Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, credited as the inventor of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. Leone’s film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include the Dollars Trilogy of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), with Lee Van Cleef; and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), with Eli Wallach; and the Once Upon a Time films: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), with Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, and Charles Bronson; Duck, You Sucker! (1971), with Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli; and Once Upon a Time in America (1984), with Robert De Niro, James Woods, and Joe Pesci.
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Director
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) – co- director. Mario Bonnard is the credited director; Leone served as assistant director and reportedly took over completion of the film when Bonnard became severely ill during production.
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Assistant Director
- Bicycle Thieves (1948) – uncredited, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Il trovatore (1949)
- La forza del destino (1949)
- Night Taxi (1950)
- Il voto (1950)
- Il brigante Musolino (1950)
- The Three Pirates (1952)
- Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952)
- The Mad Marechiaro (1952)
- Girls Marked Danger (1952)
- Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
- Frine, Courtesan of Orient (1953)
- Tradita (1954)
- Of Life and Love (1954)
- They Stole a Tram (1954)
- La ladra (1955)
- Helen of Troy (1956) – uncredited, directed by Robert Wise
- Allow Me, Daddy! (1956)
- Il maestro… (1957)
- Slave Women of Corinth (1958)
- La legge mi incolpa (1959)
- The Nun’s Story (1959) – uncredited, directed by Fred Zinnermann
- Son of the Red Corsair (1959)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
Second unit director
- Quo Vadis (1951) – uncredited
- Helen of Troy (1956) – uncredited
- Ben-Hur (1959) – uncredited; directed by William Wyler
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) – uncredited, directed by Robert Aldrich
- Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) – director: dining scene – uncredited
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) -uncredited
- A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975) – director: opening scene – uncredited
Screenwriter
- Slave Women of Corinth (1958)
- Sheba and the Gladiator (1959)
- The Seven Revenges (1961)
- Duel of the Titans (1961)
- Slave Girls of Sheba (1964)
- Troppo forte (1986)
Executive producer
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) – uncredited
- A Genius, Two Partners and Dupe (1975) – uncredited
- The Cat (1977)
- A Dangerous Toy (1979) – uncredited
- Troppo forte (1986) – uncredited
Acting
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