Sergio Donati (born 13 April 1933) is an Italian screenwriter. He has written for more than 70 films since 1952. He was born in Rome, Italy. He started as a writer and had some of his books optioned for film. He is well known for his collaboration with Italian director Sergio Leone, who encouraged him to take up screenwriting as a full-time career, and with Italian producer Dino de Laurentis.
Known For
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
Screenplay
Orca
(1977)
Screenplay
Duck, You Sucker
(1971)
Story and Screenplay
Raw Deal
(1986)
Story
They Call Me Renegade
(1987)
Story
Buddy Goes West
(1981)
Screenplay and Story
The Big Gundown
(1967)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Requiem for a Secret Agent
(1966)
Screenplay
Web of Violence
(1966)
Novel
Dollars for a Fast Gun
(1966)
Screenplay and Story
Face to Face
(1967)
Screenplay
The Big Gundown
(1967)
Screenplay
Eine Handvoll Helden
(1967)
Writer
Deadly Sweet
(1967)
Novel
Mission Stardust
(1967)
Screenplay
Seven Times Seven
(1968)
Writer
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
Screenplay
Persecución hasta Valencia
(1968)
Screenplay
Appointment in Beirut
(1968)
Screenplay
The Weekend Murders
(1970)
Screenplay and Story
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
(1971)
Story and Writer
Duck, You Sucker
(1971)
Story and Screenplay
Ben & Charlie
(1972)
Screenplay
Slap the Monster on Page One
(1972)
Screenplay and Story
Too Much Gold for One Gringo
(1972)
Story
Il maschio ruspante
(1973)
Writer
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
(1973)
Story and Screenplay
Mr. Hercules Against Karate
(1973)
Story and Screenplay
The Heroes
(1973)
Screenplay
The Beast
(1974)
Story and Screenplay
Shoot First, Die Later
(1974)
Story
Policewoman
(1974)
Story and Screenplay
Cry, Onion!
(1975)
Story and Screenplay
The Boss and the Worker
(1975)
Story and Screenplay
Italy is Rotten
(1976)
Screenplay and Story
Orca
(1977)
Screenplay
Holocaust 2000
(1977)
Screenstory and Screenplay
Il mostro
(1977)
Story and Screenplay
Island of the Fishmen
(1979)
Screenplay
A Dangerous Toy
(1979)
Story and Screenplay
Tough to Kill
(1979)
Writer
Buddy Goes West
(1981)
Screenplay and Story
Count Tacchia
(1982)
Screenplay and Story
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style
(1983)
Screenplay and Story
Hearts and Armour
(1983)
Screenplay and Story
Tit for Tat
(1984)
Screenplay
Casablanca Casablanca
(1985)
Story and Screenplay
Raw Deal
(1986)
Story
Man on Fire
(1987)
Screenplay
They Call Me Renegade
(1987)
Story
Too Beautiful to Die
(1988)
Screenplay
Blowing Hot and Cold
(1989)
Screenplay
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
(1990)
Writer
Desert Law
(1991)
Writer
Beyond Justice
(1992)
Writer
The Little Lord
(1996)
Writer
North Star
(1996)
Writer
Ombre
(1999)
Writer
Senza Movente
(1999)
Writer
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
(2000)
Screenplay
Almost Blue
(2000)
Screenplay
The Sicilian Girl
(2008)
Writer
Acting
Shack and puppets
(1954)
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
(2001)
Self - Screenwriter
The Spaghetti West
(2005)
Self
Il falso bugiardo
(2008)
Self
Ennio
(2022)
Self
Crew