Tonino Valerii
Appearance
Tonino Valerii | |
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Born | 20 May 1934 |
Died | 13 October 2016 Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy | (aged 82)
Occupation | Film director |
Tonino Valerii (20 May 1934 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian film director, most known for his Spaghetti Westerns. 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), A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) and My Name Is Nobody (1973), starring Henry Fonda and Terence Hill.[1]
In 1970, he directed A Girl Called Jules, which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
He died on 13 October 2016 in a clinic in Rome at the age of 82.[3]
Filmography
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
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Director | Screenwriter | Screen story writer | Other | ||||
I Love, You Love | 1961 | Yes | Assistant to Alessandro Blasetti. Uncredited. | [4][5] | |||
The Best of Enemies | Yes | Assistant to Blasetti. Uncredited. | [5] | ||||
I motorizzati | 1962 | Yes | Second assistant director | [5] | |||
Tutto è musica | 1963 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Assistant director | [5] | |
I terribili 7 | 1964 | Yes | Assistant director | [6] | |||
Terror in the Crypt | Yes | Yes | Assistant director | [6] | |||
A Fistful of Dollars | Yes | Dialogue director | [7] | ||||
The Long Hair of Death | Yes | [7] | |||||
For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Yes | Assistant director | [8] | |||
Per il gusto di uccidere | 1966 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [9] | ||
Day of Anger | 1967 | Yes | Yes | [9][10] | |||
The Price of Power | 1969 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [10] | ||
A Girl Called Jules | 1970 | Yes | Yes | [10][11] | |||
My Dear Killer | 1972 | Yes | Yes | [10][11] | |||
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Yes | Yes | Yes | [11][12] | |||
My Name is Nobody | 1973 | Yes | [11][12] | ||||
Go Gorilla Go | 1975 | Yes | [13] | ||||
Sahara Cross | 1977 | Yes | Yes | [13][14] | |||
Unscrupulous | 1986 | Yes | Yes | [15] | |||
Brothers in Blood | — | Yes | [15] | ||||
Shatterer | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [15][16][17] |
References
Footnotes
- ^ Addio a Tonino Valerii, ombra di Sergio Leone, terzapagina.it; accessed 15 October 2016. (in Italian)
- ^ "A Girl Called Jules Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Paulet, Alicia (16 October 2016). "Mort de Tonino Valerii, réalisateur de Mon nom est Personne". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 189.
- ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 190.
- ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 191.
- ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 192.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 193.
- ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 194.
- ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 195.
- ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 196.
- ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 197.
- ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 198.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 199.
- ^ a b c Curti 2016, p. 200.
- ^ Curti 2016, p. 201.
- ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 356.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2016). Tonino Valerii: The Films. McFarland. ISBN 1476626189.
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476628386.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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