Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Rome, Italy
January 3, 1929

Biography

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), Once Upon a Time in the West; Duck, You Sucker!; and Once Upon a Time in America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergio Leone,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Unforgiven
Unforgiven
7.9
/ English
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
7.9
/ English
Duck, You Sucker
Duck, You Sucker
7.7
/ Italian
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
8.2
/ Italian
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobody
7.3
/ Italian
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
7.1
/ English
Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy
6.3
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966Winner

Best Director

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Once Upon a Time in America
1984Winner

Best Writing

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in the West
1968Winner

Best Director

Once Upon a Time in the West

Career Highlights

Unforgiven
1992Highlight

Best Performance

Unforgiven

Ben-Hur
1959Highlight

Best Director

Ben-Hur

Video

Trailer
Once Upon a Time in America