Sergio Leone

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Sergio Leone was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for pioneering the Spaghetti Western genre with stylistically innovative films such as the "Dollars Trilogy" and "Once Upon a Time in the West."

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instanceOf film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1940s
alsoKnownAs Bob Robertson
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Andrea Leone
Raffaella Leone NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1929-01-03
dateOfDeath 1989-04-30
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Leone
fieldOfWork Western
surface form: Western films

cinema
genre Spaghetti Westerns
surface form: Spaghetti Western
givenName Sergio NERFINISHED
influenced Clint Eastwood
Martin Scorsese
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodriguez
influencedBy Akira Kurosawa
John Ford NERFINISHED
knownFor innovative use of extreme close-ups and long shots
pioneering the Spaghetti Western genre
revisionist Westerns
stylized depictions of violence
movement Spaghetti Westerns
surface form: Spaghetti Western
name Sergio Leone self-link
nativeLanguage Italian
notableWork A Fistful of Dollars
Duck, You Sucker!
For a Few Dollars More
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
parent Edvige Valcarenghi
Vincenzo Leone NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
Rome
placeOfDeath Italy
Rome
sexOrGender male
spouse Carla Leone NERFINISHED
workedWith Charles Bronson
Clint Eastwood
Eli Wallach
Ennio Morricone
Gian Maria Volonté

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Ennio Morricone collaboratedWith Sergio Leone
Akira Kurosawa influenced Sergio Leone
John Ford influenced Sergio Leone
Jack Ford influenced Sergio Leone
subject surface form: John Ford
Sergio Leone name Sergio Leone self-link