Sergio Leone

  • Name: Sergio Leone
  • Date of Birth: January 03, 1929
  • Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Mini-bio: 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 tee...( read more)ns, 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, Per un pugno di dollari (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, Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) and Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966), were shot on much higher budgets and were even more successful, though his masterpiece, C'era una volta il 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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30 April 1989, Rome, Italy (heart attack)
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Replace this image with an actor photoSergio Leone mini-bio: Genres: Drama, Adventure, Comedy, Action He died in Rome, Italy of a heart attack on April 30, April 1989.

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  • giangi39
    giangi39
    IL VERO GENIO DEL CINEMA MONDIALE. A MIO PARERE IL PIù GRANDE DI TUTTI I TEMPI. GRAZIE SERGIO PER CIò CHE CI HAI REGALATO!!!
    posted 264 days ago
  • czechflash
    czechflash
    One of the greats ! Once Upon a Time in the West ranks among the best movies ever.
    posted 748 days ago
  • baillydojo
    baillydojo
    One of the best director of all time. He left a blue print in action sequences. There should be a million comments on that board praising him.
    posted 892 days ago
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