Ruggero Deodato

Known for: Directing

Born: 1939-05-07 – 2022-12-29 (aged 83)

From: Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

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).

Filmography (52)

MOVIE
Il cinema secondo Corman
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Deodato vs Lenzi
2024
as self
MOVIE
The Last of Us
2022
as Self
MOVIE
An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking
2022
as 自己
MOVIE★ 7.0
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
as Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE★ 4.4
Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Found Footage Phenomenon
2021
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Cursed Films
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Deodato Holocaust
2019
as Himself
MOVIE
Me Me Lai Bites Back
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
2018
MOVIE
Die Welt der Barbaren
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cult of Terror
2017
as Self - Filmmaker
MOVIE
Macho Man 2
2017
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Ballad in Blood
2016
as Prof. Roth
MOVIE★ 3.3
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016
MOVIE★ 6.6
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Lilith's Hell
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
MOVIE
Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
2014
MOVIE★ 4.0
H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
2014
MOVIE★ 5.6
Chimères
2013
as Butcher
MOVIE
I Tarantiniani
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012
as Himself
MOVIE★ 1.8
Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2011
MOVIE
Poliziotti Violenti
2011
as Self
MOVIE
Film and Be Damned
2011
as Self
MOVIE
The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.0
The Museum Of Wonders
2010
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.0
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dead Bones
2008
as Butcher
MOVIE
Hostel Part II: The Next Level
2007
as Self
MOVIE
Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture
2007
as Self
MOVIE
Hanging Shadows
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hostel: Part II
2007
as Cannibal
MOVIE
Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?
2006
as Self
MOVIE
Cinema of Death
2006
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Non risponde più
2004
as Himself
MOVIE
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003
as Himself
MOVIE
Django: The One and Only
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Washing Machine
1993
as Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mom I Can Do It
1992
as Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Dial: Help
1988
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Phantom of Death
1988
as Man That Gets on Moped at Station (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Raiders of Atlantis
1983
as Oil Rig Assistant
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cannibal Holocaust
1980
as Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Concorde Affair
1979
as Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited)
MOVIE
Masters of Mayhem
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as Self