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Joe D'Amato

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Joe D'Amato

Born
1936-12-15 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died
1999-01-23
Filmography
135 titles on TMDB
About Joe D'Amato

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-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Films & television

135 titles

Director · Writer · Director of Photography

Director · Director of Photography

Director of Photography · Director · Editor · Producer

Director · Director of Photography

Producer · Director · Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director · Director of Photography

Assistant Camera

Halup Kilev (uncredited) · Director · Director of Photography · Writer

Director · Director of Photography · Screenplay · Story

Director · Director of Photography

Director · Director of Photography

Associate Producer

Director · Director of Photography · Producer · Editor

Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Story

Director · Director of Photography

Director · Director of Photography

Director of Photography · Director · Producer

Director of Photography

CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited) · Director of Photography

Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car · Director · Producer · Story · Camera Operator

Associate Producer

Director · Director of Photography · Screenplay

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Inspector (uncredited) · Producer · Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director · Director of Photography

Director · Director of Photography · Writer · Producer

Second Unit Director of Photography

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