Joe D'Amato
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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Acting
Movie
Anthropophagous
as Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
1980
Movie
What Have You Done to Solange?
as CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
1972
Movie
Old Shatterhand
as Col. Hunter
1964
Movie
Emanuelle Around the World
as Halup Kilev (uncredited)
1977
Movie
Endgame
as Inspector (uncredited)
1983
Movie
Porno Holocaust
as Reporter (uncredited)
1981
Movie
Sexy Night Report
as Self (uncredited)
1977
Movie
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
as Polonio
1995
Movie
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
as Monk
1972
Movie
Sick-o-pathics
as Neighbour #2
1995
Movie
Sono positivo
as Regista hardcore
1999
Movie
Robbery Under Arms
as Trooper Shearer
1985
Movie
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Movie
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
as Willy, Donovan henchman
1968
Movie
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as Self
1999
Movie
FantastiCozzi
as (voice) (archive footage)
2016
Movie
Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato
as (archive footage)
2001
Movie
Heidi im Pornoland
as Self
1996
Movie
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
as Himself (Archival Footage)
2001
Movie
Anima mia
as Newsagent (uncredited)
1974
Movie
Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Crew
Movie
Contempt
Assistant Camera
1963
Movie
Troll 2
Associate Producer
1990
Movie
Stage Fright
Producer
1987
Movie
Anthropophagous
Director
1980
Movie
Beyond the Darkness
Director
1979
Movie
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
Writer
1995
Movie
What Have You Done to Solange?
Director of Photography
1972
Movie
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Director
1977
Movie
Ghosthouse
Producer
1988
Movie
Absurd
Director of Photography
1981
Movie
The Antichrist
Director of Photography
1974
Movie
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Director of Photography
1982