Directed credits
43
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Ruggero Deodato
Directing
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0.4
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Directed movies: 41Directed series: 2All crew 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
Frequent 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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ruggero Deodato.
5.4
Deathcember
Director
2019 Movie
5.0
Ballad in Blood
Director
2016 Movie
3.5
The Profane Exhibit
Director
2013 Movie
5.9
Father Hope
Director
2002 Movie
4.9
The Washing Machine
Director
1993 Movie
5.0
Mom I Can Do It
Director
1992 Movie
4.3
Dial: Help
Director
1988 Movie
5.6
Phantom of Death
Director
1988 Movie
5.4
The Barbarians
Director
1987 Movie
4.6
The Lone Runner
Director
1986 Movie
5.0
Body Count
Director
1986 Movie
5.3
Cut and Run
Director
1985 Movie
4.9
Raiders of Atlantis
Director
1983 Movie
5.8
House on the Edge of the Park
Director
1980 Movie
6.3
Cannibal Holocaust
Director
1980 Movie
6.3
Concorde Affair
Director
1979 Movie
5.7
Last Cannibal World
Director
1977 Movie
6.1
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Director
1976 Movie
4.7
Waves of Lust
Director
1975 Movie
3.3
Zenabel
Director
1969 Movie
3.0
In the Name of the Father
Director
1969 Movie
3.0
Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast
Director
1968 Movie
3.1
Man Only Cries for Love
Director
1968 Movie
4.7
Gungala, The Black Panther Girl
Director
1968 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Ruggero Deodato.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ruggero Deodato.
7.2
Django
Assistant Director
1966 Movie
7.1
Castle of Blood
First Assistant Director
1964 Movie
6.6
Atrocious
Presenter
2018 Movie
6.3
Cannibal Holocaust
Director
1980 Movie
6.2
Navajo Joe
Assistant Director
1966 Movie
5.9
Hostel: Part II
as Cannibal
2007 Movie
5.8
House on the Edge of the Park
Director
1980 Movie
5.7
Last Cannibal World
Director
1977 Movie
5.4
The Barbarians
Director
1987 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ruggero Deodato.
6.3
Cannibal Holocaust
Director
1980 Movie
3.3
Zenabel
Director
1969 Movie
5.9
Hostel: Part II
as Cannibal
2007 Movie
5.0
Body Count
Director
1986 Movie
7.2
Django
Assistant Director
1966 Movie
4.2
The Slave Merchants
Assistant Director
1964 Movie
4.7
Waves of Lust
Director
1975 Movie
5.4
The Barbarians
Director
1987 Movie
5.7
Last Cannibal World
Director
1977 Movie
5.6
Chimères
as Butcher
2013 Movie
6.6
Atrocious
Presenter
2018 Movie
4.9
Totò sexy
First Assistant Director
1963 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ruggero Deodato.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ruggero Deodato.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Ruggero Deodato.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
6.5
Deodato Holocaust
as Himself
2019 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
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Ruggero Deodato.