Tonino Valerii
Birth date20 May 1934
Birth placeTeramo, Abruzzo, Italy
Death date13 October 2016 (aged 82)
Death placeRome, Lazio, Italy
OccupationFilm 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]

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 Love1961Assistant to Alessandro Blasetti. Uncredited.[4][5]
The Best of EnemiesAssistant to Blasetti. Uncredited.[5]
I motorizzati1962Second assistant director[5]
Tutto è musica1963Assistant director[5]
I terribili 71964Assistant director[6]
Terror in the CryptAssistant director[6]
A Fistful of DollarsDialogue director[7]
The Long Hair of Death[7]
For a Few Dollars More1965Assistant director[8]
Per il gusto di uccidere1966[9]
Day of Anger1967[9][10]
The Price of Power1969[10]
A Girl Called Jules1970[10][11]
My Dear Killer1972[10][11]
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die[11][12]
My Name is Nobody1973[11][12]
Go Gorilla Go1975[13]
Sahara Cross1977[13][14]
Unscrupulous1986[15]
Shatterer1987[15][16][17]
Brothers in Blood1987[15][18][19]

References

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" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ Curti 2016, p. 189.
  5. ^ Curti 2016, p. 190.
  6. ^ Curti 2016, p. 191.
  7. ^ Curti 2016, p. 192.
  8. ^ Curti 2016, p. 193.
  9. ^ Curti 2016, p. 194.
  10. ^ Curti 2016, p. 195.
  11. ^ Curti 2016, p. 196.
  12. ^ Curti 2016, p. 197.
  13. ^ Curti 2016, p. 198.
  14. ^ Curti 2016, p. 199.
  15. ^ 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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