Ruggero Deodato
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Ruggero Deodato (1939 – 2022) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor best known for his film Cannibal Holocaust (1980).
His career spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco, and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known for directing violent and gory horror films with strong elements of realism. His most notable film is Cannibal Holocaust, considered one of the most controversial and brutal in the history of cinema, which was seized, banned or heavily censored in many countries, and which contained special effects so realistic that they led to Deodato being arrested on suspicion of murder. It is also cited as a precursor of found footage films such as The Blair Witch Project.
Deodato was an influence on film directors like Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth.
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Filmography
As director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Hercules, Prisoner of Evil | Also known as Ursus, the Terror of the Kirghiz |
| 1968 | Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen | |
| 1969 | Zenabel | Also known as Gräfin der Lust |
| 1975 | Waves of Lust | Also known as Una ondata di piacere (English: A Wave of Pleasure) and Loves of a Nympho |
| 1976 | Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man | Also known as Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (English: Born a Man, Die a Cop) |
| 1977 | Jungle Holocaust | Also known as Ultimo mondo cannibale (English: The Last Cannibal World) |
| 1978 | Last Feelings | Also known as L'ultimo sapore dell'aria |
| 1979 | Concorde Affaire '79 | Also known as The Concorde Affair |
| 1980 | Cannibal Holocaust | |
| The House on the Edge of the Park | Also known as La casa sperduta nel parco and Trap for a Rapist | |
| 1983 | Raiders of Atlantis | Also known as I predatori di Atlantide and Atlantis Interceptors |
| 1985 | Cut And Run | Also known as Inferno in dirreta (English: Hell....Live!) Also known as Amazonia, The White Jungle |
| 1987 | Body Count | Also known as Camping del terrore and Camping Terror |
| The Barbarians | Also known as The Barbarians and Company | |
| 1988 | Phantom of Death | Also known as Un delitto poco comune (English: An Unusual Crime), and Off Balance |
| Dial Help | Also known as Ragno gelido (English: Frozen Spider) and Minaccia d'amore (English: Menace of Love) | |
| 1993 | The Washing Machine | Also known as Vortice Mortale |
| 1998 | Sotto il cielo dell'Africa | |
| 2004 | Padre Speranza | |
| 2016 | Ballad in Blood | |
| 2019 | Deathcember | segment Casetta Sperduta in Campagna |
As actor
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2007 | Hostel: Part II | The Italian Cannibal |
| 2010 | Red Warlock - Awakening | Client |
| 2013 | Chimères | Butcher |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2022 | Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare | Script Director |
See also
