{{short description|Italian filmmaker (1926–1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Duccio Tessari | image = Duccio Tessari 1984.jpg | caption = Tessari in 1984 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|10|11}} | birth_place = [[Genoa]], [[Liguria]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|9|6|1926|10|11}} | death_place = [[Rome]], [[Lazio]], Italy | occupation = {{flatlist| *Film director *screenwriter }} | spouse = Lorella De Luca }}
'''Duccio Tessari''' (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of [[Spaghetti Western]]s.<ref name=gre>{{cite book |first=Marco |last=Giusti |title=Dizionario del western all'italiana |publisher=[[Mondadori]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-88-04-57277-0 |access-date=3 December 2011 |pages=695 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdIbAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
Born in [[Genoa]], Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of [[Sword-and-sandal|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]]''.<ref name=gre/> In 1975, Tessari launched the most popular and successful European depiction of Zorro, when he directed ''[[Zorro (1975 Italian film)|Zorro]]'' starring [[Alain Delon]] as the titular masked hero. The movie was a smash hit in Europe, Russia, Japan and China.
He later touched different genres and worked in [[RAI]], directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 67.<ref name=mor>{{cite news |last=Silvia Fumarola |title=Addio Duccio Tessari un regista per tutti |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/09/07/addio-duccio-tessari-un-regista-per-tutti.html |newspaper=[[La Repubblica]] |access-date=9 January 2012 |date=7 September 1994 |language=it |publisher=Divisione Stampa Nazionale |agency=[[GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A.]]}}</ref> He was married to actress [[Lorella De Luca]].<ref name=gre/><ref name=mor/>
== Filmography == :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width="80%" ! width="12%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="5%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Screenwriter!! width=6% |Screen story writer!! width=6% | Other |- !scope="row"|''{{Interlanguage link multi|Kanonenserenade|de}}'' |1958 | | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} |Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/kanonen-serenade_ea43d4a6a31f5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=Kanonen-Serenade|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Last Days of Pompeii|''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]''}} |1959 | | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} |Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=105}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Carthage in Flames]]'' |rowspan="5"|1960 | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=22851|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402224110/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=22851|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=Carthage in Flames|access-date=October 25, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Messalina (1960 film)|Messalina]]'' | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=116}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=117}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Goliath and the Dragon]]'' | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=70}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Colossus and the Amazon Queen]]'' | | | | {{yes}} | Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=36}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Revolt of the Slaves|''[[The Revolt of the Slaves]]''}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=140}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis]]'' |rowspan="7"|1961 | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=87}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Goliath and the Vampires]]'' | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=73}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=76}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Colossus of Rhodes|''[[The Colossus of Rhodes (film)|The Colossus of Rhodes]]''}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=89}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=90}} |-
!scope="row"|''[[Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World]]'' | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=89}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=316}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Wonders of Aladdin|''[[The Wonders of Aladdin]]''}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=192}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Hercules in the Haunted World]]'' | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=89}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=90}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Duel of the Titans]]'' | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=51}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=50}} |- !scope="row"|''[[My Son, the Hero]]'' |rowspan="2"|1962 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=163}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Marco Polo (1962 film)|Marco Polo]]'' | |{{yes}} | | | |{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=112}} |-
|- !scope="row"|''[[Il fornaretto di Venezia]]'' | {{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1151|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Avenger of Venice|''[[The Avenger of Venice]]''}} |rowspan="2"|1964 | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1151|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)}}</ref>{{sfn|Hughes|2009|p=7}} |-
!scope="row"|{{sort|Fistful of Dollars|''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1151|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963)}}</ref>{{sfn|Hughes|2009|p=7}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Pistol for Ringo|''[[Secret of the Sphinx]]''}} |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1550|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=La Sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra (1964)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Pistol for Ringo|''[[A Pistol for Ringo]]''}} |rowspan="2"|1965 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | |{{sfn|Hughes|2006|p=27}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1732|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Una pistola para Ringo [Una pistola per Ringo] (1965)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Return of Ringo|''[[The Return of Ringo]]''}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | |{{sfn|Hughes|2006|p=36}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1744|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=El retorno de Ringo [Il ritorno di Ringo] (1965)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Voglia da morire|''[[Una voglia da morire]]''}} |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1795|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Una voglia da morire (1965)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang]]'' |rowspan="2"|1966 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1897|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Kiss kiss... bang bang}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230935/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-v126798|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-v126798|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|title=Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang|access-date=14 April 2018|last=Erickson|first=Hal|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Seven Guns for the MacGregors]]'' | |{{yes}} | | | |{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=443}}<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|title=7 Pistole Per I Macgregor (7 Guns for the MacGregors), Italy/Spain, 1965|pages=158|volume=34|issue=405|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|date=October 1967}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Dick Smart 2.007]]'' |{{n/a}} | |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2089|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Dick Smart 2007}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Per amore... per magia...]]'' |1967 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2175|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Per amore... per magia...}}</ref>{{sfn|Curti|2018|p=63}}{{sfn|Curti|2018|p=viii}} |- !scope="row"|''La dama de Beyrut'' |{{n/a}} | | |{{yes}} | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=NS8007|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=La dama de Beyrut [La dama di Beyrut] (1967)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Cats|''[[The Cats (1968 film)|The Cats]]''}} |1968 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=15}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Better a Widow]]'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2383|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Meglio vedova (1968)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Train for Durango]]'' |{{n/a}} | |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2484|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Un treno per Durango (1968)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Sundance and the Kid]]'' |1969 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2736|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Vivi o preferibilmente morti (1969)}}</ref>{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=451}}{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=433}} |- !scope="row"|''Quella piccola differenza'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC6687|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Quella piccola differenza (1969)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Death Occurred Last Night]]'' |1970 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=36}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Bloodstained Butterfly|''[[The Bloodstained Butterfly]]''}} |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3024|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Long Live Your Death]]'' |1971 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/zwei-tolle-companeros_ea43d4a6dedd5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Zwei tolle Companeros|language=de|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3161|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Viva la muerte... tua! (1971)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Winged Devils]]'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3275|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Forza "g"}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[The Heroes (1973 film)|The Heroes]]'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} | | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3481|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Gli eroi}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Tony Arzenta]]'' |1973 |{{yes}} | | | | |{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=72}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Three Tough Guys]]'' |1974 |{{yes}} | | | | |{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=124}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Puzzle (1974 film)|Puzzle]]'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3855|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=L'uomo senza memoria (1974)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Zorro (1975 Italian film)|Zorro]]'' |1975 |{{yes}} | | | | |{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=194}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Sexycop]]'' |1976 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=194}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Safari Express]]'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG4219|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Safari Express (1976)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Fifth Commandment|''[[The Fifth Commandment (film)|The Fifth Commandment]]''}} |1978 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/das-funfte-gebot_ea43d4a76eeb5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|access-date=14 April 2018|language=de|title=Das fünfte Gebot}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Centesimo di secondo|''Un centesimo di secondo''}} |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG4716|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Un centesimo di secondo}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Tex and the Lord of the Deep]]'' |1985 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG5203|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=Tex e il Signore degli abissi (1985)
}}</ref>{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=182}} |- !scope="row"|''{{Interlanguage link multi|Please, Let the Flowers Live|de|Bitte laßt die Blumen leben}}'' |1989 |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bitte-lasst-die-blumen-leben_ea43d4a6c39f5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|access-date=14 April 2018|language=de|title=Bitte laßt die Blumen leben}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs]]'' |{{n/a}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | | | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DD8773|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=14 April 2018|language=it|title=C'era un castello con quaranta cani (1990)}}</ref> |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema |publisher=Midnight Marquee Press |date=2016 |isbn=978-1-936168-60-6 }} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=978-1476628387 |year=2017 }} * {{cite book | last= Curti | first= Roberto | title=Mavericks of Italian Cinema |publisher= McFarland |year= 2018 |isbn= 978-1-4766-7242-7}} * {{cite book |last=Grant |first=Kevin |title=Any Gun Can Play |year=2011 |publisher=Fab Press |isbn=9781903254615}} * {{cite book|title=Once Upon a Time in the Italian West|last=Hughes|first=Howard|year=2006|publisher=I B Tauris|isbn=0857730452}} * {{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Howard|title=Aim for the Heart|publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]]|year=2009|isbn=978-1-84511-902-7 |location=London}} * {{cite book |last1=Kinnard |first1=Roy |last2=Crnkovich |first2=Tony |title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476662916 |year=2017 }} {{Refend}}
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