Tonino Valerii

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Tonino Valerii
Born20 May 1934
Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy
Died13 October 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 82)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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), 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. [1]

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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

TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
DirectorScreenwriterScreen story writerOther
I Love, You Love1961YesAssistant to Alessandro Blasetti. Uncredited. [4] [5]
The Best of Enemies YesAssistant to Blasetti. Uncredited. [5]
I motorizzati 1962YesSecond assistant director [5]
Tutto è musica1963YesYesYesAssistant director [5]
I terribili 71964YesAssistant director [6]
Terror in the Crypt YesYesAssistant director [6]
A Fistful of Dollars YesDialogue director [7]
The Long Hair of Death Yes [7]
For a Few Dollars More 1965YesAssistant director [8]
Per il gusto di uccidere 1966YesYesYes [9]
Day of Anger 1967YesYes [9] [10]
The Price of Power 1969YesYesYes [10]
A Girl Called Jules 1970YesYes [10] [11]
My Dear Killer 1972YesYes [10] [11]
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die YesYesYes [11] [12]
My Name is Nobody 1973Yes [11] [12]
Go Gorilla Go 1975Yes [13]
Sahara Cross 1977YesYes [13] [14]
Unscrupulous 1986YesYes [15]
Shatterer 1987YesYesYes [15] [16] [17]
Brothers in Blood 1987Yes [15] [18] [19]

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Footnotes

  1. Addio a Tonino Valerii, ombra di Sergio Leone, terzapagina.it; accessed 15 October 2016. (in Italian)
  2. "A Girl Called Jules Awards". IMDb . Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. Paulet, Alicia (16 October 2016). "Mort de Tonino Valerii, réalisateur de Mon nom est Personne". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. Curti 2016, p. 189.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2016, p. 190.
  6. 1 2 Curti 2016, p. 191.
  7. 1 2 Curti 2016, p. 192.
  8. Curti 2016, p. 193.
  9. 1 2 Curti 2016, p. 194.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2016, p. 195.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2016, p. 196.
  12. 1 2 Curti 2016, p. 197.
  13. 1 2 Curti 2016, p. 198.
  14. Curti 2016, p. 199.
  15. 1 2 3 Curti 2016, p. 200.
  16. Curti 2016, p. 201.
  17. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 356.
  18. Curti 2016, p. 129.
  19. Mues 1988, p. 61.

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