Tonino Valerii

{{Short description|Italian film director (1934–2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person |name=Tonino Valerii |birth_date=20 May 1934 |birth_place=[[Teramo]], [[Abruzzo]], Italy |death_date={{death date and age|2016|10|13|1934|5|20|df=yes}} |death_place=[[Rome]], [[Lazio]], Italy |occupation=[[Film director]] }}

'''Tonino Valerii''' (20 May 1934 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian [[film director]], most known for his [[Spaghetti Western]]s. Tonino (Antonio) Valerii started his film career as an assistant director on [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', before moving on to direct by himself. Among his best-known films are ''[[Day of Anger]]'' (1967) ''[[The Price of Power]]'' (1969), ''[[My Dear Killer]]'' (1972), ''[[A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die]]'' (1972) and ''[[My Name Is Nobody]]'' (1973), starring [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Terence Hill]].<ref>[http://www.terzapagina.it/2016/10/32247/ Addio a Tonino Valerii, ombra di Sergio Leone], terzapagina.it; accessed 15 October 2016. {{in lang|it}}</ref>

In 1970, he directed ''[[A Girl Called Jules]]'', which was entered into the [[20th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066277/awards|publisher=[[IMDb]]|title=A Girl Called Jules Awards|access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref>

He died on 13 October 2016 in a clinic in [[Rome]] at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/10/16/03002-20161016ARTFIG00088-mort-de-tonino-valerii-realisateur-de-mon-nom-est-personne.php |title=Mort de Tonino Valerii, réalisateur de Mon nom est Personne |first=Alicia |last=Paulet |date=16 October 2016 |access-date=12 July 2019 |newspaper=[[Le Figaro]] |language=fr}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" 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"|''I Love, You Love'' |rowspan="2"|1961 | | | | {{yes}} | Assistant to [[Alessandro Blasetti]]. Uncredited. |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=189}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=190}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Best of Enemies|''[[The Best of Enemies (1961 film)|The Best of Enemies]]''}} | | | | {{yes}} | Assistant to Blasetti. Uncredited. |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=190}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Motorizzati|''[[I motorizzati]]''}} |1962 | | | | {{yes}} | Second assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=190}} |- !scope="row"|''Tutto è musica'' |1963 | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=190}} |- !scope="row"|''I terribili 7'' |rowspan="4"|1964 | | | | {{yes}} | Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=191}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Terror in the Crypt]]'' | | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=191}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Fistful of Dollars|''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''}} | | | | {{yes}} | Dialogue director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=192}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Long Hair of Death|''[[The Long Hair of Death]]''}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=192}} |- !scope="row"|''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' |1965 | | | | {{yes}} | Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=193}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Per il gusto di uccidere]]'' |1966 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=194}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Day of Anger]]'' |1967 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=194}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=195}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Price of Power|''[[The Price of Power]]''}} |1969 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=195}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Girl Called Jules|''[[A Girl Called Jules]]''}} |1970 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=195}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=196}} |- !scope="row"|''[[My Dear Killer]]'' |rowspan="2"|1972 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=195}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=196}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Reason to Live, a Reaon to Die|''[[A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die]]''}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=196}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=197}} |- !scope="row"|''[[My Name is Nobody]]'' |1973 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=196}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=197}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Go Gorilla Go]]'' |1975 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=198}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Sahara Cross]]'' |1977 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=198}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=199}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Unscrupulous]]'' |1986 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=200}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Shatterer]]'' |1987 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=200}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=201}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=356}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Brothers in Blood (film)|Brothers in Blood]]'' |1987 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=200}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=129}}{{sfn|Mues|1988|p=61}} |- |}

==References== ===Footnotes=== {{reflist}}

===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Tonino Valerii: The Films |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476626185 |year=2016 }} * {{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=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC |access-date=October 29, 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-1461673743}} * {{cite book|title=Fischer Film Almanach . 1988|year=1988|ISBN=359624479X|editor-last1=Mues|editor-first1=Ingeborg|language=German|publisher=[[S. Fischer Verlag|Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag]]}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0884547|name=Tonino Valerii}}

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