Sergio Leone

Birth Name:

Sergio Leone

Birth Place:

Italy

Profession

Assistant director, Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Script department

Best known as a director, producer and writer for Spaghetti Western films, including "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "The Last Days of Pompeii․"
Won the 1972 David di Donatello Award for Best Director for the movie "Duck, You Sucker!"
Son of Italian director Roberto Roberti and actress Bice Waleran
Started his career as an assistant director in the late 1940s
Quote: "I know more about the West than most Americans․ I feel more qualified to make a good Western than most American directors․"
Quote: "The universal attraction of the western is that it is a great fable, a myth like Achilles․ For me personally, the attraction is the joy of making justice․․․without asking permission-bang, bang․"
Frequently collaborated with actors Benito Stefanelli, Antonio Molino Rojo, Aldo Sambrell and Lorenzo Robledo
Often used the "Mexican standoff" in films, as well as extreme close-ups

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