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Joe D'Amato

Joe D'Amato

Director · Born 1936-12-15 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Biography

Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe D'Amato, licensed under CC…

Directed

  1. Anthropophagous (1980) — Director
  2. Beyond the Darkness (1979) — Director
  3. Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane (1995) — Director
  4. Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977) — Director
  5. Absurd (1981) — Director
  6. Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982) — Director
  7. Emanuelle in America (1977) — Director
  8. Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) — Director
  9. Emanuelle Around the World (1977) — Director
  10. Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976) — Director
  11. The Blade Master (1983) — Director
  12. Endgame (1983) — Director
  13. Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (1978) — Director
  14. Killing Birds (1988) — Director
  15. Porno Holocaust (1981) — Director
  16. Caligula: The Untold Story (1982) — Director
  17. Eleven Days, Eleven Nights (1987) — Director
  18. Black Cobra (1976) — Director
  19. Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (1980) — Director
  20. The Crawlers (1991) — Director
  21. The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) — Director
  22. Emanuelle and Françoise (1975) — Director
  23. The Alcove (1985) — Director
  24. Images in a Convent (1979) — Director
  25. Top Model (1988) — Director
  26. Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals (1978) — Director
  27. Convent of Sinners (1986) — Director
  28. 2020 Texas Gladiators (1983) — Director
  29. Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2 (1978) — Director
  30. Provocation (1995) — Director
  31. Peep Show (1986) — Director
  32. Sexy Night Report n. 2 (1978) — Director
  33. Sex and Black Magic (1980) — Director
  34. Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990) — Director
  35. Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000 (1991) — Director
  36. Ladies' Doctor (1977) — Director
  37. 11 Days, 11 Nights Part 3 (1989) — Director
  38. The Hyena (1997) — Director
  39. Pleasure Shop on 7th Ave. (1979) — Director
  40. Dirty Love (1988) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Anthropophagous (1980) — Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
  2. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) — CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
  3. Old Shatterhand (1964) — Col. Hunter
  4. Emanuelle Around the World (1977) — Halup Kilev (uncredited)
  5. Endgame (1983) — Inspector (uncredited)
  6. Porno Holocaust (1981) — Reporter (uncredited)
  7. Sexy Night Report (1977) — Self (uncredited)
  8. Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia (1995) — Polonio
  9. More Sexy Canterbury Tales (1972) — Monk
  10. Sick-o-pathics (1995) — Neighbour #2
  11. Sono positivo (1999) — Regista hardcore
  12. Robbery Under Arms (1985) — Trooper Shearer
  13. Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  14. Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! (1968) — Willy, Donovan henchman
  15. Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience (1999) — Self
  16. FantastiCozzi (2016) — (voice) (archive footage)
  17. Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato (2001) — (archive footage)
  18. Heidi im Pornoland (1996) — Self
  19. Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience (2001) — Himself (Archival Footage)
  20. Anima mia (1974) — Newsagent (uncredited)
  21. Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham (2015) — Self (archive footage)