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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Person · Open Library

Born: 1929
Works: 7

Top works

Hooray for Henry
The good, the bad and the ugly
For a few dollars more
Conversations avec Sergio Leone
Per un pugno di dollari

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,223
Total plays: 8,614

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,411x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,391x
Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,131x
Caffe
· 2014 · cited 8,429x
A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index
· 2010 · cited 8,086x

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Quotes

“I am showing the Old West as it really was. Cinema takes violence from life. Not the other way around. Americans treat Westerns with too much rhetoric.”

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Wikidata facts

Image: Sergio Leone.jpg
Height: 173

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Commons category: Sergio Leone
date of birth: 1929-01-03
date of death: 1989-04-30
name in native language: Sergio Leone
start of work period: 1948-00-00
end of work period: 1984-00-00
pseudonym: Bob Robertson

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Article

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).