Ruggero Deodato

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Ruggero Deodato

Directing May 7, 1939

Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

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, a…

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Hostel: Part II

Hostel: Part II

5.9 2007 Movie
Cannibal Holocaust

Cannibal Holocaust

6.3 1980 Movie
Django

Django

7.2 1966 Movie
The Barbarians

The Barbarians

5.4 1987 Movie
House on the Edge of the Park

House on the Edge of the Park

5.9 1980 Movie
Navajo Joe

Navajo Joe

6.2 1966 Movie
Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood

7.1 1964 Movie
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

7.8 2013 TV Show
Last Cannibal World

Last Cannibal World

5.8 1977 Movie
Atrocious

Atrocious

6.7 2018 Movie
Cursed Films

Cursed Films

7.2 2020 TV Show
Body Count

Body Count

5.1 1986 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Il cinema secondo Corman

    Movie Self

  2. 2024
    Deodato vs Lenzi

    Movie self

  3. 2022
    The Last of Us

    Movie Self

  4. 2022
    An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking

    Movie 自己

  5. 2021
    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Movie Self - Filmmaker

  6. 2021
    Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

    Movie Self

  7. 2021
    Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

    Movie Self

  8. 2021
    The Found Footage Phenomenon

    Movie Self

  9. 2020
    Cursed Films

    TV show Self

  10. 2019
    Deathcember

    Movie Director

  11. 2019
    Deodato Holocaust

    Movie Himself

  12. 2018
    Atrocious

    Movie Thanks

  13. 2018
    Me Me Lai Bites Back

    Movie Self

  14. 2018
    The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film

    Movie

  15. 2018
    Die Welt der Barbaren

    Movie Self

  16. 2017
    Cult of Terror

    Movie Self - Filmmaker

More credits
  1. 2017
    Macho Man 2

    Movie Himself

  2. 2017
    Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato

    Movie Self

  3. 2016
    Ballad in Blood

    Movie Prof. Roth

  4. 2016
    Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies

    Movie

  5. 2016
    Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

    Movie Self

  6. 2015
    Lilith's Hell

    Movie Self

  7. 2015
    Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

    Movie

  8. 2014
    H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms

    Movie

  9. 2014
    Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta

    Movie

  10. 2013
    Chimères

    Movie Butcher

  11. 2013
    Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

    TV show Director

  12. 2013
    The Profane Exhibit

    Movie Writer

  13. 2013
    I Tarantiniani

    Movie Self

  14. 2012
    From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

    Movie Himself

  15. 2011
    Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich

    Movie

  16. 2011
    Poliziotti Violenti

    Movie Self

  17. 2011
    The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust

    Movie Self

  18. 2011
    Film and Be Damned

    Movie Self

  19. 2010
    The Museum Of Wonders

    Movie Himself

  20. 2008
    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Movie Self

  21. 2008
    Dead Bones

    Movie Butcher

  22. 2007
    Hostel Part II: The Next Level

    Movie Self

  23. 2007
    Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture

    Movie Self

  24. 2007
    Hanging Shadows

    Movie Self