Sergio Leone

Not to be confused with Sergio León.

Sergio Leone
Born(1929-01-03)3 January 1929
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died30 April 1989(1989-04-30) (aged 60)
Rome, Italy
Resting placeNapoleonic Cemetery, Pratica di Mare, Pomezia, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1948–1989
Style
Parents

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.[1][2] He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema.[3][4][5][6]

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).[7]

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  3. ^ "Quentin Tarantino Pens Heartfelt Essay on Sergio Leone, the 'Greatest of All Italy's Filmmakers'". IndieWire. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ "The lasting legacy of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly". BBC. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies". Entertainment Weekly. 19 April 1996. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Greatest Film Directors". Filmsite.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference OUAT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).