Tonino Valerii

Italian film director

Tonino Valerii

Born| 20 May 1934

Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy

Died| 13 October 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 82)

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Occupation| Film 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]

## Filmography[edit]

### Films[edit]

Title | Year | Credited as | Ref(s)

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Director | Screenwriter
Taste of Killing | 1966  | Yes  | Yes  | [4]
Day of Anger | 1967  | Yes  | Yes  | [4][5]
The Price of Power | 1969  | Yes  | Yes  | [5]
A Girl Called Jules | 1970  | Yes  | Yes  | [5][6]
My Dear Killer | 1972  | Yes  | Yes  | [5][6]
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | Yes  | Yes  | [6][7]
My Name is Nobody | 1973  | Yes  |  | [6][7]
Go Gorilla Go | 1975  | Yes  |  | [8]
Sahara Cross | 1977  | Yes  | Yes  | [8][9]
Unscrupulous | 1986  | Yes  | Yes  | [10]
Shatterer | 1987  | Yes  | Yes  | [10][11][12]
Brothers in Blood | Yes  |  | [10][13][14]

### Other contributions[edit]

Title | Year  | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s)

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Screenwriter | Other
I Love, You Love | 1961  |  | Yes  | Assistant to Alessandro Blasetti. Uncredited.  | [15][16]
The Best of Enemies |  | Yes  | Assistant to Blasetti. Uncredited.  | [16]
I motorizzati | 1962  |  | Yes  | Second assistant director  | [16]
Tutto è musica | 1963  | Yes  | Yes  | Assistant director  | [16]
I terribili 7 | 1964  |  | Yes  | Assistant director  | [17]
Terror in the Crypt | Yes  | Yes  | Assistant director  | [17]
A Fistful of Dollars |  | Yes  | Dialogue director  | [18]
The Long Hair of Death | Yes  |  |  | [18]
For a Few Dollars More | 1965  |  | Yes  | Assistant director  | [19]

## References[edit]

### Footnotes[edit]

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.
4. ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 194.
5. ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 195.
6. ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 196.
7. ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 197.
8. ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 198.
9. ^ Curti 2016, p. 199.
10. ^ a b c Curti 2016, p. 200.
11. ^ Curti 2016, p. 201.
12. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 356.
13. ^ Curti 2016, p. 129.
14. ^ Mues 1988, p. 61.
15. ^ Curti 2016, p. 189.
16. ^ a b c d Curti 2016, p. 190.
17. ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 191.
18. ^ a b Curti 2016, p. 192.
19. ^ Curti 2016, p. 193.

### Sources[edit]

* Curti, Roberto (2016). Tonino Valerii: The Films. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476626185.
* Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
* Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
* Mues, Ingeborg, ed. (1988). Fischer Film Almanach . 1988 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 359624479X.

## External links[edit]

* Tonino Valerii at IMDb

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Films directed by Tonino Valerii

* Per il gusto di uccidere (1966)
* Day of Anger (1967)
* The Price of Power (1969)
* A Girl Called Jules (1970)
* My Dear Killer (1972)
* A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
* My Name Is Nobody (1973)
* Go Gorilla Go (1975)
* Sahara Cross (1977)
* Shatterer (1987)
* Savage Attack (1987)

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