Dario Argento

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-09-07 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Dario Argento

Biography

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 wri...

Acting

1992

Innocent Blood

as Paramedic

2020

Tales of the Uncanny

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Cult of Terror

as Self - Filmmaker

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Ennio

as Self

2004

2007

2012

Der Fall der vier Fliegen

as Himself (Archive footage 2002)

2007

2023

CVLT

as Dario Argento

2021

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1991

2008

1980

Inferno

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2018

2019

All the Colors of Giallo

as Self - Director

1966

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

as Priest (uncredited)

1977

Suspiria

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1975

Deep Red

as Murderer's Hands (uncredited)

2001

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

as Self - Filmmaker

1987

Opera

as Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited)

1982

Tenebre

as Narrator (Italian version) / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)

1973

The Five Days

as Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited)

2001

2022

Vortex

as Lui

2019

2024

Production

1998

1975

Deep Red

as Director

1975

Deep Red

as Writer

1971

1977

Suspiria

as Director

1977

Suspiria

as Screenplay

1977

Suspiria

as Original Music Composer

2000

Scarlet Diva

as Producer

1971

1971

1986

Demons 2

as Writer

1986

Demons 2

as Producer

1989

The Church

as Story

1997

The Wax Mask

as Producer

1997

The Wax Mask

as Story

2010

Giallo

as Director

2010

Giallo

as Screenplay

1985

Phenomena

as Director

1985

Phenomena

as Screenplay

1985

Phenomena

as Producer

2005

1985

Demons

as Screenplay

1985

Demons

as Producer

1990

Two Evil Eyes

as Director

1990

Two Evil Eyes

as Screenplay

1990

Two Evil Eyes

as Executive Producer

1993

Trauma

as Producer

1993

Trauma

as Director

2007

2007

2007

2004

The Card Player

as Director

1969

The 5-Man Army

as Screenplay

1980

Inferno

as Director

1980

Inferno

as Screenplay

1991

The Sect

as Writer

1996

2001

Sleepless

as Director

1973

The Five Days

as Director

1969

2012

Dracula 3D

as Director

2012

Dracula 3D

as Writer

1968

1969

1967

Every Man Is My Enemy

as Additional Writing

2023

CVLT

as Director

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The Sandman

as Director

2022

She Will

as Producer

1968

Commandos

as Screenplay

2006

Pelts

as Director

1993

Trauma

as Writer

2005

Jenifer

as Director

2015

Macbeth

as Stage Director

1994

DeGenerazione

as Thanks

1989

The Church

as Presenter

1972

1985

Phenomena

as Story

1996

2001

Sleepless

as Screenplay

2001

Sleepless

as Producer

1991

The Sect

as Producer

1989

The Church

as Producer

2004

The Card Player

as Screenplay

2004

2004

The Card Player

as Producer

1969

1989

The Church

as Screenplay

2011

Masks

as Thanks

1991

The King of Ads

as Director

1978

1978

Dawn of the Dead

as Script Consultant

2018

Suspiria

as Original Film Writer

2001

Sleepless

as Story

1980

Inferno

as Story

2022

Dark Glasses

as Director

2022

Dark Glasses

as Screenplay

1969

Love Circle

as Screenplay

1987

Opera

as Producer

1987

Opera

as Screenplay

1987

Opera

as Story

1987

Opera

as Director

1982

Tenebre

as Story

1982

Tenebre

as Screenplay

1982

Tenebre

as Director

1973

1973

The Five Days

as Screenplay

1978

Dawn of the Dead

as Co-Producer

2023

CVLT

as Story

2023

CVLT

as Screenplay

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