Joe D'Amato

Personal Info

Known For:
Directing

Birthday:
December 15, 1936

Place of Birth:
Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Joe D'Amato

Biography

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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Filmography

Year Movie Role
2021 Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess Self (archive footage)
2016 FantastiCozzi (voice) (archive footage)
2015 Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham Self (archive footage)
2001 Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience Himself (Archival Footage)
1999 Sono Positivo
1999 Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience Self
1996 Heidi im Pornoland Self
1995 Sick-o-pathics Neighbour #2
1995 Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia Polonio
1985 Robbery Under Arms Trooper Shearer
1983 Endgame Inspector (uncredited)
1981 Porno Holocaust Reporter (uncredited)
1980 Anthropophagous Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
1977 Emanuelle Around the World Halup Kilev (uncredited)
1977 Sexy Night Report Self (uncredited)
1974 Anima mia Newsagent (uncredited)
1972 More Sexy Canterbury Tales Monk
1972 What Have You Done to Solange? CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
1968 Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! Willy, Donovan henchman
1964 Old Shatterhand Col. Hunter
Year TV Show Role
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