Tonino Valerii

Tonino Valerii
Born20 May 1934
Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy
Died13 October 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 82)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
OccupationFilm director

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

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]

  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.