Dario Argento
Directing
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
Directing31
movieCVLT
2023
Director
movieDark Glasses
2022
Director
movieMacbeth
2015
Stage Director
movieDracula 3D
2012
Director
movieGiallo
2010
Director
movieThe Mother of Tears
2007
Director
moviePelts
2006
Director
movieJenifer
2005
Director
tvMasters of Horror
2005
Director
movieDo You Like Hitchcock?
2005
Director
movieThe Card Player
2004
Director
movieSleepless
2001
Director
movieThe Stendhal Syndrome
1996
Director
movieTrauma
1993
Director
movieThe King of Ads
1991
Director
movieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
Director
movieOpera
1987
Director
tvDario Argento’s Nightmares
1987
Director
moviePhenomena
1985
Director
movieTenebre
1982
Director
movieInferno
1980
Director
movieSuspiria
1977
Director
movieDeep Red
1975
Director
tvDoor Into Darkness
1973
Director
movieThe Five Days
1973
Director
movieThe Cat o' Nine Tails
1971
Director
The Sandman
Director
Acting85
movieCVLT
2023
Dario Argento
tvCall My Agent: Italy
2023
Dario Argento
movieEnnio
2022
Self
movieWe Are Cinema
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieTales of the Uncanny
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieAll the Colors of Giallo
2019
Self - Director
movieCult of Terror
2017
Self - Filmmaker
movieDark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Self - Filmmaker
movieClose Up
2012
Self (archive footage)
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
2012
Himself (Archive footage 2002)
movieSergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001
Self - Filmmaker
movieInnocent Blood
1992
Paramedic
movieOpera
1987
Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited)
movieTenebre
1982
Narrator / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)
movieInferno
1980
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieSuspiria
1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieDeep Red
1975
Murderer's Hands (uncredited)
tvDoor Into Darkness
1973
Self - Host / Self - Host (uncredited)
movieThe Five Days
1973
Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited)
moviePardon, Are You for or Against?
1966
Priest (uncredited)
Writing46
movieCVLT
2023
Story, Screenplay
movieDark Glasses
2022
Screenplay
movieSuspiria
2018
Original Film Writer
movieDracula 3D
2012
Writer
movieGiallo
2010
Screenplay
movieThe Card Player
2004
Story, Screenplay
movieSleepless
2001
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1998
Screenplay
movieThe Stendhal Syndrome
1996
Writer, Story
movieTrauma
1993
Writer
movieThe Sect
1991
Writer
movieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
Screenplay
movieThe Church
1989
Story, Screenplay
movieOpera
1987
Story, Screenplay
movieDemons 2
1986
Writer
movieDemons
1985
Screenplay
moviePhenomena
1985
Screenplay, Story
movieTenebre
1982
Screenplay, Story
movieInferno
1980
Screenplay, Story
movieDawn of the Dead
1978
Script Consultant
movieSuspiria
1977
Screenplay
movieDeep Red
1975
Writer
tvDoor Into Darkness
1973
Writer
movieThe Five Days
1973
Story, Screenplay
movieMan Called Amen
1972
Writer
movieFour Flies on Grey Velvet
1971
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Cat o' Nine Tails
1971
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970
Story, Screenplay
movieThe 5-Man Army
1969
Screenplay, Story
movieBattle of the Commandos
1969
Screenplay
movieLove Circle
1969
Screenplay
movieThe Sexual Revolution
1968
Screenplay
movieCommandos
1968
Screenplay
movieCarne della mia carne
Screenplay
Production20
movieShe Will
2022
Producer, Executive Producer
movieThe Mother of Tears
2007
Producer
movieThe Card Player
2004
Producer
movieSleepless
2001
Producer
movieScarlet Diva
2000
Producer
movieThe Wax Mask
1997
Producer
movieThe Stendhal Syndrome
1996
Producer
movieTrauma
1993
Producer
movieThe Sect
1991
Producer
movieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
Executive Producer
movieThe Church
1989
Producer
movieOpera
1987
Producer
tvNight Shift
1987
Producer
tvDario Argento’s Nightmares
1987
Producer
movieDemons 2
1986
Producer
movieDemons
1985
Producer
moviePhenomena
1985
Producer
movieDawn of the Dead
1978
Co-Producer
tvDoor Into Darkness
1973
Producer
movieCarne della mia carne
Supervising Producer
Crew5
movieMasks
2011
Thanks
movieDeGenerazione
1994
Thanks
movieThe Church
1989
Presenter
movieEvery Man Is My Enemy
1967
Additional Writing
Creator3
Sound2
movieSuspiria
1977
Original Music Composer