Preferably Dead
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A Fistful of Dollars
Zorro
A Pistol for Ringo