Ruggero Deodato
DirectingBorn
May 7, 1939
Died
December 29, 2022
Place of Birth
Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
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
Cannibal Holocaust
1980
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Hostel: Part II
2007
Hostel: Part II
2007
Cursed Films
2020
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
Concorde Affair
1979
Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2011
Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
2021
Raiders of Atlantis
1983
Filmography
Il cinema secondo Corman
2025
Deodato vs Lenzi
2024
The Last of Us
2022
An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking
2022
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
2021
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
The Found Footage Phenomenon
2021
Deodato Holocaust
2019
Me Me Lai Bites Back
2018
The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
2018
Die Welt der Barbaren
2018
Cult of Terror
2017
Macho Man 2
2017
Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
2017
Ballad in Blood
2016
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
Lilith's Hell
2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
2014
H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
2014
Chimères
2013
I Tarantiniani
2013
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012
Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2011
Poliziotti Violenti
2011
Film and Be Damned
2011
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2011
The Museum Of Wonders
2010
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
Dead Bones
2008
Hostel Part II: The Next Level
2007
Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture
2007
Hanging Shadows
2007
Hostel: Part II
2007
Hostel: Part II
2007
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
2006
The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?
2006
Cinema of Death
2006
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
Non risponde più
2004
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003
Django: The One and Only
2003
The Washing Machine
1993
Mom I Can Do It
1992
Dial: Help
1988
Phantom of Death
1988
Raiders of Atlantis
1983
Cannibal Holocaust
1980
Concorde Affair
1979
Masters of Mayhem