Dario Argento
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Dario Argento is an Italian director born in Rome, the filmmaker most responsible for elevating Italian horror, or giallo, into a globally recognized art form. Deep Red and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage established his signature blend of elaborate murder set pieces, prowling camera movement, and vivid primary-color lighting, while Suspiria, a hallucinatory tale of a witches' coven inside a dance academy, became one of the most visually influential horror films ever made. Tenebre and Inferno continued his run of stylish, violence-driven thrillers built around scores by Goblin and elaborate, almost operatic death sequences. Argento's saturated color palettes and baroque camera work have left a direct mark on filmmakers from Nicolas Winding Refn to Luca Guadagnino, who remade Suspiria in 2018.
Dario Argento
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Dario Argento is an Italian director born in Rome, the filmmaker most responsible for elevating Italian horror, or giallo, into a globally recognized art form. Deep Red and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage established his signature blend of elaborate murder set pieces, prowling camera movement, and vivid primary-color lighting, while Suspiria, a hallucinatory tale of a witches' coven inside a dance academy, became one of the most visually influential horror films ever made. Tenebre and Inferno continued his run of stylish, violence-driven thrillers built around scores by Goblin and elaborate, almost operatic death sequences. Argento's saturated color palettes and baroque camera work have left a direct mark on filmmakers from Nicolas Winding Refn to Luca Guadagnino, who remade Suspiria in 2018.
Movies
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Suspiria
1977
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Deep Red
1975
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Phenomena
1985
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Opera
1987
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Two Evil Eyes
1990
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970
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Dracula 3D
2012
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Inferno
1980
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Tenebre
1982
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The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971
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The Stendhal Syndrome
1996
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Dark Glasses
2022
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1971
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Trauma
1993
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The Card Player
2004
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The Phantom of the Opera
1998
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Sleepless
2001
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Giallo
2010
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The Mother of Tears
2007
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The Five Days
1973
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CVLT
2023
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Dario Argento: Panico
Full Filmography
CVLT
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2023
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Dark Glasses
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2022
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Dracula 3D
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2012
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Giallo
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2010
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The Mother of Tears
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2007
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Masters of Horror
Director · 2 episodes
2005–
TV
The Card Player
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2004
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Sleepless
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2001
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The Phantom of the Opera
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1998
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Dario Argento and where are they from?
Dario Argento is 85 years old, born on September 7, 1940 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
What are the most famous roles of Dario Argento?
Dario Argento is best known for directing Once Upon a Time in the West, Suspiria, Deep Red.
How many movies has Dario Argento directed?
Over a 58-year career (since 1968), Dario Argento has directed or written 38 films and worked on 4 TV shows.
What was Dario Argento's first movie?
The career of Dario Argento began with The Sandman ().
What is Dario Argento's most recent movie or series?
Dario Argento's most recent release is CVLT, which premiered on October 10, 2023.
What TV shows has Dario Argento created or directed?
On television, Dario Argento has appeared in Masters of Horror, Door Into Darkness, Night Shift, Dario Argento’s Nightmares.
Dario Argento
1940-09-07 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
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 writing for various film journal magazines while still in his teens attending a Catholic high school. After graduation, instead of going to college, Argento took a job as a columnist for the Rome daily newspaper "Paese Sera". Inspired by the movies, he later found work as a screenwriter and wrote several screenplays for a number of films, but the most important were his western collaborations, which included Cimitero senza croci (1969) and the Sergio Leone masterpiece C'era una volta il West (1968).
He is known in italy as Master of Horror.