Sergio Leone
Sergio Born (1929-01-03)3 January 1929 Rome, Lazio, Italy Died 30 April 1989(1989-04-30) (aged 60) Rome, Lazio, Italy Occupation Director, producer, screenwriter Years active 1959–1984 Spouse(s) Carla Leone Children Francesca Raffaella (born 1961) Andrea Sergio Leone (Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo leˈoːne]; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include the sword and sandal action films The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) and The Colossus of Rhodes (1961), the Dollars Trilogy of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) (1966), the Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), the epic buddy Zapata Western Duck, You Sucker! (1971) and the epic crime drama Once Upon a Time in America (1984).