
Joe D'Amato
Director·1936–1999·Rome, Lazio, Italy
34 horror credits
Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature.
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Director20 films

The Crawlers
Director

Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Director

Deep Blood
Director

Killing Birds
Director

Convent of Sinners
Director

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Director

Caligula: The Untold Story
Director

Absurd
Director

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Director

Anthropophagous
Director

Beyond the Darkness
Director

Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
Director

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Director

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Director

Emanuelle Around the World
Director

Emanuelle in America
Director

Black Cobra
Director

Emanuelle and Françoise
Director

Death Smiles on a Murderer
Director

The Devil's Wedding Night
Director
Writer9 films

Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Screenplay

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Screenplay

Caligula: The Untold Story
Writer

Anthropophagous
Story

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Screenplay / Story

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Screenplay / Story

Emanuelle Around the World
Writer

Black Cobra
Screenplay

Emanuelle and Françoise
Writer
Producer11 films

Door Into Silence
Executive Producer

Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Producer

Hitcher in the Dark
Producer

Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)
Producer

Killing Birds
Producer

Ghosthouse
Producer

Stage Fright
Producer

Convent of Sinners
Producer

Absurd
Producer

Anthropophagous
Producer

Emanuelle and Françoise
Producer
Cinematographer21 films

Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Director of Photography

Deep Blood
Director of Photography

Killing Birds
Director of Photography

Convent of Sinners
Director of Photography

Caligula: The Untold Story
Director of Photography

Absurd
Director of Photography

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Director of Photography

Beyond the Darkness
Director of Photography

Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
Director of Photography

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Director of Photography

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Director of Photography

Emanuelle Around the World
Director of Photography

Emanuelle in America
Director of Photography

Black Cobra
Director of Photography

Emanuelle and Françoise
Director of Photography

The Antichrist
Director of Photography

Death Smiles on a Murderer
Director of Photography

The Devil's Wedding Night
Director of Photography

The Killer Is on the Phone
Director of Photography

What Have You Done to Solange?
Director of Photography

The Island of the Swedes
Director of Photography
Editor1 film

Convent of Sinners
Editor
Actor5 films

Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
Himself (Archival Footage)

Sick-o-pathics
Neighbour #2

Anthropophagous
Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car

Emanuelle Around the World
Halup Kilev (uncredited)

What Have You Done to Solange?
CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
Other Crew5 films

Troll 2
Associate Producer

Killing Birds
Photoscience Manager

Anthropophagous
Camera Operator

A Quiet Place to Kill
Camera Operator

Hercules in the Haunted World
Camera Operator