Dario Argento

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 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: September 07, 1940

Deathday: N/A

Popularity:

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Known For

Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood

1992-09-25

Tales of the Uncanny
Tales of the Uncanny

2020-10-31

Cult of Terror
Cult of Terror

2017-10-14

The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead
The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead

2004-09-07

Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria

2009-02-06

Close Up
Close Up

2012-09-30

Dario Argento's World of Horror
Dario Argento's World of Horror

1985-01-01

Ennio
Ennio

2022-02-17

Bits & Pieces
Bits & Pieces

1996-02-02

Non risponde più
Non risponde più

2004-01-01

Dario Argento: Panico
Dario Argento: Panico

2024-10-14

Linee d'ombra
Linee d'ombra

2007-10-18

Der Fall der vier Fliegen
Der Fall der vier Fliegen

2012-07-06

Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'

2001-09-17

Hanging Shadows
Hanging Shadows

2007-09-14

CVLT
CVLT

2023-10-10

I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni

Il mistero della cattedrale
Il mistero della cattedrale

2017-10-02

Tripping The Dark Fantastic
Tripping The Dark Fantastic

2022-10-29

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

2012-10-30

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

2001-04-15

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

2022-10-20

Nessuno siamo perfetti
Nessuno siamo perfetti

2015-06-18

We Are Cinema
We Are Cinema

2021-12-16

DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit

2022-11-01

Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento

2022-12-02

Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain

2019-07-03

Deep Argento
Deep Argento

2023-10-21

Blood on Méliès' Moon
Blood on Méliès' Moon

2016-05-01

Fear in the Dark
Fear in the Dark

1991-10-29

A Dark Fairy Tale
A Dark Fairy Tale

2008-05-27

Of Flies and Maggots
Of Flies and Maggots

2017-05-08

Dario Argento: Master of Horror
Dario Argento: Master of Horror

1991-01-01

The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors

1997-01-01

Stephen King's World of Horror
Stephen King's World of Horror

1989-01-01

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017-08-06

Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Mario Bava: Operazione paura

2004-04-30

Inferno
Inferno

1980-02-07

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

1985-01-01

Friedkin Uncut
Friedkin Uncut

2018-11-05

Ban the Sadist Videos!
Ban the Sadist Videos!

2005-09-06

Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Suspiria 25th Anniversary

2001-09-11

Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror

2002-11-06

Du sang sur la neige
Du sang sur la neige

2013-11-15

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

2016-02-23

Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist

2011-03-14

The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'

2008-09-23

All the Colors of Giallo
All the Colors of Giallo

2019-01-29

Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Pardon, Are You for or Against?

1966-12-23

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

2010-09-07

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

2019-09-05

Tempus fugit
Tempus fugit

2006-08-11

Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena

2011-03-07

The Last Movie Painter
The Last Movie Painter

2020-02-06

Suspiria
Suspiria

1977-02-01

Deep Red
Deep Red

1975-03-07

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

2001-09-22

Opera
Opera

1987-12-19

Tenebre
Tenebre

1982-10-28

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

2021-05-17

The Five Days
The Five Days

1973-12-20

Director: Dario Argento
Director: Dario Argento

2007-09-25

Two Masters' Eyes
Two Masters' Eyes

2003-04-29

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

2016-09-05

Tales Of The Cat
Tales Of The Cat

2001-07-10

Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows

2005-10-27

Western all'italiana
Western all'italiana

2004-01-01

Italian Kings Of B
Italian Kings Of B

2003-01-01

Vortex
Vortex

2022-01-27

The Grand Opening
The Grand Opening

2019-09-24

Dario Argento: My Cinema
Dario Argento: My Cinema

1999-01-13

Homo Cinematographicus
Homo Cinematographicus

1998-06-01

Titanus 1904
Titanus 1904

2024-10-17

When There's no More Room in Hell
When There's no More Room in Hell

2004-12-04