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Sergio Leone Biography (1929-)

Born January 3, 1929, in Rome, Italy; married wife Carla, 1960; children: Raffaella, Francesca, Andrea. Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Ministry of Tourism,Via Della Ferra Tella, Rome, Italy.

Nationality

Italian

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 3, 1929

Rome, Italy

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• The Bicycle Thief, 1947.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Assistant director, Helen of Troy, Warner Brothers, 1956.
• assistant director, The Nun's Story, Warner Brothers, 1959.
• assistant director, Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1959.
• co-director, The Last Days of Pompeii, United Artists, 1959.
• director, The Colossus of Rhodes, MGM, 1961.
• second unit director, Sodom and Gomorrah, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962.
• director, A Fistful of Dollars, United Artists, 1967.
• director, For a Few Dollars More, United Artists, 1967.
• director, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, United Artists, 1967.
• director, Once Upon a Time in the West, Paramount, 1969.
• director, Duck, You Sucker!, United Artists, 1972.
• director, Un genio due compari e un pollo, 1975.
• producer, Il gatto, 1978.
• director, Once Upon a Time in America, Warner Brothers, 1984.
• director, Nine Hundred Days, Cinecom International, upcoming.
• Writings
• SCREENPLAYS; CO-WRITER Sign of the Gladiator, American International, 1958.
• The Last Days of Pompeii, United Artists, 1959.
• The Colossus of Rhodes, MGM, 1961.
• A Fistful of Dollars, United Artists, 1967.
• For a Few Dollars More, United Artists, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,United Artists, 1967.
• Once Upon a Time in the West, Paramount, 1969.
• Duck, You Sucker!, United Artists, 1972.
• Once Upon a Time in America, Warner Brothers, 1984.
• Also credited with story idea for My Name Is Nobody, Universal, 1973.