Dario Argento

Dario Argento

  • Birthday: 1940-09-07
  • Place of birth: Roma, Lazio, Italia
  • Also know as: Sirio Bernadotte

Biography

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.

Filmography

A Dark Fairy Tale

2008

As himself

Masters of Horror

2002

As Self

Tales Of The Cat

2001

As Self

Vortex

2022

As Lui

Non risponde più

2004

As Himself

Fear in the Dark

1991

As Self

Tempus fugit

2006

As

The Grand Opening

2019

As Himself

CVLT

2023

As Dario Argento

Der Fall der vier Fliegen

2012

As Himself (Archive footage 2002)

Close Up

2012

As Self (archive footage)

Ennio

2022

As Self

Italian Kings Of B

2003

As Self

Linee d'ombra

2007

As Self

Friedkin Uncut

2018

As Self

All the Colors of Giallo

2019

As Self - Director

Inferno

1980

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Opera

1987

As Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited)

Deep Red

1975

As Murderer's Hands (uncredited)

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

2001

As Self - Filmmaker

Tenebre

1982

As Narrator (Italian version) / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)

Innocent Blood

1992

As Paramedic

Suspiria

1977

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Five Days

1973

As Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited)

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

1966

As Priest (uncredited)

Cult of Terror

2017

As Self - Filmmaker

We Are Cinema

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Every Man Is My Enemy

1967

As Additional Writing

The Church

1989

As Presenter

DeGenerazione

1994

As Thanks

The Phantom of the Opera

1998

As Director

Deep Red

1975

As Director

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

1971

As Director

Suspiria

1977

As Director

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971

As Director

Phenomena

1985

As Director

Giallo

2010

As Director

Do You Like Hitchcock?

2005

As Director

Two Evil Eyes

1990

As Director

The Mother of Tears

2007

As Director

The Card Player

2004

As Director

Trauma

1993

As Director

Inferno

1980

As Director

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

As Director

Sleepless

2001

As Director

The Five Days

1973

As Director

Dracula 3D

2012

As Director

The Sandman

0000

As Director

Jenifer

2005

As Director

Pelts

2006

As Director

The King of Ads

1991

As Director

Dark Glasses

2022

As Director

Opera

1987

As Director

Tenebre

1982

As Director

Macbeth

2015

As Stage Director

CVLT

2023

As Director

Scarlet Diva

2000

As Producer

Demons 2

1986

As Producer

The Wax Mask

1997

As Producer

Demons

1985

As Producer

Phenomena

1985

As Producer

Two Evil Eyes

1990

As Executive Producer

The Mother of Tears

2007

As Producer

Trauma

1993

As Producer

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

As Producer

Sleepless

2001

As Producer

The Sect

1991

As Producer

The Church

1989

As Producer

The Card Player

2004

As Producer

Opera

1987

As Producer

Dawn of the Dead

1978

As Co-Producer

She Will

2022

As Producer

Suspiria

1977

As Original Music Composer

Dawn of the Dead

1978

As Music

The Phantom of the Opera

1998

As Screenplay

Deep Red

1975

As Writer

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

1971

As Screenplay

Suspiria

1977

As Screenplay

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971

As Story

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971

As Screenplay

The Church

1989

As Story

Demons 2

1986

As Writer

The Wax Mask

1997

As Story

Demons

1985

As Screenplay

Phenomena

1985

As Screenplay

Giallo

2010

As Screenplay

Two Evil Eyes

1990

As Screenplay

The Mother of Tears

2007

As Writer

The Five Man Army

1969

As Screenplay

Inferno

1980

As Screenplay

The Sect

1991

As Writer

Possibility Zero

1969

As Writer

Dracula 3D

2012

As Writer

Battle of the Commandos

1969

As Screenplay

The Sexual Revolution

1968

As Screenplay

Season of the Senses

1969

As Writer

Trauma

1993

As Writer

Commandos

1968

As Screenplay

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

As Writer

Sleepless

2001

As Screenplay

Phenomena

1985

As Story

Man Called Amen

1972

As Writer

The Card Player

2004

As Screenplay

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

As Story

The Card Player

2004

As Story

Do You Like Hitchcock?

2005

As Writer

The Church

1989

As Screenplay

Dawn of the Dead

1978

As Script Consultant

Suspiria

2018

As Original Film Writer

Sleepless

2001

As Story

Inferno

1980

As Story

Dark Glasses

2022

As Screenplay

Love Circle

1969

As Screenplay

Opera

1987

As Screenplay

Opera

1987

As Story

Tenebre

1982

As Screenplay

Tenebre

1982

As Story

The Five Days

1973

As Story

The Five Days

1973

As Screenplay

The Five Man Army

1969

As Story

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