Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include The Colossus of Rhodes, the Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), Once Upon a Time in the West; Duck, You Sucker!; and Once Upon a Time in America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergio Leone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1929-01-03 · Rome, Italy
- Died
- 1989-04-30
Known for
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) — Director
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984) — Screenplay
- Unforgiven (1992) — Thanks
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — Director
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964) — Director
- For a Few Dollars More (1965) — Whistling Bounty Hunter (voice) (uncredited)
- Ben-Hur (1959) — Second Unit Director
- Bicycle Thieves (1948) — A Seminary Student (uncredited)
- Duck, You Sucker (1971) — Director
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) — Executive Producer
- Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981) — Executive Producer
- Quo Vadis (1951) — Second Unit Director
- Fun Is Beautiful (1980) — Producer
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) — Director
- Too Much (1986) — Screenplay
- The Nun's Story (1959) — Assistant Director