One of the great Italian screenwriters, Luciano Vincenzoni died in Rome today September 22 at the age of 87. Born in Treviso in 1926, he worked with Pietro Germi, for whom he wrote “Il Ferroviere”, “Seduced and Abandoned” and “The Bees”; for Dino De Laurentiis “La grande Guerra”, “Il gobo”, “I due nemici”, for Sergio Leone “For a Few Dollars More”, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “A Fistful of Dynamite”, and for Giuseppe Tornatore “Malena”. Vincenzoni was held in high esteem in Hollywood, and was a friend of Billy Wilder. He wrote screenplays more than 60 films including 6 Euro-westerns.Born: 3/7/1926, Treviso, Veneto, Italy
Died: 9/22/2013, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Luciano Vincenzoni’s westerns – screenwriter:
For a Few Dollars More – 1965
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 1966
Death Rides a Horse – 1967
The Mercenary – 1968
Duck You Sucker – 1971
Spaghetti Western 1975