Fernando Di Leo

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-11 (71 years old)

Deathday

2003-12-01

Place of Birth

San Ferdinando di Puglia, Italy

Fernando Di Leo

Biography

Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia. After briefly working in Rome's film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, di Leo made his debut as a director as part of the omnibus comedy Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani with his episode titled Un posto in paradiso (transl. A Place in Heaven). Following this Di Leo wrote several scripts for Westerns, often uncredited. This included work on A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More. Some of...

Acting

1973

The Boss

as Cocchi's Henchman (uncredited)

1978

To Be Twenty

as Man Giving Directions

1969

Loving Badly

as Man at House of Prostitution

1974

Italian Sex

as giornalista TV (uncredited)

1965

The Return of Ringo

as Fuentes Henchman

1965

For a Few Dollars More

as Cigar Smoking Card Player (uncredited)

1976

Nick the Sting

as Film Director in Front of Police Station (uncredited)

2001

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

as Self - Filmmaker

2013

Production

1966

Navajo Joe

as Screenplay

1968

Beyond the Law

as Screenplay

1972

Caliber 9

as Story

1972

Caliber 9

as Director

1971

Slaughter Hotel

as Director

1971

Slaughter Hotel

as Screenplay

1966

Massacre Time

as Screenplay

1966

1980

Madness

as Director

1969

Naked Violence

as Director

1980

Madness

as Screenplay

1985

1972

1965

The Return of Ringo

as Screenplay

1976

1976

1976

Rulers of the City

as Screenplay

1969

A Woman on Fire

as Director

1973

Seduction

as Writer

1973

Seduction

as Director

1966

Johnny Yuma

as Screenplay

1967

1975

Kidnap Syndicate

as Director

1974

Italian Sex

as Director

1978

To Be Twenty

as Screenplay

1978

To Be Twenty

as Director

1968

1973

The Boss

as Director

1975

Loaded Guns

as Director

1966

1967

Date for a Murder

as Screenplay

1978

1984

1967

Wanted

as Screenplay

1968

Tequila Joe

as Story

1968

Tequila Joe

as Screenplay

1969

Loving Badly

as Director

1974

1974

1976

Nick the Sting

as Director

1967

Up the MacGregors

as Screenplay

1967

1982

Poor Love

as Director

1967

Pecos Cleans Up

as Screenplay

1967

1967

Sugar Colt

as Screenplay

1972

1972

1972

Caliber 9

as Screenplay

1969

1966

Django

as Additional Writing

1985

1985

Killer vs Killers

as Screenplay

1967

Death Rides Along

as Screenplay

1975

Loaded Guns

as Screenplay

1965

For a Few Dollars More

as Additional Writing

1965

For a Few Dollars More

as Assistant Director

1975

Kidnap Syndicate

as Screenplay

1967

Hate for Hate

as Writer

1978

1978

Blood and Diamonds

as Screenplay

1967

1976

1968

1969

Loving Badly

as Writer

1969

Naked Violence

as Screenplay

1984

The Violent Breed

as Screenplay

1968

Gangsters '70

as Writer

1978

To Be Twenty

as Story

1971

1973

The Boss

as Story

1973

The Boss

as Screenplay

1964

1965

The Return of Ringo

as Assistant Director

2023

A Bunch of Bastards

as Original Film Writer

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