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Ruggero Deodato

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Born: May 7, 1939
Died: December 29, 2022
From: Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Also known as

Roger Rockefeller · Roger Godey · Roger Drake · Roger Deodato · Reggero Deodati · Roger Franklin

Biography

Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).

Known for

Cannibal Holocaust

The Barbarians

House on the Edge of the Park

Castle of Blood

Last Cannibal World

Filmography

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2025

Il cinema secondo Corman

Acting (Self)

2024

Deodato vs Lenzi

Acting (self)

2022

The Last of Us

Acting (Self)

An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking

Acting (自己)

2021

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

Acting (Self - Filmmaker)

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust

Acting (Self)

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

Acting (Self)

The Found Footage Phenomenon

Acting (Self)

2020

Cursed Films

Acting (Self) 1 EP

2019

Deathcember

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Deodato Holocaust

Acting (Himself)

2018

Crew (Thanks) Production (Associate Producer) Crew (Presenter)

Me Me Lai Bites Back

Acting (Self)

The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film

Die Welt der Barbaren

Acting (Self)

2017

Cult of Terror

Acting (Self - Filmmaker)

Macho Man 2

Acting (Himself)

Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato

Acting (Self)

2016

Ballad in Blood

Acting (Prof. Roth) Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

Acting (Self)

2015

Lilith's Hell

Acting (Self)

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2014

Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta

H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms

2013

Acting (Butcher)

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

Directing (Director) 1 EP

The Profane Exhibit

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

I Tarantiniani

Acting (Self)

2012

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

Acting (Himself)

2011

Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich

Poliziotti Violenti

Acting (Self)