Sergio Leone

Also known as Bob Robertson

Italian filmmaker (1929–1989)

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Sergio Leone was an Italian film director who lived from 1929 to 1989 and became famous for creating a distinctive style of Western movies that influenced cinema worldwide. His innovative approach to filmmaking, particularly in how he directed action and built tension, made him one of the most important directors in film history.

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Rome, Italy

Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include The Colossus of Rhodes, the Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly),…

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Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend — Self (archive footage)2022
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America — Self2022
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2021
Sad Hill Unearthed — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2018
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende — Self (archive footage)2018
Spanish Western — Self (archive footage)2015
Il était une fois Sergio Leone — Self2014
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema — Self (archive footage)2014
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story — Self2013
I Tarantiniani — Self2013

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Instance of: human
Given name: Sergio
Gender: male
Citizenship: Italy
Place of birth: Rome
Place of death: Rome
Father: Roberto Roberti
Mother: Bice Waleran
Occupation: composer
Languages spoken: Italian
Award: Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film
Notable work: Once Upon a Time in America
Genre: Western film
Image: Sergio Leone.jpg
Height: 173

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place of burial: Pratica di Mare
Commons category: Sergio Leone
cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1929-01-03
date of death: 1989-04-30
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Sergio Leone
topic's main category: Category:Sergio Leone
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Sergio Leone
start of work period: 1948-00-00
end of work period: 1984-00-00
pseudonym: Bob Robertson
different from: Sergio León
topic has template: Template:Sergio Leone

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Sergio Leone (/liˈoʊni/ lee-OH-nee; Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo leˈoːne]; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema.

Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His films include the Dollars Trilogy of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); and the Once Upon a Time films: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Duck, You Sucker! (1971), and Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

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