Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ruggero Deodato
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 81Series: 5Crew credits: 48
TMDB ID: 45572
IMDb ID: nm0219959
Known for: Directing
Born: May 7, 1939
Died: December 29, 2022
Age: 83
Place of birth: Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2025
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.1
Wikidata: Q456946
Also known as
Roger Rockefeller • Roger Godey • Roger Drake • Roger Deodato • Reggero Deodati • Roger Franklin
Other jobs
Director (26)First Assistant Director (9)Assistant Director (4)Second Assistant Director (4)Writer (2)Creator (1)Presenter (1)Story (1)
Biography
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ruggero Deodato.
Il cinema secondo Corman
as Self
2025 Movie
The Last of Us
as Self
2022 Movie
An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking
as 自己
2022 Movie
7.0
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Filmmaker
2021 Movie
4.4
Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
as Self
2021 Movie
6.9
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
as Self
2021 Movie
5.8
The Found Footage Phenomenon
as Self
2021 Movie
5.4
Deathcember
Director
2019 Movie
6.5
Deodato Holocaust
as Himself
2019 Movie
6.6
Atrocious
Presenter
2018 Movie
Me Me Lai Bites Back
as Self
2018 Movie
6.0
The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
2018 Movie
6.8
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
2017 Movie
Macho Man 2
as Himself
2017 Movie
5.0
Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
as Self
2017 Movie
5.0
Ballad in Blood
as Prof. Roth
2016 Movie
3.3
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016 Movie
6.6
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
as Himself
2016 Movie
4.5
Lilith's Hell
as Self
2015 Movie
7.3
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015 Movie
4.0
H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
2014 Movie
Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
2014 Movie
5.6
Chimères
as Butcher
2013 Movie
3.5
The Profane Exhibit
Director
2013 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruggero Deodato.
