Dario Argento

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 07, 1940 (84 years old)

Dario Argento

Known For

Dario Argento: Panico
1h 38m
Movie 2024

Dario Argento: Panico

This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the director of Suspiria. Using the writing process of his next film as a starting point, Dario Argento Panico immerses us in the mind of the Italian genius, and offers testimonials from other filmmakers who love his work, all key names in today's world of cinema including Gaspar Noé and Guillermo Del Toro.

Deep Argento
1h 5m
Movie 2023

Deep Argento

Dario Argento is one of the most acclaimed Italian directors in the world, revered as if he were a rock star. At the same time, however, he is a person who has always protected his private life. This documentary breaks that taboo and delves into the most intimate aspects of his life and career, uncovering personal documents and photographs that, until now, had been jealously guarded.

CVLT
0h 8m
Movie 2023

CVLT

In the clip for the song "Cvlt" the rappers Salmo and Noyz Narcos go to the master's house. Things take an unexpected turn.

Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF
1h 59m
TV Show 2023

Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF

Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
1h 31m
Movie 2022

Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento

Newly edited version of Luigi Cozzi's 1997 documentary "Il mondo di Dario Argento 3: Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento" focusing on the museum-part of the "Profondo Rosso" shop.

DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
Movie 2022

DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit

Tripping The Dark Fantastic
1h 33m
Movie 2022

Tripping The Dark Fantastic

Showcasing a live performance at Earth Theatre, London in 2021 and interviews with the artists he has collaborated with from over 35 years of scoring horror, fantasy and genre films, TRIPPING THE DARK FANTASTIC is a stunning record of musician Simon Boswell’s career. An exciting trip through such classics as PHENOMENA, DEMONS 2, STAGE FRIGHT, SANTA SANGRE, PERDITA DURANGO, LORD OF ILLUSIONS, SHALLOW GRAVE, HARDWARE and many others, peppered with appearances by the likes of directors Dario Argento, Alejandro Jodorowsky, the concert features Simon with his 12 piece band, Caduta Massi, filmed by acclaimed DOP Vince Knight.

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
1h 47m
Movie 2022

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.

Ennio
2h 36m
Movie 2022

Ennio

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

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.

Acting

2024
Titanus 1904
2024
Dario Argento: Panico
2023
Deep Argento
2023
CVLT
2023
Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF
2022
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
2022
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
Ennio
2022
Vortex
2021
We Are Cinema
2021
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
The Last Movie Painter
2019
The Grand Opening
2019
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
All the Colors of Giallo
2018
Friedkin Uncut
2017
Cult of Terror
2017
Il mistero della cattedrale
2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Of Flies and Maggots
2016
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
Blood on Méliès' Moon
2016
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2015
Nessuno siamo perfetti
2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
2011
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
2011
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
2010
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2009
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
2008
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
2008
A Dark Fairy Tale
2007
Linee d'ombra
2007
Director: Dario Argento
2007
Hanging Shadows
2006
Tempus fugit
1998
Homo Cinematographicus
1997
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1996
Bits & Pieces
1991
Dario Argento: Master of Horror
1989
Stephen King's World of Horror
1987
Opera
1985
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

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