FILM DIRECTOR

Ruggero Deodato

1939 - 2022

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Ruggero Deodato (Italian pronunciation: [rudˈdʒɛːro de.oˈda.to]; 7 May 1939 – 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His career spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco, and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known for directing violent and gory horror films with strong elements of realism. His most notable film is Cannibal Holocaust, considered one of the most controversial and brutal in the history of cinema, which was seized, banned or heavily censored in many countries, and which contained special effects so realistic that they led to Deodato being arrested on suspicion of murder. Cannibal Holocaust is also cited as a precursor of found footage films such as The Blair Witch Project and The Last Broadcast. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruggero Deodato is the 240th most popular film director (down from 235th in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,428th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ruggero Deodato ranks 240 out of 2,041. Before him are Yılmaz Güney, Michael Cacoyannis, Robert Wiene, John Schlesinger, Otto Preminger, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. After him are Franklin J. Schaffner, Nicholas Ray, Thea von Harbou, Joe D'Amato, Bertrand Tavernier, and James Foley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ruggero Deodato ranks 88. Before him are Dion DiMucci, Barry Seal, Étienne Mourrut, Scott Glenn, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, and Helmut Haller. After him are Fritjof Capra, Eugene Fama, Yoshinobu Ishii, Boris Kolker, Nobuyuki Oishi, and Peter Bogdanovich. Among people deceased in 2022, Ruggero Deodato ranks 88. Before him are Klaus Schulze, Cláudio Hummes, Catherine Spaak, Eric Walter Elst, Evaristo Carvalho, and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. After him are Boris Pahor, Scott Hall, Viktor Saneyev, Wim Jansen, Leonel Sánchez, and Peter Bogdanovich.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ruggero Deodato ranks 1,474 out of 5,161. Before him are Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (1889), Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Drusus Caesar (7), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Pier Angeli (1932), and Giovanni Battista Amici (1786). After him are Andrea Alciato (1492), Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Paolo Giovio (1483), Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), and Leonardo Leo (1694).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Ruggero Deodato ranks 21. Before him are Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Francesco Rosi (1922), Liliana Cavani (1933), and Marco Ferreri (1928). After him are Joe D'Amato (1936), Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Lucio Fulci (1927), Nanni Moretti (1953), Mario Bava (1914), and Damiano Damiani (1922).

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