Ruggero Deodato

Director | Assistant Director | Actor

Ruggero Deodato was born on May 7, 1939, in Potenza, Italy, and grew up outside Rome. One of his ...

Born: May 7, 1939

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Known For

Deathcember Director (2019)
Cannibal Holocaust Director (1980)
Django Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (1966)
Known For

Body Count Director (1986)
Director

Deathcember (2019)
Ballad in Blood (2016)
Io e mia figlia (2014)
Incantesimo 8 (2005)
Father Hope (2005)
Thinking About Africa (1999)
We Are Angels (1997)
The Washing Machine (1993)
I ragazzi del muretto (1993)
Mom I Can Do It (1992)
Ocean (1989)
Il ricatto (1989)
Dial Help (1988)
Phantom of Death (1987)
The Barbarians (1987)
The Lone Runner (1986)
Body Count (1986)
Cut and Run (1984)
Atlantis Interceptors (1983)
House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)
Last Feelings (1978)
Jungle Holocaust (1977)
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Waves of Lust (1975)
All'ultimo minuto (1971-1973)
Zenabel (1969)
Il triangolo rosso (1969)
I quattro del pater noster (1969)
Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda (1968)
Donne... botte e bersaglieri (1968)
Gungala, the Black Panther Girl (1968)
Fenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen (1968)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
Director

The Profane Exhibit
Actor

Lilith's Hell Ruggero Deodato (2017)
Macho Man 2 (2017)
Ballad in Blood Professor (2016)
Phantasmagoria (2014)
H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms Ernesto (2013)
Chimères Butcher (2013)
Endless Dark (2013)
Back from the House (2011)
The Museum of Wonders (2010)
Dead Bones Butcher (2008)
Hostel: Part II The Italian Cannibal (2007)
We Are Angels Man talking with Padre Zaccaria (1997)
The Washing Machine Nosy Neighbor (1993)
I ragazzi del muretto Signore col cane (1993)
Mom I Can Do It Street photographer in yellow hat (1992)
Dial Help Man in phone booth (1988)
Phantom of Death Man That Gets on Moped at Station (1987)
Cut and Run Man in TV footage of Jonestown (1984)
Atlantis Interceptors Oil Rig Assistant (1983)
Cannibal Holocaust Man sitting in NYU Campus (1980)
Concorde Affaire '79 Man in Nicole's Restaurant (1979)
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man Man Walking Out of Bank (1976)
Actor

Destination Piovarolo Pasquale (1955)
Writer

Deathcember (2019)
Ballad in Blood (2016)
Father Hope (2005)
We Are Angels (1997)
Mom I Can Do It (1992)
Ocean (1989)
Dial Help (1988)
Last Feelings (1978)
All'ultimo minuto (1971-1972)
Zenabel (1969)
Fenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen (1968)
Writer

The Profane Exhibit
Soundtrack

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Producer

Atrocious (2015)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Peggio per me... meglio per te (1968)
Marinai in coperta (1967)
Wanted (1967)
The Hellbenders (1967)
Snow Devils (1967)
Navajo Joe (1966)
War Between the Planets (1966)
The War of the Planets (1966)
Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966)
The Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
Django (1966)
Madamigella di Maupin (1966)
The Iron Age (1965)
Love and Marriage (1964)
Romeo and Juliet (1964)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
Castle of Blood (1964)
The Slave Merchants (1964)
Gli onorevoli (1963)
Horror Castle (1963)
Il monaco di Monza (1963)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Totòsexy (1963)
Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)
Anima nera (1962)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Pastasciutta nel deserto (1961)
Valley of the Lions (1961)
Escape by Night (1960)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
Additional Crew

Atrocious (2015)
Dying: Last Seconds of Life, Part II (1988)
Archive footage

Eli Roth's History of Horror (2020)

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Awards

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Did You Know

Trivia

He was a big influence on Eli Roth, whose favorite film is Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and who invited Deodato to appear in his own film Hostel: Part II (2007).

Quotes

I make films that people call "horror" because I want to make films about real things that happen in the world, and most real things aren't very nice.