About

Known credits:
183
Birthday:
1940-09-07
Place of birth:
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Website:
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Dario Argento

Overview

Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his parents and other family members, including an aunt who told him frighting bedtime stories. Argento based most of his thriller movies on childhood trauma, yet his own--according to him--was a normal one. Along with tales spun by his aunt, Argento was impressed by stories from The Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen and Edgar Allan Poe. Argento started his career writing for various film journal magazines while still in his teens attending a Catholic high school. After graduation, instead of going to college, Argento took a job as a columnist for the Rome daily newspaper "Paese Sera". Inspired by the movies, he later found work as a screenwriter and wrote several screenplays for a number of films, but the most important were his western collaborations, which included Cimitero senza croci (1969) and the Sergio Leone masterpiece C'era una volta il West (1968).

He is known in italy as Master of Horror.

Known for

Acting
2024 Titanus 1904 Actor Self N/A
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2024 Dario Argento: Panico Actor Self 59
Average
2023 Deep Argento Actor N/A
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2023 CVLT Actor Dario Argento 59
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2022 Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento Actor self 58
Average
2022 DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit Actor Self N/A
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2022 Tripping The Dark Fantastic Actor Himself N/A
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2022 Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America Actor Self 60
Fair
2022 Ennio Actor Self 68
Fair
2022 Vortex Actor Lui 62
Fair
2021 We Are Cinema Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2021 Alida Valli: In Her Own Words Actor Self 59
Average
2020 Tales of the Uncanny Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2020 The Last Movie Painter Actor Self 59
Average
2019 The Grand Opening Actor Himself N/A
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2019 Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta Actor Sé stesso N/A
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2019 Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain Actor 58
Average
2019 All the Colors of Giallo Actor Self - Director 59
Average
2018 Friedkin Uncut Actor Self 60
Fair
2017 Cult of Terror Actor Self - Filmmaker 59
Average
2017 Il mistero della cattedrale Actor self 59
Average
2017 Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions Actor Self - Filmmaker 59
Average
2017 Of Flies and Maggots Actor 59
Average
2016 Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage Actor N/A
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2016 Blood on Méliès' Moon Actor Self 58
Average
2016 Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo Actor Himself 59
Average
2015 Nessuno siamo perfetti Actor Self 59
Average
2013 Du sang sur la neige Actor Self N/A
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2012 Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss Actor Self 59
Average
2012 Close Up Actor Self (archive footage) 58
Average
2012 Der Fall der vier Fliegen Actor Himself (Archive footage 2002) 59
Average
2011 Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena Actor Himself N/A
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2010 L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo Actor Self 59
Average
2009 Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria Actor N/A
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2008 The Making of 'Mother of Tears' Actor Self 59
Average
2008 A Dark Fairy Tale Actor himself N/A
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2007 Linee d'ombra Actor Self N/A
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2007 Director: Dario Argento Actor N/A
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2007 Hanging Shadows Actor N/A
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2006 Tempus fugit Actor N/A
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2005 Out of the Shadows Actor N/A
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2005 Ban the Sadist Videos! Actor Self 59
Average
2004 When There's no More Room in Hell Actor N/A
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2004 The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead Actor Himself 59
Average
2004 Mario Bava: Operazione paura Actor Self 58
Average
2004 Western all'italiana Actor N/A
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2004 Non risponde più Actor Himself 59
Average
2003 Two Masters' Eyes Actor N/A
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2003 Italian Kings Of B Actor Self 58
Average
2002 Masters of Horror Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema Actor Self - Filmmaker 59
Average
2001 Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera' Actor 59
Average
2001 Suspiria 25th Anniversary Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Tales Of The Cat Actor Self N/A
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2001 Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror Actor Self 59
Average
1999 Dario Argento: My Cinema Actor 58
Average
1998 Homo Cinematographicus Actor Self N/A
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1997 The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors Actor Himself 59
Average
1996 Bits & Pieces Actor 58
Average
1992 Innocent Blood Actor Paramedic 59
Average
1991 Fear in the Dark Actor Self 59
Average
1991 The World of Dario Argento 2: Master of Horror Actor Himself 59
Average
1989 Stephen King's World of Horror Actor Self 59
Average
1987 Opera Actor Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited) 62
Fair
1985 Dario Argento's World of Horror Actor Self 59
Average
1985 Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema Actor Self N/A
N/A
1982 Tenebre Actor Narrator (Italian version) / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited) 64
Fair
1980 Inferno Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 63
Fair
1977 Suspiria Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 72
Good
1975 Deep Red Actor Murderer's Hands (uncredited) 73
Good
1973 The Five Days Actor Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited) 58
Average
1973 Door Into Darkness Actor Self - Host 69
Fair
1966 Pardon, Are You for or Against? Actor Priest (uncredited) 59
Average
I am not god but i am Michelangelo Antonioni Actor Self N/A
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I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2023 CVLT Directing Director 59
Average
2022 Dark Glasses Directing Director 55
Average
2015 Macbeth Directing Stage Director 59
Average
2015 Macbeth Directing Director 59
Average
2012 Dracula 3D Directing Director 51
Average
2010 Giallo Directing Director 54
Average
2007 The Mother of Tears Directing Director 52
Average
2006 Pelts Directing Director 58
Average
2005 Jenifer Directing Director 59
Average
2005 Do You Like Hitchcock? Directing Director 58
Average
2004 The Card Player Directing Director 54
Average
2001 Sleepless Directing Director 59
Average
1998 The Phantom of the Opera Directing Director 55
Average
1996 The Stendhal Syndrome Directing Director 57
Average
1993 Trauma Directing Director 58
Average
1991 The King of Ads Directing Director 59
Average
1990 Two Evil Eyes Directing Director 59
Average
1987 Opera Directing Director 62
Fair
1985 Phenomena Directing Director 64
Fair
1982 Tenebre Directing Director 64
Fair
1980 Inferno Directing Director 63
Fair
1977 Suspiria Directing Director 72
Good
1975 Deep Red Directing Director 73
Good
1973 The Five Days Directing Director 58
Average
1971 Four Flies on Grey Velvet Directing Director 61
Fair
1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails Directing Director 62
Fair
1970 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Directing Director 66
Fair
Untitled Dario Argento / Isabelle Huppert Project Directing Director N/A
N/A
La puerta en la oscuridad Directing Director 61
Fair
The Sandman Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2022 Dark Glasses Writing Screenplay 55
Average
2018 Suspiria Writing Original Film Writer 67
Fair
2012 Dracula 3D Writing Writer 51
Average
2010 Giallo Writing Screenplay 54
Average
2007 The Mother of Tears Writing Writer 52
Average
2005 Do You Like Hitchcock? Writing Writer 58
Average
2004 The Card Player Writing Screenplay 54
Average
2004 The Card Player Writing Story 54
Average
2001 Sleepless Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2001 Sleepless Writing Story 59
Average
1998 The Phantom of the Opera Writing Screenplay 55
Average
1997 The Wax Mask Writing Story 58
Average
1996 The Stendhal Syndrome Writing Writer 57
Average
1996 The Stendhal Syndrome Writing Story 57
Average
1993 Trauma Writing Writer 58
Average
1991 The Sect Writing Writer 59
Average
1990 Two Evil Eyes Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1989 The Church Writing Story 59
Average
1989 The Church Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1987 Opera Writing Story 62
Fair
1987 Opera Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1986 Demons 2 Writing Writer 59
Average
1985 Demons Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1985 Phenomena Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1985 Phenomena Writing Story 64
Fair
1982 Tenebre Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1982 Tenebre Writing Story 64
Fair
1980 Inferno Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1980 Inferno Writing Story 63
Fair
1978 Dawn of the Dead Writing Script Consultant 71
Good
1977 Suspiria Writing Screenplay 72
Good
1975 Deep Red Writing Writer 73
Good
1973 The Five Days Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1973 The Five Days Writing Story 58
Average
1972 Man Called Amen Writing Writer 58
Average
1971 Four Flies on Grey Velvet Writing Story 61
Fair
1971 Four Flies on Grey Velvet Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails Writing Story 62
Fair
1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1970 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1970 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Writing Story 66
Fair
1969 Season of the Senses Writing Writer 59
Average
1969 The 5-Man Army Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1969 The 5-Man Army Writing Story 59
Average
1969 Battle of the Commandos Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1969 Possibility Zero Writing Writer 59
Average
1969 Love Circle Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1969 Cemetery Without Crosses Writing Writer 59
Average
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West Writing Story 80
Very good
1968 The Sexual Revolution Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1968 Commandos Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1968 Commandments for a Gangster Writing Writer N/A
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1968 Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
2022 She Will Production Producer 58
Average
2007 The Mother of Tears Production Producer 52
Average
2004 The Card Player Production Producer 54
Average
2001 Sleepless Production Producer 59
Average
2000 Scarlet Diva Production Producer 57
Average
1997 The Wax Mask Production Producer 58
Average
1996 The Stendhal Syndrome Production Producer 57
Average
1993 Trauma Production Producer 58
Average
1991 The Sect Production Producer 59
Average
1990 Two Evil Eyes Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1989 The Church Production Producer 59
Average
1987 Opera Production Producer 62
Fair
1986 Demons 2 Production Producer 59
Average
1985 Demons Production Producer 62
Fair
1985 Phenomena Production Producer 64
Fair
1978 Dawn of the Dead Production Co-Producer 71
Good

Sound
1978 Dawn of the Dead Sound Music 71
Good
1977 Suspiria Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good

Art
1998 Masters of Horror Art Assistant Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2018 Dogman's Rabies: Underdog Crew Thanks 58
Average
2011 Masks Crew Thanks 58
Average
1994 DeGenerazione Crew Thanks 59
Average
1989 The Church Crew Presenter 59
Average
1967 Every Man Is My Enemy Crew Additional Writing 58
Average