FILM DIRECTOR

Dario Argento

1940 - Today

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Dario Argento (Italian: [ˈdaːrjo arˈdʒɛnto]; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. His influential work in the horror and giallo genres during the 1970s and 1980s has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror". His films as director include his "Animal Trilogy", consisting of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) and Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971); his "Three Mothers" trilogy, consisting of Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980) and The Mother of Tears (2007); and his stand-alone films Deep Red (1975), Tenebrae (1982), Phenomena (1985) and Opera (1987). He co-wrote the screenplay for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and served as George A. Romero's script consultant on Dawn of the Dead (1978), for which he also composed the soundtrack with his long-time collaborators Goblin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dario Argento is the 95th most popular film director (down from 82nd in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from Italy (down from 685th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Film Director.

Dario Argento is a famous Italian film director and producer. He is most famous for his horror films, such as "Suspiria" and "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dario Argento ranks 95 out of 2,041. Before him are Terry Gilliam, Manoel de Oliveira, Carl Theodor Dreyer, John Carpenter, Wolfgang Petersen, and Aki Kaurismäki. After him are Christopher Nolan, Carlos Saura, Richard Attenborough, David Lean, René Clair, and Andrzej Żuławski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Dario Argento ranks 51. Before him are Abdurrahman Wahid, Patrick Stewart, Kip Thorne, Óscar Arias, Terry Gilliam, and Nancy Sinatra. After him are Richard Williamson, Anna Karina, Andrzej Żuławski, David Koch, Patrick Leahy, and Raquel Welch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dario Argento ranks 814 out of 5,161. Before him are Louise of Orléans (1812), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Scholastica (480), Vittorio Gassman (1922), Aldo Rossi (1931), and Giambattista Basile (1566). After him are Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Domenichino (1581), Louis I of Etruria (1773), Eugenio Montale (1896), William II of Sicily (1153), and Pisanello (1395).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Dario Argento ranks 12. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Frank Capra (1897), and Franco Zeffirelli (1923). After him are Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), Lina Wertmüller (1928), and Francesco Rosi (1922).

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