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Ruggero Deodato

Ruggero Deodato was born on May 7, 1939, in Potenza, Italy, and grew up outside Rome. One of his close friends at the time was Renzo Rossellini, the son of famed Italian director Roberto Rossellini. Knowing Ruggerio's love for the movies, Renzo persuaded him to work as a second unit director on some of his father's productions... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (34 titles)
2013 The Profane Exhibit (segment "Bridge") (filming)
 
2005 Father Hope (TV movie)
 
2005 Incantesimo 8 (TV series)
 
1998 Thinking About Africa (TV series)
 
1997 Noi siamo angeli (TV series)
Polvere (1997)
Dollari (1997)
Finalmente si vola (1997)
 
1992 Mom I Can Do It
 
1989 Il ricatto (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (1989)
Episode #1.4 (1989)
 
1989 Ocean (TV mini-series)
 
1988 Dial: Help
 
1987 The Barbarians
 
1986 The Lone Runner (as Roger Deodato)
 
1985 Cut and Run
 
1983 The Raiders of Atlantis (as Roger Franklin in US Credits)
 
1979 Concorde Affaire '79 (as Roger Deodato)
 
1978 Last Feelings
 
1975 Waves of Lust
 
1971-1973 All'ultimo minuto (TV series)
Scala reale (1973)
Il bulldozer (1973)
L'ultima cifra (1973)
Dramma in alto mare (1972)
 
1969 Zenabel
 
1969 Il triangolo rosso (TV series)
La tromba d'oro (1969)
La chiave (1969)
Gli amici (1969)
La fuga (1969)
 
1968 Gungala, the Black Panther Girl (as Roger Rockefeller)
 
1968 Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen (as Roger Rockefeller)
 
1964 Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (uncredited)
 
1967 Wanted (assistant director)
 
1967 Hellbenders (first assistant director)
 
1967 The Snow Devils (assistant director)
 
1967 Marinai in coperta (assistant director)
 
1967 Peggio per me... meglio per te (assistant director)
 
1966 Navajo Joe (assistant director)
 
1966 Il pianeta errante (first assistant director)
 
1966 Johnny Oro (assistant director)
 
1966 The War of the Planets (assistant director - as Roger Godey)
 
1966 Django (assistant director, second unit director: outdoor Spanish sequences)
 
1966 Madamigella di Maupin (assistant director)
 
1965 The Iron Age (TV series documentary) (assistant director - 5 episodes)
Episode #1.5 (1965) (assistant director)
Episode #1.1 (1965) (assistant director)
Episode #1.2 (1965) (assistant director)
Episode #1.3 (1965) (assistant director)
Episode #1.4 (1965) (assistant director)
 
1965 I criminali della galassia (assistant director - as Roger Godey)
 
1964 Romeo e Giulietta (assistant director)
 
1964 Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (assistant director)
 
1964 Castle of Blood (assistant director - as Roger Drake)
 
1964 Anthar l'invincibile (assistant director)
 
1963 Totòsexy (first assistant director)
 
1963 Horror Castle (assistant director)
 
1963 Gli onorevoli (first assistant director)
 
1962 Anima nera (second assistant director)
 
1962 Il monaco di Monza (assistant director)
 
1962 Lo smemorato di Collegno (second assistant director)
 
1961 Ursus nella valle dei leoni (assistant director)
 
1961 Pastasciutta nel deserto (assistant director)
 
1960 Escape by Night (assistant director)
 
1959 Il Generale della Rovere (assistant director)
 
Show ShowActor (16 titles)
2013 The Night-Gaunts (post-production)
Ernesto
 
2011 Back from the House (video short)
 
2008 Dead Bones (short)
Butcher
 
1997 Noi siamo angeli (TV series)
Man talking with Padre Zaccaria
 
1993 I ragazzi del muretto (TV series)
Signore col cane
Ragazze in crisi (1993) … Signore col cane (uncredited)
 
1993 The Washing Machine
Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1992 Mom I Can Do It
Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited)
 
1988 Dial: Help
Man in phone booth (uncredited)
 
1988 Un delitto poco comune
Man That Gets on Moped at Station (uncredited)
 
1985 Cut and Run
Man in TV footage of Jonestown (uncredited)
 
1983 The Raiders of Atlantis
Oil Rig Assistant (uncredited)
 
1980 Cannibal Holocaust
Man Outside University (uncredited)
 
1979 Concorde Affaire '79
Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited)
 
1976 Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Man Walking Out of Bank (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (11 titles)
2013 The Profane Exhibit (written by) (filming)
 
2005 Father Hope (TV movie)
 
1997 Noi siamo angeli (TV series)
Polvere (1997) (writer)
In cerca dell'Eldorado (1997) (writer)
Due facce da galera (1997) (writer)
 
1992 Mom I Can Do It (screenplay / story)
 
1989 Ocean (TV mini-series) (writer)
 
1988 Dial: Help (writer)
 
1978 Last Feelings (story)
 
1971 All'ultimo minuto (TV series)
Allarme a bordo (1971) (screenplay)
 
1969 Zenabel (screenplay)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1988 Dying: Last Seconds of Life, Part II (video documentary) (director: archive footage - scenes from "Jungle Holocaust" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2009/I Little Red Riding Hood (video short) (special thanks)
 
2007 Hostel: Part II (special thanks)
 
2006 36 Steps (spiritual support)
 
2005 Ban the Sadist Videos! (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2012 Oslo Fright Fest 2010 (documentary short)
Himself
 
2012 Bullets, Babes and Blood (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Film and Be Damned (documentary short)
 
2011 Trash Talk on Smash Cut (video short)
Himself
 
2009 Macabre: The Golden Age of Italian Exploitation (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 An Indian Named Joe (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Hanging Shadows (video documentary)
(Himself)
 
2006 Do You Remember Lucio Fulci? (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Dark Side of Porn (TV series documentary)
Himself
Does Snuff Exist? (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Ban the Sadist Videos! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Non risponde più (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Django: et le western apporta la violence (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 In the Jungle: The making of Cannibal Holocaust (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Shock Movie Massacre (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Uncut and Run (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Shot several commercials for Piaggio, Fiat, Philips, Kraft and De Longhi between 1969 and 1975.

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 5 Interviews  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Roger Franklin in US Credits | Reggero Deodati | Roger Deodato | Roger Drake | Roger Godey | Roger Rockefeller
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on the animal deaths in Cannibal Holocaust] I am sorry they have been killed. But you have to understand I come from the countryside in Italy. So when we were hungry, we killed and ate pigs and chickens. That's what the real villagers did who were in the film--they ate everything we killed. But also, when I made this film... See more »

Trivia:

He directed the notorious Cannibal Holocaust, in which--among other things--animals were actually killed on-screen. He was arrested shortly after its premiere in Italy, and faced accusations of first-degree murder--the authorities believed that several local actors in Colombia, where the film was shot, were also actually killed onscreen--as well as animal cruelty... See more »

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