Sergio Leone

One of the founders of the genre with the original name "Spaghetti Western", Italian film director, producer and screenwriter Sergio Leone was born on January 3, 1929 in Rome. His parents were closely associated with cinema, so since childhood Sergio was interested in everything related to the world of cinema. Sergio Leone began his creative career in the 1950s, working as an assistant director on the set of such popular films as “Ben Hur”. "Kamo zdrudishi?" . To try his own strength he helped the more

One of the founders of the genre with the original name "Spaghetti Western", Italian film director, producer and screenwriter Sergio Leone was born on January 3, 1929 in Rome. His parents were closely associated with cinema, so since childhood Sergio was interested in everything related to the world of cinema.

Sergio Leone began his creative career in the 1950s, working as an assistant director on the set of such popular films as “Ben Hur”. "Kamo zdrudishi?" . To try his own strength he helped the case – the director of the film "The Last Days of Pompeii" . Mario Bonnar He fell ill, and the picture had to be finished by the assistant director, who at that time was Sergio Leone. The success of the film was a testament to the extraordinary talent of the young director and was a creative incentive for him to create his own paintings.

The western genre was the most successful for Sergio Leone. Pictures "For a handful of dollars" . "Good, bad, evil" . "A few dollars more" . "For a handful of dynamite" . "Once in America" It was a real triumph of his talent and a great commercial success.

The extraordinary talent of Sergio Leone had a significant impact on the subsequent work of many directors from around the world, and some directorial techniques have become classics of the genre. /