Dario Argento
Italian film director and screenwriter · Italy · On the map · Directors · Born 1940 · age 86
Dario Argento is an Italian filmmaker. His influential work in the horror and giallo genres during the 1970s and 1980s has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".
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2023
Call My Agent: ItalySeries, Dario Argento
Dario Argento in conversation at the DFFSeries, 2023自己2022Sitges Grand Honorary AwardAward
Dark GlassesFilm, 2022Director, Writer2021Lui è peggio di meSeries2018
Friedkin UncutFilm2007
The Mother of TearsFilm, Director, Writer2005
Masters of HorrorSeries, Director
Do You Like Hitchcock?Film, 2005Director, Writer2004
Leçon de CinémaSeries2001
SleeplessFilm, Director, Writer1999Time Machine AwardAward1997
The Wax MaskFilm, Writer, Producer1993
TraumaFilm, Director, Writer1991
The SectFilm, Writer, Producer1989
The ChurchFilm, Writer, Producer1987
Dario Argento's NightmaresSeries, Director, Writer
Night ShiftSeries, 1987Creator, Producer1985
DemonsFilm, Writer, Producer1980
InfernoFilm, Director, Writer1976Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAward
Domenica InSeries, 19761975
Deep RedFilm, Director, Writer1973
Door Into DarknessSeries, Director, Writer1970Grolla d'oro for Best New DirectorAward
The Bird with the Crystal PlumageFilm, 1970Director, Writer1968
CommandosFilm, Writer1940Born7 September 1940
Call My Agent: ItalySeries, Dario ArgentoDario Argento in conversation at the DFFSeries, 2023自己2022Sitges Grand Honorary AwardAwardDark GlassesFilm, 2022Director, Writer2021Lui è peggio di meSeries2018Friedkin UncutFilm2007The Mother of TearsFilm, Director, Writer2005Masters of HorrorSeries, DirectorDo You Like Hitchcock?Film, 2005Director, Writer2004Leçon de CinémaSeries2001SleeplessFilm, Director, Writer1999Time Machine AwardAward1997The Wax MaskFilm, Writer, Producer1993TraumaFilm, Director, Writer1991The SectFilm, Writer, Producer1989The ChurchFilm, Writer, Producer1987Dario Argento's NightmaresSeries, Director, WriterNight ShiftSeries, 1987Creator, Producer1985DemonsFilm, Writer, Producer1980InfernoFilm, Director, Writer1976Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAwardDomenica InSeries, 19761975Deep RedFilm, Director, Writer1973Door Into DarknessSeries, Director, Writer1970Grolla d'oro for Best New DirectorAwardThe Bird with the Crystal PlumageFilm, 1970Director, Writer1968CommandosFilm, Writer1940Born7 September 1940People around Dario
Daria Nicolodi Dario directed Suspiria, Deep Red and Tenebrae
Michele Soavi Dario produced Demons and Opera
Tom Felleghy Dario directed Deep Red (1975)
Franco Ferrini Also in Demons, Demons 2 and Opera
Fulvio Mingozzi Dario directed Suspiria and Deep Red
Udo Kier Dario directed Suspiria and The Mother of Tears
Marino Masè Also in Bits and Pieces and The 5-Man Army
Lamberto Bava Dario directed Tenebrae (1983)
Elisabetta Rocchetti Dario produced The Card Player and Sleepless
Alida Valli Dario directed Suspiria and Inferno- Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Dario directed Inferno and The Three Mothers
Gabriele Lavia Dario directed Deep Red and Inferno
Veronica Lazăr Dario directed Inferno and The Stendhal Syndrome
Bud Spencer Dario directed Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1974)
John Saxon Dario directed Tenebrae and Pelts
Ania Pieroni Dario directed Tenebrae and Inferno
Robert Hossein Directed Cemetery without Crosses (1969)
Tomas Arana Dario produced The Church (1989)- Giovanni Lombardo Radice Dario produced The Church (1989)
Tom Savini Dario directed Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Stefania Casini Dario directed Suspiria and The Three Mothers
Barbara Cupisti Dario produced Opera and The Church
Glauco Onorato Dario directed Deep Red and The Five Days
Urbano Barberini Dario produced Demons and Opera
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Ennio 2022
Once Upon a Time in the West 1968
Deep Red 1975
Suspiria 1977
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America 2022
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
209 credits on file
Television 9
Media & music
Photos 7
Dario Argento, Adriano Celentano and Enzo Cerusico in a pause during the shooting of The Five Days, 1973
Argento in 1985
Argento being interviewed by Martin Sauvageau during the Festival International du Cinéma Fantastique de Montréal in 1994
Argento discusses his film Pelts at the Torino Film Festival in 2006.
Argento at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Argento in 1993 with his daughter AsiaAwards
About this person
Country
Italy
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 86
