Known for

Directing

Credits

470

Gender

Man

Birthday

15 Dec 1936

Day of death

23 Jan 1999 (62)

Place of birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Also known as

Aristide Massaccesi

Kevin Mancuso

Michael Di Caprio

Raf de Palma

Joe De Mato

Andrea Massai

Una Pierre

Alexandre Borsky

Chang Lee Sun

David Hills

Robert Yip

James Burke

Joan Russell

Dario Donati

Steven Benson

O.J. Clarke

John Bird

Robert Hall

Peter Newton

Anna Bergman

Michael Wotruba

John Shadow

Romano Gastaldi

Fred Slonisko

Federiko Slonisko

Anthony Ford

Alex Mancory

Dan Slonisko

Dudy Steel

Fausto Zuccoli

Dirk Frey

Oliver J. Clarke

乔·达马托

Henry Pachard's

Tom Salima

J.J. Renon

Joe D'Amato

Biography

Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe D'Amato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

Anthropophagous

7 August 1980

What Have You Done to Solange?

23 March 1972

Old Shatterhand

30 April 1964

Emanuelle Around the World

Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia

26 December 1995

Sick-o-pathics

1 June 1995

More Sexy Canterbury Tales

1 January 1972

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2021	Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess	Self (archive footage)
2016	FantastiCozzi	(voice) (archive footage)
2015	Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham	Self (archive footage)
2001	Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience	Himself (Archival Footage)
1999	Sono Positivo
1999	Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience	Self
1996	Heidi im Pornoland	Self
1995	Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia	Polonio
1995	Sick-o-pathics	Neighbour #2
1985	Robbery Under Arms	Trooper Shearer
1983	Endgame	Inspector (uncredited)
1981	Porno Holocaust	Reporter (uncredited)
1980	Anthropophagous	Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Halup Kilev (uncredited)
1977	Sexy Night Report	Self (uncredited)
1974	Anima mia	Newsagent (uncredited)
1972	What Have You Done to Solange?	CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
1972	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Monk
1968	Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!	Willy, Donovan henchman
1964	Old Shatterhand	Col. Hunter

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1999	Dreams of a Country Girl	Director
1999	Dreams of a Country Girl	Director of Photography
1999	I predatori delle Antille	Director
1999	Outlaws 2	Director
1999	Lussuria	Director of Photography
1999	Lussuria	Director
1999	Experiences	Director of Photography
1999	Romanza	Director
1999	La Figlia Del Padrino	Director
1999	Experiences	Producer
1999	Experiences	Director
1999	Experiences 2	Director
1999	Harem 2000	Director
1999	Arrogance: No Limits	Director
—	Le bambole del Führer 2	Director
1998	Calamity Jane	Director of Photography
1998	Calamity Jane	Director
1998	Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island	Director
1998	Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island	Director of Photography
1998	Il laureato	Director
1998	Sahara	Director
1998	Sahara	Director of Photography
1998	Lady in the Iron Mask	Director of Photography
1998	Red Orchid	Director
1998	Red Orchid	Writer
1998	Lady in the Iron Mask	Director
1998	Eternal Desire	Director
1998	Prague Exposed	Director
1998	Magic Eros	Producer
1998	Eternal Desire	Camera Operator
1998	Eternal Desire	Director of Photography
1998	Off Limits	Director of Photography
1998	The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses	Director of Photography
1998	The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses	Director
1998	Off Limits	Director
1998	Calamity Jane 2	Director
1998	Showgirl	Director
1998	The Venexiana	Director
1998	Showgirl	Director of Photography
1998	The Venexiana	Director of Photography
1998	The Venexiana	Camera Operator
1998	Phantom	Director of Photography
1998	Outlaws	Director of Photography
1998	Raiders	Director of Photography
1998	The Devil's Lair	Director of Photography
1998	Thief of Love	Director of Photography
1998	Blow Up	Director of Photography
1998	Prima e dopo la cura	Director
1998	Prima e dopo la cura	Producer
1998	Outlaws	Director
1998	The Devil's Lair	Director
1998	Blow Up	Director
1998	Elixir	Director
1998	Phantom	Director
1998	Raiders	Director
1998	Thief of Love	Director
1997	The Hyena	Director of Photography
1997	The Hyena	Director
1997	Queen of the Elephants	Director
1997	Queen of the Elephants	Director of Photography
1997	Rudy	Director
1997	Hercules: A Sex Adventure	Director of Photography
1997	Rudy	Camera Operator
1997	The Last Fight	Director
1997	Hercules: A Sex Adventure	Director
1997	The Last Fight	Director of Photography
1997	Aphrodite: Goddess of Love	Director
1997	Aphrodite: Goddess of Love	Director of Operations
1997	Olympus: Refuge of Gods	Director
1997	Flying Nurses	Director of Photography
1997	Olympus: Refuge of Gods	Director of Photography
1997	The Boxer 2	Director of Photography
1997	The Boxer 2	Director
1997	Caligula: The Deviant Emperor	Director
1997	Caligula: The Deviant Emperor	Director of Photography
1997	Raw and Naked	Director of Photography
1997	The Boxer	Director
1997	Raw and Naked	Director
1997	Goya and the Naked Maja	Director
1997	Anal Strippers X-posed	Director
1997	Le stagioni di Bel	Director
1997	Goya and the Naked Maja	Director of Photography
1997	Anal Strippers X-posed	Director of Photography
1997	The Seven Sexy Sins	Director of Photography
1997	Samson in the Amazon's Land	Director
1997	Samson in the Amazon's Land	Director of Photography
1997	The Seven Sexy Sins	Director
1997	All the President's Women	Director
1997	Nero: Orgy of Fire	Director
1997	Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses	Director
1997	House of Anal Perversions	Director
1997	House of Anal Perversions	Director of Photography
1997	All the President's Women	Director of Photography
1997	Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses	Director of Photography
1997	Demons of Lust	Director of Photography
1997	Othello Dangerous Desire	Director of Photography
1997	Sodom & Gamorra	Director of Photography
1997	Cop Sucker II	Director
1997	Cop Sucker II	Director of Photography
1997	Rocco's Ghost	Director
1997	Rocco's Ghost	Writer
1997	Rocco's Ghost	Director of Photography
1997	Othello Dangerous Desire	Director
1997	Sodom & Gamorra	Director
1997	Demons of Lust	Director
1996	Messalina	Director
1996	Messalina	Screenplay
1996	Messalina	Director of Photography
1996	Robin Hood: Thief of Wives	Director of Photography
1996	Robin Hood: Thief of Wives	Camera Operator
1996	Robin Hood: Thief of Wives	Director
1996	Top Girl	Director
1996	Il Monaco	Director
1996	Sex Penitentiary	Director of Photography
1996	Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra	Director of Photography
1996	Gangland Bangers	Director
1996	Fatal Instinct	Director
1996	Fatal Instinct	Director of Photography
1996	Sex Penitentiary	Director
1996	Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra	Director
1996	Torero	Director
1996	Anthony and Cleopatra	Director
1996	Carmen	Director
1996	Dreams of a Gigolo	Director
1996	Dreams of a Gigolo	Director of Photography
1996	Flamenco Ecstasy	Director
1996	Flamenco Ecstasy	Camera Operator
1996	Carmen	Camera Operator
1996	Love and Psyche	Director of Photography
1996	Carmen	Director of Photography
1996	Dangerous	Director
1996	Anthony and Cleopatra	Writer
1996	Gypsy Seduction	Director
1996	Love and Psyche	Director
1996	Lunch Party	Director of Photography
1996	Wild East	Director
1996	Donna Flor and Her Three Husbands	Director
1996	Lunch Party	Director
1996	Lunch Party	Writer
1996	Checkmate	Director of Photography
1996	Checkmate	Camera Operator
1996	Wild East	Director of Photography
1996	Checkmate	Director
1995	Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane	Writer
1995	Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane	Director of Photography
1995	Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane	Director
1995	Provocation	Director
1995	120 Days of Sodom	Director
1995	120 Days of Sodom	Director of Photography
1995	Tarzhard - The Return	Director
1995	Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia	Director
1995	Paprika	Camera Operator
1995	Paprika	Director of Photography
1995	Paprika	Script
1995	Paprika	Director
1995	Malizia Italiana	Camera Operator
1995	Malizia Italiana	Director
1995	Malizia Italiana	Director of Photography
1995	All Grown Up	Director
1995	Amadeus Mozart	Director
1995	The Joy Club	Director
1995	Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian	Director of Photography
1995	Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian	Camera Operator
1995	Decameron 2: Tales of Desire	Director
1995	Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian	Director
1995	Homo Erectus	Director
1995	Some Like It Hard	Director
1995	Midnight Obsession	Director of Photography
1995	Some Like It Hard	Director of Photography
1995	Some Like It Hard	Camera Operator
1995	Midnight Obsession	Director
1995	Juliet & Romeo	Director
1995	Sea, Sex, and Fun	Director
1995	Operation Sex	Director
1995	Operation Sex	Director of Photography
1995	Passion in Venice	Director
1995	The Gym Club	Director of Photography
1995	The Gym Club	Director
1995	Mia moglie aperta a tutti	Director of Photography
1995	Mia moglie aperta a tutti	Director
1995	Colpo dell'anno	Director
1994	China and Sex	Director
1994	The House of Pleasure	Director
1994	The House of Pleasure	Director of Photography
1994	The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X	Director
1994	The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X	Director of Photography
1994	The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo	Director
1994	The Labyrinth of Love	Director
1994	The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo	Writer
1994	Marquis de Sade	Director
1994	Barone Von Masoch	Director
1994	Ghosts in the Castle	Director
1994	L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti	Director
1994	Le casalinghe preferiscono gli stalloni	Director
1993	Chinese Kamasutra	Director
1993	Tales of Red Chamber	Director
1993	Rosa...Caldi rapporti anali	Director
1992	Love Project	Director
1992	A Woman's Secret	Director
1992	A Woman's Secret	Director of Photography
1992	Instinct	Director
1992	Francesca's Castle	Director
1992	Il vizio infinito	Director
1992	Prima le donne e i bambini	Director of Photography
1991	Door to Silence	Executive Producer
1991	Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000	Director of Photography
1991	Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000	Director
1991	Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000	Screenplay
1991	Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000	Producer
1991	Web of Desire	Producer
1991	Web of Desire	Director
1991	Web of Desire	Director of Photography
1991	Passion's Flower	Director
1991	Passion's Flower	Director of Photography
1991	Dangerous Obsession	Director of Photography
1991	Dangerous Obsession	Director
1991	The Devil In The Flesh	Director
1990	Troll 2	Associate Producer
1990	Deep Blood	Director
1990	Deep Blood	Director of Photography
1990	Ator IV: The Hobgoblin	Director
1990	Ator IV: The Hobgoblin	Director of Photography
1990	Ator IV: The Hobgoblin	Screenplay
1990	High Finance Woman	Director
1990	High Finance Woman	Director of Photography
1990	Any Time, Any Play	Director
1990	Any Time, Any Play	Director of Photography
1990	Body Moves	Executive Producer
1989	Hitcher in the Dark	Producer
1989	The Final Chapter	Director
1989	The Final Chapter	Director of Photography
1989	Blue Angel Cafe	Director of Photography
1989	Blue Angel Cafe	Director
1989	Blue Angel Cafe	Producer
1988	Ghosthouse	Producer
1988	Witchery	Producer
1988	Killing Birds	Director
1988	Killing Birds	Director of Photography
1988	Killing Birds	Producer
1988	Killing Birds	Photoscience Manager
1988	Top Model	Director
1988	Dirty Love	Director
1988	Dirty Love	Director of Photography
1987	StageFright	Producer
1987	Eleven Days, Eleven Nights	Director
1987	Warrior Queen	Producer
1987	Interzone	Producer
1986	Convent of Sinners	Director of Photography
1986	Convent of Sinners	Director
1986	Convent of Sinners	Editor
1986	Convent of Sinners	Producer
1986	Peep Show	Director
1986	Peep Show	Editor
1986	Peep Show	Director of Photography
1986	Peep Show	Story
1986	A Lustful Mind	Director
1986	A Lustful Mind	Director of Photography
1986	Delizia	Director
1986	Delizia	Director of Photography
1986	Delizia	Producer
1986	Delizia	Editor
1985	The Alcove	Director
1985	The Alcove	Director of Photography
1985	The Pleasure	Director
1985	The Pleasure	Director of Photography
1983	Endgame	Producer
1983	Endgame	Director
1983	Endgame	Screenplay
1983	Endgame	Director of Photography
1983	2020 Texas Gladiators	Director
1983	2020 Texas Gladiators	Director of Photography
1983	2020 Texas Gladiators	Producer
1983	Manuela's Perverse Outburst	Director
1983	Manuela's Perverse Outburst	Screenplay
1983	Love in Hong Kong	Director
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire	Director of Photography
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire	Director
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire	Screenplay
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm	Director
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm	Screenplay
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm	Director of Photography
1982	Ator, the Fighting Eagle	Writer
1982	Ator, the Fighting Eagle	Director
1982	Ator, the Fighting Eagle	Director of Photography
1982	The Blade Master	Director
1982	The Blade Master	Writer
1982	The Blade Master	Director of Photography
1982	Caligula: The Untold Story	Director
1982	Caligula: The Untold Story	Writer
1982	Caligula: The Untold Story	Director of Photography
1982	The Essence of Sex	Director
1982	Stretta e bagnata	Director of Photography
1982	Stretta e bagnata	Director
1982	Cuando calienta el sol... vamos a la playa	Director of Photography
1982	Cannibal Love	Director
1982	Super Hard Love	Director of Photography
1982	Super Hard Love	Director
1981	Absurd	Director of Photography
1981	Absurd	Director
1981	Absurd	Producer
1981	Porno Holocaust	Director
1981	Greedy Mouth	Director of Photography
1981	Greedy Mouth	Director
1981	Sesso acerbo	Director
1981	Sesso acerbo	Director of Photography
1981	Caldo profumo di vergine	Writer
1981	Caldo profumo di vergine	Director
1981	Le porno investigatrici	Director
1981	Il mondo perverso di Beatrice	Director
1981	Porno Video	Producer
1981	Labbra vogliose	Director of Photography
1981	Labbra vogliose	Writer
1981	Labbra vogliose	Camera Operator
1981	Labbra vogliose	Co-Director
1981	Le ereditiere superporno	Director of Photography
1981	Voglia di sesso	Director of Photography
1981	Voglia di sesso	Director
1981	Le porno investigatrici	Director of Photography
1981	Desire	Director
1981	Desire	Director of Photography
1981	Desire	Camera Operator
1980	Anthropophagous	Director
1980	Anthropophagous	Producer
1980	Anthropophagous	Story
1980	Anthropophagous	Camera Operator
1980	Erotic Nights of the Living Dead	Director
1980	Erotic Nights of the Living Dead	Director of Photography
1980	Sex and Black Magic	Director
1980	Sex and Black Magic	Writer
1980	Porno Esotic Love	Director
1980	Porno Esotic Love	Director of Photography
1980	Exotic Malice	Director
1980	Hard Sensation	Director
1980	Hard Sensation	Director of Photography
1980	Blue Paradise	Producer
1980	Blue Paradise	Director
1980	Blue Paradise	Director of Photography
1980	Blue Erotic Climax	Director of Photography
1980	Blue Erotic Climax	Director
1980	Super Climax	Director of Photography
1980	Super Climax	Director
1980	Super Climax	Writer
1979	Beyond the Darkness	Director
1979	Beyond the Darkness	Director of Photography
1979	Images in a Convent	Director
1979	Images in a Convent	Screenplay
1979	Images in a Convent	Director of Photography
1979	Pleasure Shop on the Avenue	Director
1979	Pleasure Shop on the Avenue	Writer
1979	Justine and the Whip	Director
1979	Justine and the Whip	Editor
1979	Tough to Kill	Director
1978	Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	Director
1978	Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	Screenplay
1978	Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	Director of Photography
1978	Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	Story
1978	Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals	Director
1978	Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals	Director of Photography
1978	Sexy Night Report n. 2	Director
1978	Sexy Night Report n. 2	Writer
1978	Sexy Night Report n. 2	Director of Photography
1978	Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2	Director
1978	Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2	Writer
1978	Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2	Director of Photography
1978	Crazy Nights	Director of Photography
1978	Crazy Nights	Writer
1978	Crazy Nights	Director
1977	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Director
1977	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Director of Photography
1977	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Screenplay
1977	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Story
1977	Emanuelle in America	Director
1977	Emanuelle in America	Director of Photography
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Director
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Director of Photography
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Writer
1977	Ladies' Doctor	Director
1977	Ladies' Doctor	Director of Photography
1977	Ladies' Doctor	Screenplay
1976	Emanuelle in Bangkok	Director
1976	Emanuelle in Bangkok	Director of Photography
1976	Black Cobra	Screenplay
1976	Black Cobra	Director of Photography
1976	Black Cobra	Director
1976	Shadows in an Empty Room	Director of Photography
1976	Vow of Chastity	Director
1975	Emanuelle and Françoise	Director
1975	Emanuelle and Françoise	Director of Photography
1975	Emanuelle and Françoise	Writer
1975	Emanuelle and Françoise	Producer
1975	Red Coat	Director
1975	Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian	Screenplay
1975	Red Coat	Screenplay
1975	Red Coat	Story
1975	Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto	Director of Photography
1974	The Antichrist	Director of Photography
1974	The Arena	Director of Photography
1974	Challenge to White Fang	Second Unit Director of Photography
1974	How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General	Director of Photography
1974	Heroes in Hell	Director
1974	Anima mia	Director of Photography
1973	Death Smiles on a Murderer	Director of Photography
1973	Death Smiles on a Murderer	Director
1973	The Devil's Wedding Night	Director
1973	The Devil's Wedding Night	Director of Photography
1973	Mean Frank and Crazy Tony	Director of Photography
1973	The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury	Director of Photography
1973	The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury	Writer
1973	The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury	Director
1973	Fra' Tazio da Velletri	Director
1973	Tales of Canterbury	Writer
1973	Tales of Canterbury	Director
1973	Diary of a Roman Virgin	Screenplay
1973	Diary of a Roman Virgin	Director
1973	Diary of a Roman Virgin	Director of Photography
1972	What Have You Done to Solange?	Director of Photography
1972	Ben & Charlie	Director of Photography
1972	The Killer Is on the Phone	Director of Photography
1972	Bounty Hunter in Trinity	Writer
1972	The Cat in Heat	Director of Photography
1972	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Director
1972	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Director of Photography
1972	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Writer
1972	Crime Boss	Director of Photography
1972	Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado	Director
1972	Fists, Pirate & Karate	Director
1972	God Is My Colt	Director
1971	Armiamoci e partite!	Director of Photography
1971	Coffin Full of Dollars	Director of Photography
1971	Adios Compañeros	Director of Photography
1971	Vendetta at Dawn	Camera Operator
1970	A Quiet Place to Kill	Camera Operator
1970	Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End	Director of Photography
1970	Disperatamente l'estate scorsa	Director of Photography
1969	The Island of the Swedes	Director of Photography
1968	Twice a Judas	Camera Operator
1967	Professionals for a Massacre	Camera Operator
1966	Thompson 1880	Camera Operator
1966	Viaggio di nozze all'italiana	Camera Operator
1964	2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge	Camera Operator
1964	Soldati e caporali	Camera Operator
1964	All the Other Girls Do!	Camera Operator
1963	Contempt	Assistant Camera
1963	Canzoni... in bikini	Camera Operator
1962	The Sea	Assistant Camera
1961	Hercules in the Haunted World	Camera Operator
1961	Gold of Rome	Assistant Camera
1952	The Golden Coach	Still Photographer
1951	È l'amor che mi rovina	Still Photographer
1950	L'inafferrabile 12	Still Photographer