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Sergio Leone

Italian filmmaker (1929–1989)

Sergio Leone was an Italian filmmaker credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. His style juxtaposed extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His films include the Dollars Trilogy of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood, and the Once Upon a Time films: Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck, You Sucker! and Once Upon a Time in America.

Sergio Leone appears in 9 films in The Rerun, from 1948 to 1984. That includes 8 titles as director. Most of that work is in western, drama and action. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Conrado San Martín (3), Clint Eastwood (3), Lee Van Cleef (2), Joseph Egger (2), José Calvo (2).

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When was Sergio Leone born?
Sergio Leone was born on 3 January 1929.

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