Sergio Leone, internationally acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter known for his resurgence of Spaghetti Westerns, passed away at the age of 60 on April 30th, 1989. Leone was born in Rome, Italy on January 3rd, 1929. He entered the filmmaking industry in 1954, working as an assistant director and a screenwriter, credited for films like 'The Colossus of Rhodes' (1961) and 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (1959). Leone's first directed film was 'The Colossus of Rhodes' in 1961 and it was during the mid-1960s that his fame began to grow, with projects like 'Gun the Man Down' (1956) and 'For God's Sake' (1962). His best-known films, however, are the Spaghetti Westerns collectively known as 'The Man with No Name Trilogy': 'A Fistful of Dollars' (1964), 'For a Few Dollars More' (1965), and 'The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly' (1966). He is remembered for the style and grandeur of these films and the iconic compositional shots of characters unlike any seen in other western films. Leone's work is still widely respected and considered to be some of the most influential western films of all time. He was also known for using iconic music from music composer Ennio Morricone to accumulate the authentically, "Spaghetti Western" atmosphere Leone was able to create. He is remembered not only for his accomplishments in film, but also for the way he revolutionized the Western genre. Leone's death in 1989 leaves a massive void in cinema, and his work will be remembered and celebrated for years to come.