Ruggero Deodato
Italian film director and screenwriter (1939–2022)
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- Ruggero Deodato ( Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro deoˈdato] ; 7 May 1939 – 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
- Cannibal Holocaust is also cited as a precursor of found footage films such as The Blair Witch Project and The Last Broadcast .
- Deodato was an influence on film directors like Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth and Nicolas Winding Refn.
- He went to Denmark and started as a musician playing piano and conducting a small orchestra at 7 years old.
Ruggero Deodato (Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro deoˈdato]; 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. The film strengthened Deodato's fame as an "extreme" director and earned him the nickname "Monsieur Cannibal" in France.
Deodato was an influence on film directors like Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Early life and career
Deodato was born in Potenza, Basilicata, and moved to Rome with his family as a child. He went to Denmark and started as a musician playing piano and conducting a small orchestra at 7 years old. Once back to Italy, he quit music after his private teacher sent him away for playing by ear.
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