Joe D'Amato

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-12-15 (63 years old)

Deathday

1999-01-23

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

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 Bey...

Acting

1977

Emanuelle Around the World

as Halup Kilev (uncredited)

1995

Sick-o-pathics

as Neighbour #2

1968

Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!

as Willy, Donovan henchman

1977

Sexy Night Report

as Self (uncredited)

2015

Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham

as Self (archive footage)

2016

FantastiCozzi

as (voice) (archive footage)

1983

Endgame

as Inspector (uncredited)

1981

Porno Holocaust

as Reporter (uncredited)

2001

1972

What Have You Done to Solange?

as CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)

1964

Old Shatterhand

as Col. Hunter

1980

Anthropophagous

as Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car

1974

Anima mia

as Newsagent (uncredited)

1985

Robbery Under Arms

as Trooper Shearer

Production

1996

Robin Hood: Thief of Wives

as Director of Photography

1995

Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane

as Director of Photography

1980

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead

as Director of Photography

1979

1973

Death Smiles on a Murderer

as Director of Photography

1991

Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000

as Director of Photography

1972

Ben & Charlie

as Director of Photography

1987

Warrior Queen

as Producer

1981

Greedy Mouth

as Director

1981

Greedy Mouth

as Director of Photography

1987

Stage Fright

as Producer

1979

1979

Images in a Convent

as Screenplay

1988

Top Model

as Director

1990

Deep Blood

as Director

1990

Quest for the Mighty Sword

as Director of Photography

1988

Ghosthouse

as Producer

1976

Shadows in an Empty Room

as Director of Photography

1982

The Blade Master

as Director

1982

1991

Web of Desire

as Director

1991

Web of Desire

as Producer

1991

Web of Desire

as Director of Photography

1982

Ator, the Fighting Eagle

as Director of Photography

1981

Porno Holocaust

as Director

1989

1977

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

as Director of Photography

1977

Emanuelle Around the World

as Director of Photography

1980

Exotic Malice

as Director

1980

Hard Sensation

as Director

1980

Hard Sensation

as Director of Photography

1977

1977

Emanuelle in America

as Director of Photography

1991

Door to Silence

as Executive Producer

1986

1986

1986

Convent of Sinners

as Director of Photography

1983

Endgame

as Screenplay

1983

Endgame

as Producer

1983

Endgame

as Director

1976

Black Cobra

as Director

1976

Black Cobra

as Screenplay

1976

Black Cobra

as Director of Photography

1988

Killing Birds

as Director

1972

More Sexy Canterbury Tales

as Director of Photography

1976

1985

The Alcove

as Director

1975

Red Coat

as Director

1995

Juliet & Romeo

as Director

1983

1972

Crime Boss

as Director of Photography

1980

1998

Eternal Desire

as Director

1974

The Antichrist

as Director of Photography

1968

Twice a Judas

as Camera Operator

1993

1991

Passion's Flower

as Director

1966

Thompson 1880

as Camera Operator

1998

Calamity Jane 2

as Director

1998

Prague Exposed

as Director

1995

Homo Erectus

as Director

1996

1990

1997

1998

Showgirl

as Director

1997

1995

1995

The Joy Club

as Director

1999

Sexy Pirates

as Director

1980

1980

1998

The Venexiana

as Director

1995

1991

1991

Dangerous Obsession

as Director of Photography

1969

The Island of the Swedes

as Director of Photography

1982

1979

Tough to Kill

as Director

1992

1997

1998

Magic Eros

as Producer

1995

The Gym Club

as Director

1995

The Gym Club

as Director of Photography

1997

The Hyena

as Director of Photography

1986

Peep Show

as Director

1980

Blue Paradise

as Director

1980

Blue Paradise

as Producer

1980

Blue Paradise

as Director of Photography

1961

Gold of Rome

as Assistant Camera

1998

Il laureato

as Director

1995

Malizia Italiana

as Director

1996

Top Girl

as Director

1985

The Pleasure

as Director

1977

Ladies' Doctor

as Director

1995

Malizia Italiana

as Camera Operator

1963

Canzoni... in bikini

as Camera Operator

1964

1971

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!

as Director of Photography

1996

Carmen

as Director

1996

1996

Dreams of a Gigolo

as Director of Photography

1996

Flamenco Ecstasy

as Director

1978

1997

Aphrodite: Goddess of Love

as Director of Operations

1988

Killing Birds

as Producer

1988

Killing Birds

as Director of Photography

1987

Interzone

as Producer

1994

1996

Flamenco Ecstasy

as Camera Operator

1997

House of Anal Perversions

as Director of Photography

1996

Sex Penitentiary

as Director of Photography

1995

Midnight Obsession

as Director of Photography

1990

Deep Blood

as Director of Photography

1997

Goya and the Naked Maja

as Director of Photography

1997

All the President's Women

as Director of Photography

1997

Raw and Naked

as Director of Photography

1997

Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses

as Director of Photography

1999

Lussuria

as Director of Photography

1998

Eternal Desire

as Director of Photography

1998

Eternal Desire

as Camera Operator

1998

Showgirl

as Director of Photography

1973

1973

1996

Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra

as Director of Photography

1996

Carmen

as Camera Operator

1998

The Venexiana

as Director of Photography

1998

The Venexiana

as Camera Operator

1996

Robin Hood: Thief of Wives

as Camera Operator

1997

Hercules: A Sex Adventure

as Director of Photography

1995

Paprika

as Director of Photography

1995

Paprika

as Camera Operator

1995

Paprika

as Script

1995

Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian

as Director of Photography

1995

1995

Paprika

as Director

1994

Marquis de Sade

as Director

1988

Witchery

as Producer

1997

Anal Strippers X-posed

as Director of Photography

1963

Contempt

as Assistant Camera

1999

Experiences

as Director of Photography

1999

Dreams of a Country Girl

as Director of Photography

1998

Thief of Love

as Director of Photography

1998

Lady in the Iron Mask

as Director of Photography

1998

Raiders

as Director of Photography

1998

Phantom

as Director of Photography

1998

Off Limits

as Director of Photography

1998

The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses

as Director of Photography

1998

Outlaws

as Director of Photography

1998

Blow Up

as Director of Photography

1998

The Devil's Lair

as Director of Photography

1997

Othello: Dangerous Desire

as Director of Photography

1997

Sodom & Gamorra

as Director of Photography

1997

Demons of Lust

as Director of Photography

1997

The Seven Sexy Sins

as Director of Photography

1996

Carmen

as Director of Photography

1996

Love and Psyche

as Director of Photography

1995

Malizia Italiana

as Director of Photography

1985

The Pleasure

as Director of Photography

1983

Virgin for the Roman Empire

as Director of Photography

1970

Disperatamente l'estate scorsa

as Director of Photography

1971

Coffin Full of Dollars

as Director of Photography

1972

The Cat in Heat

as Director of Photography

1972

The Killer Is on the Phone

as Director of Photography

1973

The Devil's Wedding Night

as Director of Photography

1975

Emanuelle and Françoise

as Director of Photography

1976

Emanuelle in Bangkok

as Director of Photography

1978

Sexy Night Report n. 2

as Director of Photography

1978

Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals

as Director of Photography

1979

Images in a Convent

as Director of Photography

1980

Super Climax

as Director of Photography

1981

Absurd

as Director of Photography

1962

The Sea

as Assistant Camera

1997

The Hyena

as Director

1995

All Grown Up

as Director

1989

1996

Messalina

as Director

1974

The Arena

as Director of Photography

1995

Provocation

as Director

1997

The Boxer 2

as Director of Photography

1974

Heroes in Hell

as Director

1996

Lunch Party

as Writer

1996

Lunch Party

as Director

1996

Lunch Party

as Director of Photography

1999

Romanza

as Director

1998

1998

1997

Cop Sucker II

as Director

1997

Cop Sucker II

as Director of Photography

1996

Wild East

as Director

1995

Operation Sex

as Director

1995

Operation Sex

as Director of Photography

1983

1983

2020 Texas Gladiators

as Director of Photography

1999

1985

The Alcove

as Director of Photography

1976

Vow of Chastity

as Director

1989

Blue Angel Cafe

as Director of Photography

1989

Blue Angel Cafe

as Director

1989

Blue Angel Cafe

as Producer

1986

Peep Show

as Director of Photography

1986

Peep Show

as Editor

1997

Rocco's Ghost

as Director

1997

Rocco's Ghost

as Writer

1997

Rocco's Ghost

as Director of Photography

1994

1996

Dangerous

as Director

1998

Red Orchid

as Director

1998

Red Orchid

as Writer

1992

1973

1973

Diary of a Roman Virgin

as Director of Photography

1986

A Lustful Mind

as Director of Photography

1986

A Lustful Mind

as Director

1988

Dirty Love

as Director of Photography

1988

Dirty Love

as Director

1989

The Final Chapter

as Director of Photography

1990

Any Time, Any Play

as Director of Photography

1990

1991

Passion's Flower

as Director of Photography

1992

A Woman's Secret

as Director of Photography

1992

A Woman's Secret

as Director

1992

Instinct

as Director

1993

1994

China and Sex

as Director

1994

The House of Pleasure

as Director of Photography

1986

Peep Show

as Story

1982

The Blade Master

as Director of Photography

1995

Some Like It Hard

as Director of Photography

1995

Some Like It Hard

as Camera Operator

1978

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

as Director of Photography

1995

1979

Beyond the Darkness

as Director of Photography

1994

1990

High Finance Woman

as Director of Photography

1974

1992

Prima le donne e i bambini

as Director of Photography

1986

Delizia

as Director

1979

1973

1998

Outlaws

as Director

1999

Outlaws 2

as Director

1995

Anal Palace

as Director

1967

1961

1964

Soldiers and corporals

as Camera Operator

1986

Delizia

as Producer

1986

Delizia

as Director of Photography

1986

Delizia

as Editor

1977

Ladies' Doctor

as Screenplay

1977

Ladies' Doctor

as Director of Photography

1982

1950

L'inafferrabile 12

as Still Photographer

1952

The Golden Coach

as Still Photographer

1951

È l'amor che mi rovina

as Still Photographer

1996

Il Monaco

as Director

1996

Messalina

as Screenplay

1997

Rudy: The Valentino Story

as Camera Operator

1991

1978

Crazy Nights

as Director of Photography

1978

Crazy Nights

as Writer

1983

Endgame

as Director of Photography

1990

Troll 2

as Associate Producer

1990

Body Moves

as Executive Producer

1995

Anal Palace

as Director of Photography

1999

Lussuria

as Director

1998

Calamity Jane

as Director of Photography

1998

Calamity Jane

as Director

1996

Gypsy Seduction

as Director

1996

Gangland Bangers

as Director

1995

Mia moglie aperta a tutti

as Director of Photography

1980

Super Climax

as Director

1980

Super Climax

as Writer

1996

Messalina

as Director of Photography

1986

1994

1996

Checkmate

as Director of Photography

1996

Checkmate

as Camera Operator

1996

Fatal Instinct

as Director of Photography

1996

Fatal Instinct

as Director

1981

Porno Video

as Producer

1996

Wild East

as Director of Photography

1997

The Boxer

as Director

1997

Flying Nurses

as Director of Photography

1997

The Boxer 2

as Director

1997

The Last Fight

as Director

1975

Red Coat

as Screenplay

1975

Red Coat

as Story

1998

The Devil's Lair

as Director

1997

Samson in the Amazon's Land

as Director of Photography

1994

The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X

as Director of Photography

1997

The Last Fight

as Director of Photography

1998

Blow Up

as Director

1998

Off Limits

as Director

1996

Love and Psyche

as Director

1998

Elixir

as Director

1998

Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island

as Director of Photography

1997

Olympus: Refuge of Gods

as Director of Photography

1995

1996

Sex Penitentiary

as Director

1998

Phantom

as Director

1999

Experiences

as Director

1999

Experiences

as Producer

1999

Experiences 2

as Director

1997

Sodom & Gamorra

as Director

1997

1997

Queen of the Elephants

as Director of Photography

1998

Sahara

as Director

1998

Sahara

as Director of Photography

1999

Harem 2000

as Director

1997

1997

Demons of Lust

as Director

1998

Raiders

as Director

1998

1997

Raw and Naked

as Director

1998

Thief of Love

as Director

1975

1980

1980

Blue Erotic Climax

as Director of Photography

1981

Le ereditiere superporno

as Director of Photography

1981

Labbra vogliose

as Co-Director

1981

1981

Labbra vogliose

as Director of Photography

1981

Labbra vogliose

as Camera Operator

1981

Sesso acerbo

as Director

1981

Sesso acerbo

as Director of Photography

1981

Voglia di sesso

as Director

1981

Voglia di sesso

as Director of Photography

1981

Le porno investigatrici

as Director of Photography

1981

Desire

as Director

1981

Desire

as Director of Photography

1981

Desire

as Camera Operator

1982

Caligula: The Untold Story

as Director of Photography

1982

Super Hard Love

as Director

1982

Super Hard Love

as Director of Photography

1982

1982

Stretta e bagnata

as Director of Photography

1997

Caligula: The Deviant Emperor

as Director of Photography

1972

God Is My Colt

as Director

1964

All the Other Girls Do!

as Camera Operator

1988

Killing Birds

as Photoscience Manager

1995

1978

Crazy Nights

as Director

1971

Adios Compañeros

as Director of Photography

1970

1973

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

as Director of Photography

1995

Ghostfuck

as Director

1972

What Have You Done to Solange?

as Director of Photography

1995

Amadeus Mozart

as Director

1971

Vendetta at Dawn

as Camera Operator

1981

Absurd

as Director

1981

Absurd

as Producer

1980

Anthropophagous

as Director

1980

1980

Anthropophagous

as Producer

1980

Anthropophagous

as Camera Operator

1980

Porno Esotic Love

as Director of Photography

1992

Love Project

as Director

1996

Torero

as Director

1970

A Quiet Place to Kill

as Camera Operator

1974

Challenge to White Fang

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1974

Anima mia

as Director of Photography

1996

Checkmate

as Director

1966

1983

1999

1996

1981

Porno Holocaust

as Cinematography

1979

Tough to Kill

as Director of Photography

1969

Bandit Skin

as Director of Photography

1990

Body Moves

as Director

1996

Torero

as Director of Photography

1996

Gangland Bangers

as Director of Photography

1999

Sexy Pirates

as Director of Photography

1995

Juliet & Romeo

as Director of Photography

1991

Dangerous Obsession

as Executive Producer

1995

Juliet & Romeo

as Camera Operator

1995

Provocation

as Director of Photography

1972

Pugni, pirati e karatè

as Director of Photography

1997

The Boxer

as Director of Photography

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