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Ruggero Deodato

Directing

Born May 7, 1939 · Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Died December 29, 2022

Also known as Roger Rockefeller · Roger Godey · Roger Drake

Biography

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).

Filmography32 titles

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

2021as Self

Django

1966Assistant Director, Second Unit Director

Cursed Films

2020as Self

Castle of Blood

1964First Assistant Director

Django & Django

2021as Self - Filmmaker

The Monk of Monza

1963First Assistant Director

Ban the Sadist Videos!

2005as Self

Lo smemorato di Collegno

1962Second Assistant Director

Deodato Holocaust

2019as Himself

The Hellbenders

1967Assistant Director

Cannibal Holocaust

1980as Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

1976Director

Navajo Joe

1966Assistant Director

Mademoiselle de Maupin

1966First Assistant Director

Hostel: Part II

2007as Cannibal

The House on the Edge of the Park

1980Director

The Found Footage Phenomenon

2021as Self

Last Cannibal World

1977Director

Ursus in the Valley of the Lions

1961First Assistant Director

The Barbarians

1987Director

Cut and Run

1984Director

Deathcember

2019Director

The Washing Machine

1993as Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Body Count

1986Director

The Lone Runner

1986Director

Atlantis Interceptors

1983as Oil Rig Assistant

Waves of Lust

1975Director

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen

1968Director, Writer

Ringo and His Golden Pistol

1966First Assistant Director

Lilith's Hell

2015as Self

H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms

2013

Bloody Sin

2011