Mario Bava
Italian filmmaker, screenwriter, special effects artist and cinematographer (1914-1980) · Italy · On the map · Directors · Died at 65
Mario Bava was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter.
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The House of ExorcismFilm, Director, Writer1972
Baron BloodFilm, Director, Writer1970
Five Dolls for an August MoonFilm, Director1968
The OdysseySeries, Director, Creator
Danger: DiabolikFilm, 1968Director, Writer1965
Planet of the VampiresFilm, Director, Writer1963
Black SabbathFilm, Director, Writer1960
Black SundayFilm, Director1958
The Day the Sky ExplodedFilm, Director1949Variazioni SinfonicheFilm, Director1946L'orecchioFilm, Director, Producer1914Born31 July 1914People around Mario
Cameron Mitchell Mario directed Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Mario directed Caltiki - The Immortal Monster (1959)
Piero Lulli Mario directed Ulysses and Kill Baby, Kill!
Luciano Pigozzi Mario directed Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Ivo Garrani Mario directed Black Sunday (1960)
Daniela Rocca Mario directed Esther and the King (1960)
Gérard Herter Mario directed Caltiki - The Immortal Monster (1959)
Franco Ressel Mario directed Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Elke Sommer Mario directed Baron Blood (1972)
Sergio Fantoni Mario directed Esther and the King (1960)
Gabriele Tinti Mario directed Esther and the King (1960)
Alberto Lupo Mario directed Ulysses and The Giant of Marathon
George Ardisson Mario directed Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Ken Clark Mario directed Arizona Bill and Nebraska-Jim
Maurice Poli Mario directed Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Renato Terra Mario directed Black Sunday and Nebraska-Jim
Laura Betti Mario directed Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
Riccardo Freda Mario directed I Vampiri (1957)
Howard Ross Mario directed Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Brigitte Skay Mario directed Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
Arturo Dominici Mario directed Black Sunday (1960)
Tom Felleghy Mario directed The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
Miranda Campa Mario directed The Giant of Marathon (1959)
Federico Boido Mario directed Danger: Diabolik (1968)
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Rabid Dogs 1995
Black Sunday 1960
Blood and Black Lace 1964
Black Sabbath 1963
Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966
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Television 3
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His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish technical ingenuity, feature recurring themes and imagery concerning the conflict between illusion and reality, as well as the destructive capacity of human nature. Widely regarded as a pioneer of Italian genre cinema and one of the most influential and greatest filmmakers of all time, he is popularly referred to as the "Master of Italian Horror" and the "Master of the Macabre".
