Tonino Valerii

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), A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) and My Name Is Nobody (1973), starring Henry Fonda and Terence Hill.[1]

Tonino Valerii
Born	20 May 1934 Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy
Died	13 October 2016 (aged 82) Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy
Occupation	Film director

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

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Screenwriter	Screen story writer	Other
I Love, You Love	1961				Yes	Assistant to Alessandro Blasetti. Uncredited.	[4][5]
The Best of Enemies					Yes	Assistant to Blasetti. Uncredited.	[5]
I motorizzati	1962				Yes	Second assistant director	[5]
Tutto è musica	1963		Yes	Yes	Yes	Assistant director	[5]
I terribili 7	1964				Yes	Assistant director	[6]
Terror in the Crypt			Yes		Yes	Assistant director	[6]
A Fistful of Dollars					Yes	Dialogue director	[7]
The Long Hair of Death			Yes				[7]
For a Few Dollars More	1965				Yes	Assistant director	[8]
Per il gusto di uccidere	1966	Yes	Yes	Yes			[9]
Day of Anger	1967	Yes	Yes				[9][10]
The Price of Power	1969	Yes	Yes	Yes			[10]
A Girl Called Jules	1970	Yes	Yes				[10][11]
My Dear Killer	1972	Yes	Yes				[10][11]
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die		Yes	Yes	Yes			[11][12]
My Name is Nobody	1973	Yes					[11][12]
Go Gorilla Go	1975	Yes					[13]
Sahara Cross	1977	Yes	Yes				[13][14]
Unscrupulous	1986	Yes	Yes				[15]
Brothers in Blood	N/A	Yes					[15]
Shatterer	1987	Yes	Yes	Yes			[15][16][17]

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". Le Figaro (in French). 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.

Sources

• Curti, Roberto (2016). Tonino Valerii: The Films. McFarland. ISBN 1476626189.
• Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476628386.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

External links

• Tonino Valerii at IMDb