Mario Bava

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Mario Bava

Directing July 31, 1914

Sanremo, Liguria, Italy

Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 25, 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian hor…

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Inferno

Inferno

6.6 1980 Movie
Black Sunday

Black Sunday

7.4 1960 Movie
Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

7.2 1963 Movie
Blood and Black Lace

Blood and Black Lace

7.3 1964 Movie
A Bay of Blood

A Bay of Blood

6.6 1971 Movie
Rabid Dogs

Rabid Dogs

7.5 1995 Movie
Kill, Baby... Kill!

Kill, Baby... Kill!

6.9 1966 Movie
Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik

6.3 1968 Movie
Planet of the Vampires

Planet of the Vampires

6.4 1965 Movie
The Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

6.9 1963 Movie
Cops and Robbers

Cops and Robbers

7.5 1951 Movie
The Whip and the Body

The Whip and the Body

6.4 1963 Movie

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Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 25, 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Bava, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Quelli che il cinema

    TV show Self

  2. 2022
    Bloodthirst

    Movie self

  3. 2015
    Rabid Dogs

    Movie Original Film Writer

  4. 2013
    Bloodthirst

    Movie

  5. 2011
    Masks

    Movie Thanks

  6. 2005
    Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film

    Movie Self

  7. 2004
    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Movie Self

  8. 2003
    Italian Kings Of B

    Movie Self

  9. 2000
    Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 1995
    Rabid Dogs

    Movie Director

  11. 1981
    The Venus of Ille

    Movie Director

  12. 1981
    The Devil's Game

    TV show Director

  13. 1980
    Inferno

    Movie Thanks

  14. 1977
    Shock

    Movie Director

  15. 1976
    Moses the Lawgiver

    Movie Special Effects Coordinator

  16. 1975
    The House of Exorcism

    Movie Director

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  1. 1974
    Moses the Lawgiver

    TV show Special Effects Coordinator

  2. 1974
    Lisa and the Devil

    Movie Director

  3. 1972
    Baron Blood

    Movie Director

  4. 1971
    A Bay of Blood

    Movie Director

  5. 1971
    Four Times That Night

    Movie Director

  6. 1970
    Roy Colt and Winchester Jack

    Movie Director

  7. 1970
    Hatchet for the Honeymoon

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1970
    Five Dolls for an August Moon

    Movie Editor

  9. 1969
    The Odyssey

    Movie Director

  10. 1968
    The Odyssey

    TV show Director

  11. 1968
    Naked You Die

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1968
    Danger: Diabolik

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1966
    Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

    Movie Angel with Harp (uncredited)

  14. 1966
    Kill, Baby... Kill!

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1966
    Knives of the Avenger

    Movie Director

  16. 1966
    Gunman Called Nebraska

    Movie Matte Painter

  17. 1965
    Planet of the Vampires

    Movie Director

  18. 1964
    The Road to Fort Alamo

    Movie Director

  19. 1964
    Blood and Black Lace

    Movie Director

  20. 1963
    The Whip and the Body

    Movie Director

  21. 1963
    Black Sabbath

    Movie Director

  22. 1963
    The Girl Who Knew Too Much

    Movie Uncle Augusto

  23. 1962
    Attack of the Normans

    Movie Second Unit Director

  24. 1961
    Erik the Conqueror

    Movie Director