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Dario Argento
Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Editor, Composer, Additional CreditsBorn September 7, 1940 (85 years)
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.
He is known in italy as Master of Horror.
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Dario Argento Filmography
| 2022 | Dark Glasses · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Suspiria · as Original Film Writer |
| 2012 | |
| 2009 | Giallo · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2001 | |
| 1998 | The Phantom of the Opera · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1980 | Inferno · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | Door Into Darkness (TV Series) |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Four Flies on Grey Velvet · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Battle of the Commandos · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | The 5-Man Army · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Love Circle · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | La rivoluzione sessuale · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1966 |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror (TV Series) |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Door Into Darkness (TV Series) |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 |
| 2025 | The Run · as Priest |
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2021 | Vortex · as Lui |
| 2021 | Lui è peggio di me (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Tutti pazzi per amore (TV Series) · as Ugo, Presidente Commissione D'esame |
| 2006 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | VPRO Laat: Stardust · as Regisseur |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood · as Paramedic |
| 1987 | Opera · as Narrator (italian Version) (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | Inferno · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | The Five Days · as Bandaged Man With Tranzunto (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage · as Murderer's Hands |
| 1966 | Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? · as Priest (uncredited) |
| 2021 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1978 | Dawn of the Dead · as Co-Producer |
| 1973 | Door Into Darkness (TV Series) |
| 1993 | |
| 1978 |
| 1978 |
| 2023 | Cvlt · as Story |
| 2015 | Macbeth · as Stage Director |
| 2003 | The Card Player · as Story |
| 1997 | The Wax Mask · as Story |
| 1989 | The Church · as Story |
| 1987 | Opera · as Story |
| 1982 | |
| 1978 | Dawn of the Dead · as Script Consultant |
| 1977 | |
| 1973 | The Five Days · as Story |
| 1971 | The Cat o' Nine Tails · as Story |
| 1970 | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage · as Story |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West · as Story |
| 1967 | Every Man Is My Enemy · as Screenplay Collaboration |