Tonino Valerii
# Tonino Valerii

Tonino Valerii (20 May 1934 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian film director, most known for his Spaghetti Westerns. Tonino (Antonio) Valerii started his film career as an assistant director on Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, before moving on to direct by himself. Among his best-known films are Day of Anger (1967) The Price of Power (1969), My Dear Killer (1972), A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972) and My Name Is Nobody (1973), starring Henry Fonda and Terence Hill.

In 1970, he directed A Girl Called Jules, which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.

He died on 13 October 2016 in a clinic in Rome at the age of 82.

## Filmography

### Films

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Ref(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Director | Screenwriter | Ref(s) |
| Taste of Killing | 1966 | Yes | Yes | |
| Day of Anger | 1967 | Yes | Yes | |
| The Price of Power | 1969 | Yes | Yes | |
| A Girl Called Jules | 1970 | Yes | Yes | |
| My Dear Killer | 1972 | Yes | Yes | |
| A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die | 1972 | Yes | Yes | |
| My Name is Nobody | 1973 | Yes | | |
| Go Gorilla Go | 1975 | Yes | | |
| Sahara Cross | 1977 | Yes | Yes | |
| Unscrupulous | 1986 | Yes | Yes | |
| Shatterer | 1987 | Yes | Yes | |
| Brothers in Blood | 1987 | Yes | | |

### Other contributions

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Screenwriter | Other | Notes | Ref(s) |
| I Love, You Love | 1961 | | Yes | Assistant to Alessandro Blasetti. Uncredited. | |
| The Best of Enemies | 1961 | | Yes | Assistant to Blasetti. Uncredited. | |
| I motorizzati | 1962 | | Yes | Second assistant director | |
| Tutto è musica | 1963 | Yes | Yes | Assistant director | |
| I terribili 7 | 1964 | | Yes | Assistant director | |
| Terror in the Crypt | 1964 | Yes | Yes | Assistant director | |
| A Fistful of Dollars | 1964 | | Yes | Dialogue director | |
| The Long Hair of Death | 1964 | Yes | | | |
| For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | | Yes | Assistant director | |
