Dario Argento Biography (1940-)

Born September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy; son of Salvatore Argento (a film producer and executive); companion of Daria Nicolodi (an actress), 1975 (separated, 1985); children: Asia (an actress) and Fiore (an actress).

Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupation: director, producer, screenwriter, composer, editor, sound mixer, artistic supervisor, actor
Birth Details: September 7, 1940; Rome, Italy

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director, Except Where Indicated
Codirector, Probabilita zero, 1968
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (also known as L'ucello dalle piume di cristalo, The Bird with the Glass Feathers, Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe, The Phantom of Terror, and The Gallery Murders), UM, 1970
Cat o' Nine Tails (also known as Il gatto a nove code, Le Chat a neuf queues, and Die Neunschwanzige Katze), NationalGeneral, 1971
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (also known as Quattro mosche di velluto grigio, Four Patches of Grey Velvet, and Quatre mourches develous gris), Paramount, 1972
Le Cinque giornate (also known as The Five Days of Milan),1973
Deep Red (also known as Profondo rosso, The Hatchet Murders, Dripping Deep Red, The Sabre Tooth Tiger, and DeepRed Hatchet Murders), Seda Spettacoli Mahler, 1975 , released in the United States by Rizzoli, 1976
Suspiria (also known as Dario Argento's Suspiria), International Classics/Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
(And coproducer, script consultant, and post-production sound mixer) Zombie (also known as Dawn of the Dead, Dawn of the Living Dead, Zombi, Zombie: Dawn of the Dead, and Zombies), 1978
Inferno (also known as Dario Argento's Inferno), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Sotto gli occhi dell'assassino (also known as Tenebrae, Shadow, Tenebre, and Unsane), Intra/Anglo-American/Bedford Entertainment/Film Gallery, 1982
(And producer) Creepers (also known as Phenomena), New LineCinema, 1985
Producer, Demons (also known as Demoni), Titanus/Ascot Entertainment Group, 1985
Producer, Demons II: The Nightmare Is Back (also known as Demoni II: L'incubo ritorna, Demoni 2, and Demons 2), Titanus/Avatar/DAC, 1986
(And producer) Opera (also known as Terror at the Opera), Columbia, 1987
Producer, La Chiesa (also known as Cathedral of Demons, The Church, Demon Cathedral, Demons 3, and In the Land of the Demons), 1988
(And executive producer) Due occhi dibolici (also known as TwoEvil Eyes), 1990
Producer, La Setta (also known as Demons 4, The Devil's Daughter, and The Sect), 1990
(And producer and editor) Trauma (also known as Dario Argento's Trauma), 1993
(And producer) La Sindrome di Stendhal (also known as The Stendhal Syndrome and Stendhal's Syndrome), Troma, 1996
Producer and artistic supervisor, M.D.C.-Maschera di cera (also known as Gaston Leroux's The Wax Mask), Italian International Film,1997
Il Fantasma dell'opera (also known as Phantom of the Opera and The Phantom of the Opera), A-pix Entertainment, Inc., 1998
Producer, Scarlet Diva, Minerva, 2000
Non ho sonno (also known as I Can't Sleep), 2001
Film Appearances
Himself, Il Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (also known asDario Argento's World of Horror), 1985
Paramedic, Innocent Blood (also known as A French Vampire in America), 1992
Man confessing to Franciscan monk, Il Cielo e sempre piu blu (alsoknown as Bits and Pieces), 1995
Himself, Il Mondo di Dario Argento 3: Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento, 1997
Television Work
Movies
Producer and (as Sirio Bernadotte) director, Il Tram, 1973
Producer and (uncredited) director, Testimone oculare, 1973
Television Appearances

Movies
Himself, Fear in the Dark, 1991
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
Directed and appeared in Claudio Simonetti's "Jennifer's Theme."
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Scusi, lei e favorevole o contrario&quest;, 1967
(With Tonio Cervi) Today It's Me ... Tomorrow You! (also knownas Oggi a me domani a te!, Today It's Me, Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die), Splendid, 1968 , released in the United States byCinerama, 1971
Probabilita zero (also known as Probability Zero), 1968
Commandos (also known as Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein, Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern, and Sullivan's Marauders), 1968
Le rivoluzione sessuale (also known as The Sexual Revolution), 1968
La stagione dei sensi (also known as Season of the Senses),1968
Comandamenti per un gangster, 1968
Une corde, un Colt (also known as Cemetery Without Crossesand Cimitero senza croci), 1968
Les Heros ne meurent jamais, 1968
Metti, una sera a cena (also known as The Love Circle, One Night at Dinner, and Supongamos que una noche, cenando ...), 1969
Un Esercito di cinque uomini (also known as The Five Man Army), 1969
(From story) C'era una volta il West (also known as Once Upon a Time in the West), 1969
La Legione dei dannati (also known as Battle of the Commandos, La Brigada de los condenados, Die zum Teufel gehen, and Legion of the Damned), 1969
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (also known as L'ucello dalle piume di cristalo, The Bird with the Glass Feathers, Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe, The Phantom of Terror, and The Gallery Murders), UM, 1970 , published in Profondo Thrilling, 1975
(With Marc Richards) The Five Man Army (also known as Un esercito di 5 uomini), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
(And story) Cat o' Nine Tails (also known as Il gatto a nove code, Le Chat a neuf queues, and Die Neunschwanzige Katze), National General, 1971 , published in Profondo Thrilling, 1975
(And story) Four Flies on Grey Velvet (also known as Quattro mosche di velluto grigio, Four Patches of Grey Velvet, and Quatremourches de velous gris), Paramount, 1972 , published in Profondo Thrilling, 1975
(And story) Le cinque giornate, (also known as The Five Days ofMilan), 1973
(With Bernardino Zapponi) Deep Red (also known as Profondo rosso, The Hatchet Murders, Dripping Deep Red, The Sabre Tooth Tiger, and Deep Red Hatchet Murders), Seda Spettacoli Mahler, 1975 , released in the United States by Rizzoli, 1976
(With Daria Nicoldi) Suspiria (also known as Dario Argento's Suspiria), International Classics/Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
(Uncredited) Zombie (also known as Dawn of the Dead, Dawn of the Living Dead, Zombi, Zombie: Dawn of the Dead, andZombies), 1978
(And story) Inferno (also known as Dario Argento's Inferno), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
(As George Kemp) Sotto gli occhi dell'assassino (also known asTenebrae, Shadow, Tenebre, and Unsane), Intra/Anglo-American/Bedford Entertainment/Film Gallery, 1982
(With Franco Ferrini) Creepers (also known as Phenomena), New Line Cinema, 1985
(With Lamberto Bava, Dardano Sacchetti, and Ferrini) Demons (alsoknown as Demoni), Titanus/Ascot Entertainment Group, 1985
(With Bava, Sacchetti, and Ferrini) Demons II: The Nightmare Is Back (also known as Demoni II: L'incubo ritorna, Demoni 2, and Demons 2), Titanus/Avatar/DAC, 1986
(With Ferrini) Opera (also known as Terror at the Opera), Columbia, 1987
(With Ferrini) La Chiesa (also known as Cathedral of Demons, The Church, Demon Cathedral, Demons 3, and In the Land of the Demons), 1988
Due occhi dibolici (also known as Two Evil Eyes), 1990
La Setta (also known as Demons 4, The Devil's Daughter, and The Sect), 1990
(And story) Trauma (also known as Dario Argento's Trauma), 1993
(And story) La Sindrome di Stendhal (also known as The StendhalSyndrome and Stendhal's Syndrome), Troma, 1996
(Story) M.D.C.-Maschera di cera (also known as Gaston Leroux's The Wax Mask), 1997
Il Fantasma dell'opera (also known as Phantom of the Opera and The Phantom of the Opera), A-pix Entertainment, Inc., 1998
Non ho sonno (also known as I Can't Sleep), 2001
Film Scores
Suspiria (also known as Dario Argento's Suspiria), 1977
(Additional music) Zombie (also known as Dawn of the Dead, Dawn of the Living Dead, Zombi, Zombie: Dawn of the Dead, and Zombies), 1978
Television Movies
Il Tram, 1973
Testimone oculare, 1973
Television Episodes
La porte dans l'obscurite, 1972

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, February, 1993, St. James Press, 1996.
McGonagh, Maitland, Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento, Sun Tavern Fields, 1991.

Periodicals:

Film Quarterly, Winter, 1987, p. 2.
Film Comment, January-February, 1993, p. 55.
Film Threat, p. 40.

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