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).
2025Il cinema secondo CormanMovieas Self
2022The Last of UsMovieas Self
2022An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of FilmmakingMovieas 自己
2021Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci UnchainedMovieas Self - Filmmaker
2021Searching for Cannibal HolocaustMovieas Self
2021Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of ExcessMovieas Self
2021The Found Footage PhenomenonMovieas Self
2020Cursed FilmsTV showas Self · 1 episodes2019DeathcemberMovieDirector · Writer
2019Deodato HolocaustMovieas Himself2018AtrociousMovieThanks · Presenter · Associate Producer
2018Me Me Lai Bites BackMovieas Self
2018The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal FilmMovie
2017Cult of TerrorMovieas Self - Filmmaker
2017Macho Man 2Movieas Himself
2017Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'AmatoMovieas Self2016Ballad in BloodMovieas Prof. Roth · Screenplay · Director
2016Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal MoviesMovie
2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloMovieas Self
2015Lilith's HellMovieas Self
2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal FilmMovie
2014H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left ArmsMovie
2014Faenza: La Pantalla OcultaMovie
2013ChimèresMovieas Butcher
2013Die schlechtesten Filme aller ZeitenTV showDirector · 1 episodes
2013The Profane ExhibitMovieDirector · Writer
2013I TarantinianiMovieas Self
2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieMovieas Himself
2011Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third ReichMovie
2011Film and Be DamnedMovieas Self2011The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal HolocaustMovieas Self
2010The Museum Of WondersMovieas Himself
2008Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1Movieas Self
2008Dead BonesMovieas Butcher
2007Hostel Part II: The Next LevelMovieas Self
2007Hostel Part II: A Legacy of TortureMovieas Self
2007Hostel: Part IIMovieas Cannibal · as The Italian Cannibal
2006Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?Movieas Self
2006The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?Movieas Self
2006Cinema of DeathMovie
2005Ban the Sadist Videos!Movieas Self
2003In the Jungle - The Making Of Cannibal HolocaustMovieas Himself
2003Django: The One and OnlyMovieas Self
2002Father HopeMovieDirector · Screenplay
1997We Are AngelsTV showDirector · Writer · 6 episodes
1993The Washing MachineMovieas Nosy Neighbor (uncredited) · Director
1992Mom I Can Do ItMovieas Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited) · Director · Writer
1989OceanoTV showDirector · Creator · 6 episodes
1988Dial: HelpMovieas Man in Phone Booth (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay1988Phantom of DeathMovieas Man That Gets on Moped at Station (uncredited) · Director1987The BarbariansMovieDirector
1986The Lone RunnerMovieDirector1986Body CountMovieDirector1985Cut and RunMovieDirector1983Raiders of AtlantisMovieas Oil Rig Assistant · Director1980House on the Edge of the ParkMovieDirector1980Cannibal HolocaustMovieas Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited) · Director
1979Concorde AffairMovieas Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited) · Director
1978Last FeelingsMovieStory · Director1977Last Cannibal WorldMovieDirector1976Live Like a Cop, Die Like a ManMovieDirector1975Waves of LustMovieDirector
1971All'ultimo minutoTV showCreator
1969ZenabelMovieDirector · Screenplay
1969In the Name of the FatherMovieDirector
1968Vacation on the Esmeralda CoastMovieDirector
1968Man Only Cries for LoveMovieDirector
1968Gungala, The Black Panther GirlMovieDirector
1968Fenomenal and the Treasure of TutankamenMovieWriter · Director
1967Sailors on DeckMovieFirst Assistant Director1967The HellbendersMovieAssistant Director1966Navajo JoeMovieAssistant Director
1966Ringo and His Golden PistolMovieFirst Assistant Director1966DjangoMovieAssistant Director · Second Unit Director
1966Mademoiselle de MaupinMovieFirst Assistant Director
1964The Slave MerchantsMovieAssistant Director1964Castle of BloodMovieFirst Assistant Director1963Gli onorevoliMovieFirst Assistant Director
1963Totò sexyMovieFirst Assistant Director1963The Monk of MonzaMovieFirst Assistant Director
1963The Shortest DayMovieSecond Assistant Director1962Lo smemorato di CollegnoMovieSecond Assistant Director
1962Dark SoulMovieSecond Assistant Director
1961Ursus in the Valley of the LionsMovieFirst Assistant Director
1961Pastasciutta nel desertoMovieFirst Assistant Director
1961Viva l'Italia!MovieSecond Assistant Director
1960Escape by NightMovieAssistant Director
—Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the LeftMovieas Self