Joe D'Amato

Known for: Directing
Born: December 15, 1936, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: January 23, 1999
Movies: 233

Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature.

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Best-Known Movies

6.4

Stage Fright

1987

5.4

Anthropophagous

1980

6.5

Beyond the Darkness

1979

5.3

Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane

1995

6.7

What Have You Done to Solange?

1972

5.0

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

1977

5.0

Ghosthouse

1988

5.4

Absurd

1981

4.0

Ator, the Fighting Eagle

1982

5.0

Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)

1988

Filmography

2021	Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess	Self (archive footage)
2016	FantastiCozzi	(voice) (archive footage)
2015	Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham	Self (archive footage)
2001	Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience	Himself (Archival Footage)
2001	Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato	(archive footage)
1999	Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience	Self
1999	Sono positivo	Regista hardcore
1996	Heidi im Pornoland	Self
1995	Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia	Polonio
1995	Sick-o-pathics	Neighbour #2
1985	Robbery Under Arms	Trooper Shearer
1983	Endgame	Inspector (uncredited)
1981	Porno Holocaust	Reporter (uncredited)
1980	Anthropophagous	Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
1977	Sexy Night Report	Self (uncredited)
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Halup Kilev (uncredited)
1974	Anima mia	Newsagent (uncredited)
1972	What Have You Done to Solange?	CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
1972	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Monk
1968	Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!	Willy, Donovan henchman
1964	Old Shatterhand	Col. Hunter

Directing, Writing & Producing

1999	Harem 2000	Director
1999	Lussuria	Director
1999	Experiences 2	Director
1999	Experiences	Director, Producer
1999	Dreams of a Country Girl	Director
1999	La Figlia Del Padrino	Director
1999	Sexy Pirates	Director
1999	Romanza	Director
1999	Outlaws 2	Director
1999	Arrogance: No Limits	Director
1998	Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island	Director
1998	Red Orchid	Director, Writer
1998	Sex Penitentiary	Director
1998	Eternal Desire	Director
1998	Calamity Jane 2	Director
1998	Prague Exposed	Director
1998	Showgirl	Director
1998	The Venexiana	Director
1998	Magic Eros	Producer
1998	Il laureato	Director
1998	Prima e dopo la cura	Director, Producer
1998	Outlaws	Director
1998	Calamity Jane	Director
1998	The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses	Director
1998	The Devil's Lair	Director
1998	Blow Up	Director
1998	Off Limits	Director
1998	Elixir	Director
1998	Phantom	Director
1998	Sahara	Director
1998	Raiders	Director
1998	Lady in the Iron Mask	Director
1998	Thief of Love	Director
1997	Othello: Dangerous Desire	Director
1997	Raw and Naked	Director
1997	The Hyena	Director
1997	House of Anal Perversions	Director
1997	The Boxer 2	Director
1997	Hercules: A Sex Adventure	Director
1997	Aphrodite: Goddess of Love	Director
1997	All the President's Women	Director
1997	Goya and the Naked Maja	Director
1997	Nero: Orgy of Fire	Director
1997	Anal Strippers X-posed	Director
1997	Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses	Director
1997	Le stagioni di Bel	Director
1997	Rudy: The Valentino Story	Director
1997	Cop Sucker II	Director
1997	Rocco's Ghost	Director, Writer
1997	Olympus: Refuge of Gods	Director
1997	The Boxer	Director
1997	The Last Fight	Director
1997	Samson in the Amazon's Land	Director
1997	Sodom & Gamorra	Director
1997	Queen of the Elephants	Director
1997	The Seven Sexy Sins	Director
1997	Demons of Lust	Director
1997	Caligula: The Deviant Emperor	Director
1996	Torero	Director
1996	Carmen	Director
1996	Dangerous	Director
1996	Black Cops in Budapest	Director
1996	Dreams of a Gigolo	Director
1996	Flamenco Ecstasy	Director
1996	Robin Hood: Thief of Wives	Director
1996	Anthony and Cleopatra	Director, Writer
1996	Top Girl	Director
1996	Messalina	Director, Screenplay
1996	Lunch Party	Writer, Director
1996	Donna Flor and Her Three Husbands	Director
1996	Wild East	Director
1996	Il Monaco	Director
1996	Gypsy Seduction	Director
1996	Gangland Bangers	Director
1996	Fatal Instinct	Director
1996	Love and Psyche	Director
1996	Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra	Director
1996	Checkmate	Director
1995	Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia	Director
1995	Anal Palace	Director
1995	Provocation	Director
1995	Midnight Obsession	Director
1995	Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane	Writer, Director
1995	Juliet & Romeo	Director
1995	Homo Erectus	Director
1995	Tarzhard - The Return	Director
1995	Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian	Director
1995	Decameron 2: Tales of Desire	Director
1995	Passion in Venice	Director
1995	Sea, Sex, and Fun	Director
1995	The Joy Club	Director
1995	Some Like It Hard	Director
1995	The Gym Club	Director
1995	Malizia Italiana	Director
1995	Paprika	Director
1995	All Grown Up	Director
1995	Operation Sex	Director
1995	Mia moglie aperta a tutti	Director
1995	Ghostfuck	Director
1995	Amadeus Mozart	Director
1994	The Labyrinth of Love	Director
1994	The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X	Director
1994	The House of Pleasure	Director
1994	China and Sex	Director
1994	Ghosts in the Castle	Director
1994	The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo	Director, Writer
1994	Barone Von Masoch	Director
1994	Marquis de Sade	Director
1994	Le casalinghe preferiscono gli stalloni	Director
1994	L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti	Director
1993	Tales of Red Chamber	Director
1993	Chinese Kamasutra	Director
1993	Rosa...Caldi rapporti anali	Director
1993	Incontri anali all’autosalone	Director
1992	Francesca's Castle	Director
1992	Il vizio infinito	Director
1992	A Woman's Secret	Director
1992	Instinct	Director
1992	Love Project	Director
1991	Dangerous Obsession	Director
1991	Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2	Director, Producer
1991	The Crawlers	Director
1991	Passion's Flower	Director
1991	The Devil In The Flesh	Director
1991	Return from Death (Frankenstein 2000)	Director, Screenplay, Producer
1990	Any Time, Any Play	Director
1990	Body Moves	Director
1990	Deep Blood	Director
1990	Quest for the Mighty Sword	Director
1990	High Finance Woman	Director
1989	Blue Angel Cafe	Director, Producer
1989	11 Days, 11 Nights Part 3	Director
1989	Hitcher in the Dark	Producer
1988	Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)	Producer
1988	Dirty Love	Director
1988	Killing Birds	Director, Producer
1988	Ghosthouse	Producer
1988	Top Model	Director
1987	Eleven Days, Eleven Nights	Director
1987	Stage Fright	Producer
1987	Interzone	Producer
1986	Delizia	Director, Producer
1986	Convent of Sinners	Director, Producer
1986	A Lustful Mind	Director
1986	Peep Show	Director
1985	The Pleasure	Director
1985	The Alcove	Director
1983	Endgame	Screenplay, Producer, Director
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm	Director, Screenplay
1983	Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst	Director, Screenplay
1983	Virgin for the Roman Empire	Director, Screenplay
1983	2020 Texas Gladiators	Director, Producer
1983	The Blade Master	Director, Writer
1983	Love in Hong Kong	Director
1983	Claire	Director
1982	Ator, the Fighting Eagle	Writer, Director
1982	Super Hard Love	Director
1982	The Essence of Sex	Director
1982	Caligula: The Untold Story	Director, Writer
1982	Stretta e bagnata	Director
1981	Le porno investigatrici	Director
1981	Caldo profumo di vergine	Director, Writer
1981	Voglia di sesso	Director
1981	Absurd	Director, Producer
1981	Sesso acerbo	Director
1981	Labbra vogliose	Writer
1981	Greedy Mouth	Director
1981	Porno Video	Producer
1981	Porno Holocaust	Director
1981	Il mondo perverso di Beatrice	Director
1981	Desire	Director
1980	Super Climax	Director, Writer
1980	Erotic Nights of the Living Dead	Director
1980	Porno Esotic Love	Director
1980	Anthropophagous	Director, Producer
1980	Exotic Malice	Director
1980	Sex and Black Magic	Director, Writer
1980	Blue Paradise	Director, Producer
1980	Hard Sensation	Director
1980	Blue Erotic Climax	Director
1979	Beyond the Darkness	Director
1979	Justine and the Whip	Director
1979	Images in a Convent	Director, Screenplay
1979	Tough to Kill	Director
1979	Pleasure Shop on 7th Ave.	Director, Writer
1978	Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals	Director
1978	Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2	Director, Writer
1978	Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	Director, Screenplay
1978	Sexy Night Report n. 2	Director, Writer
1978	Crazy Nights	Writer, Director
1977	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Director, Screenplay
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Director, Writer
1977	Ladies' Doctor	Director, Screenplay
1977	Emanuelle in America	Director
1976	Vow of Chastity	Director
1976	Black Cobra	Director, Screenplay
1976	Emanuelle in Bangkok	Director
1975	Emanuelle and Françoise	Director, Writer, Producer
1975	Red Coat	Director, Screenplay
1975	Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian	Screenplay
1974	Heroes in Hell	Director
1973	Fra' Tazio da Velletri	Director
1973	The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury	Writer, Director
1973	Death Smiles on a Murderer	Director
1973	The Devil's Wedding Night	Director
1973	Tales of Canterbury	Director, Writer
1973	Diary of a Roman Virgin	Director, Screenplay
1972	Bounty Hunter in Trinity	Writer, Director
1972	Pugni, pirati e karatè	Director
1972	God Is My Colt	Director
1972	Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado	Director
1972	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Director, Writer

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