StatsBorn: 3 January 1929 Died: 30 April 1989 Country of origin:  Italy Height: 5' 8"
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Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (aka Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and American directors working in Italy (usually making Biblical and Roman epics, much in vogue at the time). Towards the end of the 1950s he started writing screenplays, and began directing after taking over Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (aka Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and American directors working in Italy (usually making Biblical and Roman epics, much in vogue at the time). Towards the end of the 1950s he started writing screenplays, and began directing after taking over Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1959) in mid-shoot after its original director fell ill. His first solo feature, Il colosso di Rodi (1961), was a routine Roman epic, but his second feature, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), a shameless remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), caused a revolution. Although it wasn't the first spaghetti Western, it was far and away the most successful, and shot former TV cowboy Clint Eastwood to stardom (Leone wanted Henry Fonda or Charles Bronson but couldn't afford them). The two sequels, For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), were shot on much higher budgets and were even more successful, though his masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), in which Leone finally worked with Fonda and Bronson, was mutilated by Paramount Pictures and flopped at the US box office. He directed Giù la testa (1971) reluctantly, and turned down offers to direct The Godfather (1972) in favor of his dream project, which became Once Upon a Time in America (1984). He died in 1989 after preparing an even more expensive Soviet co-production on the World War II siege of Leningrad.
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 My Favourite Directors (14 person items)"Favourite works:
The Dollars Trilogy (1964) +(1965) +(1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
See: Fistful of Gifs; Spaghetti Western edition
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 Directors Directing (19 person items)"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)(1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il west)(1968)
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I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time.
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I haven't seen Once Upon a Time in America."
 Directors and Editors Collaboration (10 person items)"Eugenio Alabiso - Editor
1. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Nino Baragli - Editor
1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
3. A Fistful of Dynamite / Duck, You Sucker (1972)
4. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)"
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 Movie Directors That I Appreciate the Most (116 person items)"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Duck, You Sucker! (1971)"
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 My Favorite Directors (15 person items)"*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)
*Once Upon a Time in America (1984)"
Directors and Cinematographers Collaboration (16 person items)"Massimo Dallamano - Cinematographer
1. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
2. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Tonino Delli Colli - Cinematographer
1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
3. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) "
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