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Born May 7, 1939 · 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).

Deathcember
2019

Ballad in Blood
2016

The Profane Exhibit
2013

Father Hope
2002

The Washing Machine
1993

Mom I Can Do It
1992

Dial: Help
1988

Phantom of Death
1988

The Barbarians
1987

The Lone Runner
1986

Body Count
1986

Cut and Run
1985

Raiders of Atlantis
1983

House on the Edge of the Park
1980

Cannibal Holocaust
1980

Concorde Affair
1979

Last Feelings
1978

Last Cannibal World
1977

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
1976

Waves of Lust
1975
All'ultimo minuto
1971

Zenabel
1969

In the Name of the Father
1969

Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast
1968

Man Only Cries for Love
1968

Gungala, The Black Panther Girl
1968

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
1968

Il cinema secondo Corman
2025
Deodato vs Lenzi
2024

The Last of Us
2022

An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking
2022

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
2021

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021

The Found Footage Phenomenon
2021

Deodato Holocaust
2019

Me Me Lai Bites Back
2018

The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
2018
Die Welt der Barbaren
2018

Cult of Terror
2017

Macho Man 2
2017

Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
2017

Ballad in Blood
2016

Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016

Lilith's Hell
2015

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015

Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
2014

H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
2014

Chimères
2013

I Tarantiniani
2013

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012

Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
2011