Duccio Tessari (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Duccio Tessari

Looking for reviews of films directed by Duccio Tessari? Cinafilm has a total of 735 reviews across 4 movies directed by Duccio Tessari.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 59%.

Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang is Duccio Tessari's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 712 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Duccio Tessari is Beyond Justice, with a score of 32% based on 2 reviews.

Director 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.

Duccio Tessari has directed films starring Alain Delon, Elliott Gould, Rutger Hauer and Omar Sharif.