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Ruggero Deodato

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter | * 05/07/1939 († 83, 12/29/2022) | Potenza, Basilicata (Italy)
Ruggero Deodato (Italian pronunciation: [rudˈdʒɛːro de.oˈda.to]; 7 May 1939 – 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His career spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco, and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known for directing violent and gory horror films with strong elements of realism. His most notable film is Cannibal Holocaust, considered one of the most controversial and brutal in the history of cinema, which was seized, banned or heavily censored in many countries, and which contained special effects so realistic that they led to Deodato being arrested on suspicion of murder. It is also cited as a precursor of found footage films such as The Blair Witch Project and The Last Broadcast. The film strengthened Deodato's fame as an "extreme" director and earned him the nickname "Monsieur Cannibal" in France. Deodato was an influence on film directors like Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth and Nicolas Winding Refn. ()
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Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Horror | Comedies

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Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive da ...

Deathcember

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2019 | 2.8/5 | 2h 25min
Horror
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A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tri ...

Cannibal Holocaust

NR

1980 | 3.2/5 | 1h 35min
Horror
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A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries. ...

Django

NR

1966 | 3.6/5 | 1h 33min
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Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it. ...

Hostel: Part II

R

2007 | 2.9/5 | 1h 33min
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Movies with Ruggero Deodato as Actor(33)

as himself2021 Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021 The Found Footage Phenomenon
as himself2021 Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
as himself2021 Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as himself2019 Deodato Holocaust
2018 The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
as himself2018 Die Welt der Barbaren
as himself2018 Me Me Lai Bites Back
as himself2017 Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
as Self - Filmmaker2017 Cult of Terror
as himself2017 Macho Man 2
as himself2016 Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016 Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
as Prof. Roth2016 Ballad in Blood
as himself2015 Lilith's Hell
2014 H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
as Butcher2013 Chimères
as himself2012 From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2011 Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2010 The Museum of Wonders
as himself2008 Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
as Cannibal2007 Hostel: Part II
as The Italian Cannibal2007 Hostel: Part II
as himself2006 Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
as himself2006 The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist
as himself2005 Ban the Sadist Videos!
as himself2004 Non risponde più
as himself2003 In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
as Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)1993 The Washing Machine
as Man in phone booth1988 Dial: Help
as Oil Rig Assistant1983 Raiders of Atlantis
as Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)1980 Cannibal Holocaust
as Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited)1979 Concorde Affair

TV Shows/Series with Ruggero Deodato as Actor(1)

2020 Cursed Films

Movies with Ruggero Deodato as Crew(50)

Directing/Director2019 Deathcember
Directing/Director2016 Ballad in Blood
Writing/Screenplay2016 Ballad in Blood
Crew/Presenter2015 Atrocious
Crew/Thanks2015 Atrocious
Production/Associate Producer2015 Atrocious
Directing/Director2013 The Profane Exhibit
Writing/Writer2013 The Profane Exhibit
Directing/Director2005 Father Hope
Writing/Screenplay2005 Father Hope
Directing/Director1993 The Washing Machine
Directing/Director1992 Mom I Can Do It
Writing/Writer1992 Mom I Can Do It
Directing/Director1988 Dial: Help
Writing/Screenplay1988 Dial: Help
Directing/Director1988 Phantom of Death
Directing/Director1987 The Barbarians
Directing/Director1986 Body Count
Directing/Director1986 The Lone Runner
Directing/Director1985 Cut and Run
Directing/Director1983 Raiders of Atlantis
Directing/Director1980 Cannibal Holocaust
Directing/Director1980 House on the Edge of the Park
Directing/Director1979 Concorde Affair
Directing/Director1978 Last Feelings
Directing/Director1977 Last Cannibal World
Directing/Director1976 Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Directing/Director1975 Waves of Lust
Directing/Director1969 Zenabel
Writing/Screenplay1969 Zenabel
Directing/Director1969 In the Name of the Father
Directing/Director1968 Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
Writing/Writer1968 Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
Directing/Director1968 Man Only Cries for Love
Directing/Director1968 Gungala, The Black Panther Girl
Directing/Director1968 Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast
Directing/Assistant Director1967 The Hellbenders
Directing/First Assistant Director1966 Mademoiselle de Maupin
Directing/First Assistant Director1966 Django
Directing/First Assistant Director1966 Ringo and His Golden Pistol
Directing/First Assistant Director1964 Castle of Blood
Directing/Assistant Director1964 The Slave Merchants
Directing/Director1964 Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
Directing/First Assistant Director1963 The Monk of Monza
Directing/First Assistant Director1963 Totò Sexy
Directing/First Assistant Director1963 Gli onorevoli
Directing/Second Assistant Director1963 The Shortest Day
Directing/Second Assistant Director1962 Lo smemorato di Collegno
Directing/Second Assistant Director1962 Dark Soul
Directing/First Assistant Director1961 Pastasciutta nel deserto

TV Shows/Series with Ruggero Deodato as Crew(6)

Directing/Director2013 Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
Writing/Writer1997 We Are Angels
Directing/Director1997 We Are Angels
Directing/Director1989 Oceano
Creator/Creator1989 Oceano
Creator/Creator1971 All'ultimo minuto

Full Name: Ruggero Deodato
Citizenship: Italy
Born: Sunday, 05/07 1939 (May) in Potenza, Basilicata (Italy)
Died: Thursday, 12/29 2022 (December) in Rome (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Spouses (current/former): Silvia Dionisio
Children: Saverio Deodato
Other names for Ruggero Deodato (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Roger Rockefeller"
"Roger Godey"
"Roger Drake"
"Roger Deodato"
"Reggero Deodati"
"Roger Franklin"
Ruggero Deodato frequently works together with these people:
Bruno Corbucci (13x, Crew)
Sergio Corbucci (12x, Crew)
Calum Waddell (10x, Crew)
Lex Ortega (10x, Crew)
Massimo Antonello Geleng (9x, Crew)
Giovanni Grimaldi (9x, Crew)
Domiziano Cristopharo (8x, Crew)
Eli Roth (7x, Actor)
Naomi Holwill (7x, Crew)
Mario Castellani (6x, Actor)
Enzo Barboni (6x, Crew)
Jay Cheel (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:171608, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024