Dario Argento
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.
Filmography
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
The Dark Fantastic
as Self
The Dark Fantastic
as Self
Titanus 1904
as Self
Titanus 1904
as Self
Dario Argento: Panico
as Self
Dario Argento: Panico
as Self
Deep Argento
Deep Argento
CVLT
as Dario Argento
CVLT
as Dario Argento
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
as self
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
as self
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
as Self
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
as Self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
as Himself
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
as Himself
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Ennio
as Self
Ennio
as Self
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Vortex
as Lui
Vortex
as Lui
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as Self
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as Self
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Movie Painter
as Self
The Last Movie Painter
as Self
The Grand Opening
as Self
The Grand Opening
as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
as Self
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
All the Colors of Giallo
as Self - Director
All the Colors of Giallo
as Self - Director
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
Il mistero della cattedrale
as self
Il mistero della cattedrale
as self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Filmmaker
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Filmmaker
Of Flies and Maggots
Of Flies and Maggots
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Blood on Méliès' Moon
as Self
Blood on Méliès' Moon
as Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
as Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
as Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
as Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
as Self
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
as Himself (Archive footage 2002)
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
as Himself (Archive footage 2002)
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
as Self
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
as Self
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
as Self
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
as Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
as Self
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
as Self
Linee d'ombra
as Self
Linee d'ombra
as Self
Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
Ban the Sadist Videos!
as Self
Ban the Sadist Videos!
as Self
When There's no More Room in Hell
When There's no More Room in Hell
Italian Kings Of B
as Self
Italian Kings Of B
as Self
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
Tales Of The Cat
as Self
Tales Of The Cat
as Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
Dario Argento: My Cinema
as Self
Dario Argento: My Cinema
as Self
Homo Cinematographicus
as Self
Homo Cinematographicus
as Self
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
as Self
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
as Self
Innocent Blood
as Paramedic
Innocent Blood
as Paramedic
Tenebre
as Narrator / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)
Tenebre
as Narrator / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)
The Five Days
as Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited)
The Five Days
as Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited)
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Priest (uncredited)
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Priest (uncredited)
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
as Self
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
as Self