Ruggero Deodato

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 84

Gender Male

Birthday May 7, 1939

Day of Death December 29, 2022 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Also Known As

Roger Rockefeller
Roger Godey
Roger Drake
Roger Deodato
Reggero Deodati
Roger Franklin

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Ruggero Deodato

Biography

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).

Known For

Directing

2019

… Director

2016

… Director

2013		Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten (1 episode) … Director
2013		The Profane Exhibit … Director

2005

… Director

1997

(6 episodes) … Director

1993

… Director

1992

… Director

1989

(6 episodes) … Director

1988		Dial: Help … Director
1988		Phantom of Death … Director

1987

… Director

1986		The Lone Runner … Director
1986		Body Count … Director

1985

… Director

1983

… Director

1980		House on the Edge of the Park … Director
1980		Cannibal Holocaust … Director

1979

… Director

1978

… Director

1977

… Director

1976

… Director

1975

… Director

1971

… Director

1969		Zenabel … Director
1969		In the Name of the Father … Director

1968		Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast … Director
1968		Man Only Cries for Love … Director
1968		Gungala, The Black Panther Girl … Director
1968		Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen … Director

1967		Sailors on Deck … First Assistant Director
1967		The Hellbenders … Assistant Director

1966		Ringo and His Golden Pistol … First Assistant Director
1966		Django … First Assistant Director
1966		Mademoiselle de Maupin … First Assistant Director

1964		The Slave Merchants … Assistant Director
1964		Castle of Blood … First Assistant Director

1963		Gli onorevoli … First Assistant Director
1963		Totò Sexy … First Assistant Director
1963		The Monk of Monza … First Assistant Director
1963		The Shortest Day … Second Assistant Director

1962		Lo smemorato di Collegno … Second Assistant Director
1962		Dark Soul … Second Assistant Director

1961		Ursus in the Valley of the Lions … First Assistant Director
1961		Pastasciutta nel deserto … First Assistant Director
1961		Viva l'Italia! … Second Assistant Director

Acting

—		Dead Bones as Butcher
—		The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust as Self
—		Film and Be Damned as Self

2021		Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained as Self
2021		Searching for Cannibal Holocaust as Self
2021		Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess as Self
2021		The Found Footage Phenomenon as Self

2020

(1 episode) as Self

2019

as Himself

2018		Me Me Lai Bites Back as Self
2018		The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
2018		Die Welt der Barbaren as Self

2017		Cult of Terror as Self - Filmmaker
2017		Macho Man 2 as Himself
2017		Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato as Himself

2016		Ballad in Blood as Prof. Roth
2016		Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016		Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo as Himself

2015

as Self

2014		H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
2014		Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta

2013		Chimères as Butcher
2013		I Tarantiniani as Self

2012

as Himself

2011

2010

as Himself

2008

as Self

2007		Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture as Self
2007		Hostel Part II: The Next Level as Self
2007		Hanging Shadows
2007		Hostel: Part II as The Italian Cannibal as Cannibal

2006		Do You Remember Lucio Fulci? as Self
2006		The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist as Himself
2006		Cinema of Death

2005

as Self

2004

as Himself

2003

as Himself

1993

as Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

1992

as Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited)

1988

as Man in phone booth

1983

as Oil Rig Assistant

1980

as Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)

1979

as Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited)

Writing

2016

… Screenplay

2013

… Writer

2005

… Screenplay

1997

(3 episodes) … Writer

1992

… Writer

1988

… Screenplay

1978

… Story

1969

… Screenplay

1968

… Writer

Crew

2018

… Presenter … Thanks

Creator

1989

… Creator

1971

… Creator

Production

2018

… Associate Producer

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