10.0
10.0
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self
Dario Argento
Directing
Born:September 7, 1940(age 86)
Birthplace:Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality:Italy
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
Deep RedTenebraeSuspiriaThe Stendhal SyndromeThe Five DaysThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Filmography (109 movies)
9.5
9.5
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
9.2
9.2
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
as Self
8.5
8.5
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
as Sé stesso
8.3
8.3
Ennio
2022
as Self
8.1
8.1
The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead
2004
as Himself
8.0
8.0
Il mistero della cattedrale
2017
as self
8.0
8.0
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
8.0
8.0
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
as Self
7.7
7.7
Deep Red
1975
Writer
7.7
7.7
Masters of Horror
2002
as Self
7.5
7.5
Suspiria
1977
Director
7.4
7.4
The Last Movie Painter
2020
as Self
7.4
7.4
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self
7.3
7.3
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
as Self
7.1
7.1
Vortex
2021
as Lui
7.1
7.1
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970
Director
7.0
7.0
Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
7.0
7.0
Non risponde più
2004
as Himself
7.0
7.0
Nessuno siamo perfetti
2015
as Self
7.0
7.0
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
2011
as Himself
7.0
7.0
CVLT
2023
Director
6.9
6.9
All the Colors of Giallo
2019
as Self - Director
6.8
6.8
Dario Argento's World of Horror
1985
as Self
6.8
6.8
Tenebre
1982
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
2001
as Self
6.8
6.8
Phenomena
1985
Producer
6.8
6.8
Opera
1987
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
as Self
6.7
6.7
Dario Argento: Master of Horror
1991
as Himself
6.7
6.7
The 5-Man Army
1969
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
as Himself
6.6
6.6
Inferno
1980
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
as Self
6.6
6.6
Demons
1985
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
as Self
6.5
6.5
Dario Argento: Panico
2024
as Self
6.5
6.5
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
2012
as Himself (Archive footage 2002)
6.5
6.5
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1971
Director
6.4
6.4
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
as Self
6.4
6.4
Cemetery Without Crosses
1969
Writer
6.2
6.2
The Sect
1991
Producer
6.2
6.2
Love Circle
1969
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Two Evil Eyes
1990
Executive Producer
6.1
6.1
Sleepless
2001
Producer
6.1
6.1
Demons 2
1986
Producer
6.0
6.0
Of Flies and Maggots
2017
6.0
6.0
Dario Argento: My Cinema
1999
as Self
6.0
6.0
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Filmmaker
6.0
6.0
Italian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
6.0
6.0
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997
as Himself
6.0
6.0
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Church
1989
Producer
6.0
6.0
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
1968
Writer
6.0
6.0
Possibility Zero
1969
Writer
5.9
5.9
Jenifer
2005
Director
5.8
5.8
The Five Days
1973
Director
5.8
5.8
Trauma
1993
Director
5.6
5.6
Commandos
1968
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
Pelts
2006
Director
5.6
5.6
The Wax Mask
1997
Producer
5.5
5.5
Battle of the Commandos
1969
Screenplay
5.4
5.4
The Stendhal Syndrome
1996
Director
5.2
5.2
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005
Writer
5.1
5.1
She Will
2022
Producer
5.0
5.0
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
2019
5.0
5.0
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
2011
as Self
5.0
5.0
Season of the Senses
1969
Writer
4.9
4.9
Bits & Pieces
1996
4.7
4.7
Scarlet Diva
2000
Producer
4.7
4.7
Dark Glasses
2022
Director
4.6
4.6
The Phantom of the Opera
1998
Director
4.6
4.6
The Sexual Revolution
1968
Screenplay
4.5
4.5
The Mother of Tears
2007
Writer
4.4
4.4
Blood on Méliès' Moon
2016
as Self
4.4
4.4
The Card Player
2004
Director
4.3
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
Director
4.2
4.2
Giallo
2010
Screenplay
4.0
4.0
Western all'italiana
2004
4.0
4.0
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
2008
as Self
3.5
3.5
Dracula 3D
2012
Director
3.0
3.0
Deep Argento
2023
3.0
3.0
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022
as self
2.0
2.0
Man Called Amen
1972
Writer
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
2009
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
TBA
as Self
The Run
2025
as Priest
A Dark Fairy Tale
2008
as himself
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985
as Self
Tempus fugit
2006
The Dark Fantastic
2025
as Self
Du sang sur la neige
2013
as Self
Director: Dario Argento
2007
Two Masters' Eyes
2003
Tales Of The Cat
2001
as Self
Out of the Shadows
2005
The Grand Opening
2019
as Himself
When There's no More Room in Hell
2004
Hanging Shadows
2007
as Self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022
as Himself
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
2022
as Self
Linee d'ombra
2007
as Self
Titanus 1904
2024
as Self
Homo Cinematographicus
1998
as Self
Untitled Dario Argento / Isabelle Huppert Project
TBA
Director
The Sandman
TBA
Director
Commandments for a Gangster
1968
Writer
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