Tonino Valerii

Tonino Valerii
Born 20 May 1934
Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy
Died 13 October 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 82)
Teramo, Abruzzo, 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 (1968) The Price of Power (1969), A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) and My Name Is Nobody (1973), starring Henry Fonda.[1]

In 1970, he directed A Girl Called Jules, which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Partial filmography

References

  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.


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