Joe D'Amato
male
Born on December 15, 1936 (88 years old)
Passed Away on January 23, 1999
From Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known for Directing
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe D'Amato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Cast Credits
- 2021
- 2016
- 2015
- 2001
- 1999
- 1996
- 1995
- 1985
- 1983
- 1981
- 1980
- 1977
- 1974
- 1972
- 1968
- 1964
Crew Credits
- 1999
Sexy Pirates
as
Director
1999
Dreams of a Country Girl
as
Director
1999
Lussuria
as
Director of Photography
1999
Experiences
as
Director of Photography
1999
Dreams of a Country Girl
as
Director of Photography
1999
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Romanza
as
Director
1999
La Figlia Del Padrino
as
Director
1999
Outlaws 2
as
Director
1999
Lussuria
as
Director
1999
Experiences
as
Producer
1999
Experiences
as
Director
1999
Experiences 2
as
Director
1999
Harem 2000
as
Director
1999
Arrogance: No Limits
as
Director
1999
Sexy Pirates
as
Director of Photography
1999
- 1998
Eternal Desire
as
Director
1998
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Calamity Jane 2
as
Director
1998
Prague Exposed
as
Director
1998
Showgirl
as
Director
1998
The Venexiana
as
Director
1998
Magic Eros
as
Producer
1998
Il laureato
as
Director
1998
Eternal Desire
as
Camera Operator
1998
Eternal Desire
as
Director of Photography
1998
Showgirl
as
Director of Photography
1998
The Venexiana
as
Director of Photography
1998
The Venexiana
as
Camera Operator
1998
Phantom
as
Director of Photography
1998
Off Limits
as
Director of Photography
1998
Outlaws
as
Director of Photography
1998
Raiders
as
Director of Photography
1998
Lady in the Iron Mask
as
Director of Photography
1998
The Devil's Lair
as
Director of Photography
1998
Thief of Love
as
Director of Photography
1998
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
as
Director of Photography
1998
Blow Up
as
Director of Photography
1998
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Prima e dopo la cura
as
Director
1998
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Prima e dopo la cura
as
Producer
1998
Red Orchid
as
Director
1998
Red Orchid
as
Writer
1998
Outlaws
as
Director
1998
Calamity Jane
as
Director of Photography
1998
Calamity Jane
as
Director
1998
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
as
Director
1998
The Devil's Lair
as
Director
1998
Blow Up
as
Director
1998
Off Limits
as
Director
1998
Elixir
as
Director
1998
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
as
Director
1998
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
as
Director of Photography
1998
Phantom
as
Director
1998
Sahara
as
Director
1998
Sahara
as
Director of Photography
1998
Lady in the Iron Mask
as
Director
1998
Raiders
as
Director
1998
Thief of Love
as
Director
1998
- 1997
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
as
Director
1997
All the President's Women
as
Director
1997
Goya and the Naked Maja
as
Director
1997
Nero: Orgy of Fire
as
Director
1997
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses
as
Director
1997
Anal Strippers X-posed
as
Director
1997
Le stagioni di Bel
as
Director
1997
House of Anal Perversions
as
Director
1997
The Hyena
as
Director of Photography
1997
Rudy: The Valentino Story
as
Director
1997
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
as
Director of Operations
1997
House of Anal Perversions
as
Director of Photography
1997
Goya and the Naked Maja
as
Director of Photography
1997
All the President's Women
as
Director of Photography
1997
Raw and Naked
as
Director of Photography
1997
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses
as
Director of Photography
1997
Hercules: A Sex Adventure
as
Director of Photography
1997
Anal Strippers X-posed
as
Director of Photography
1997
The Seven Sexy Sins
as
Director of Photography
1997
Demons of Lust
as
Director of Photography
1997
Othello: Dangerous Desire
as
Director of Photography
1997
Sodom & Gamorra
as
Director of Photography
1997
The Hyena
as
Director
1997
The Boxer 2
as
Director of Photography
1997
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Cop Sucker II
as
Director
1997
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Cop Sucker II
as
Director of Photography
1997
Rocco's Ghost
as
Director
1997
Rocco's Ghost
as
Writer
1997
Rocco's Ghost
as
Director of Photography
1997
Olympus: Refuge of Gods
as
Director
1997
Rudy: The Valentino Story
as
Camera Operator
1997
Othello: Dangerous Desire
as
Director
1997
The Boxer
as
Director
1997
Flying Nurses
as
Director of Photography
1997
The Last Fight
as
Director
1997
The Boxer 2
as
Director
1997
Hercules: A Sex Adventure
as
Director
1997
Samson in the Amazon's Land
as
Director
1997
Samson in the Amazon's Land
as
Director of Photography
1997
The Last Fight
as
Director of Photography
1997
Olympus: Refuge of Gods
as
Director of Photography
1997
Sodom & Gamorra
as
Director
1997
Queen of the Elephants
as
Director
1997
Queen of the Elephants
as
Director of Photography
1997
Demons of Lust
as
Director
1997
The Seven Sexy Sins
as
Director
1997
Raw and Naked
as
Director
1997
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
as
Director
1997
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
as
Director of Photography
1997
- 1996
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
as
Director of Photography
1996
Anthony and Cleopatra
as
Director
1996
Top Girl
as
Director
1996
Carmen
as
Director
1996
Dreams of a Gigolo
as
Director
1996
Dreams of a Gigolo
as
Director of Photography
1996
Flamenco Ecstasy
as
Director
1996
Flamenco Ecstasy
as
Camera Operator
1996
Sex Penitentiary
as
Director of Photography
1996
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra
as
Director of Photography
1996
Carmen
as
Camera Operator
1996
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
as
Camera Operator
1996
Love and Psyche
as
Director of Photography
1996
Carmen
as
Director of Photography
1996
Messalina
as
Director
1996
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
as
Director
1996
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Lunch Party
as
Director of Photography
1996
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Wild East
as
Director
1996
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Donna Flor and Her Three Husbands
as
Director
1996
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Lunch Party
as
Director
1996
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Lunch Party
as
Writer
1996
Dangerous
as
Director
1996
Il Monaco
as
Director
1996
Messalina
as
Screenplay
1996
Anthony and Cleopatra
as
Writer
1996
Gypsy Seduction
as
Director
1996
Gangland Bangers
as
Director
1996
Messalina
as
Director of Photography
1996
Checkmate
as
Director of Photography
1996
Checkmate
as
Camera Operator
1996
Fatal Instinct
as
Director
1996
Fatal Instinct
as
Director of Photography
1996
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Wild East
as
Director of Photography
1996
Love and Psyche
as
Director
1996
Sex Penitentiary
as
Director
1996
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra
as
Director
1996
Torero
as
Director
1996
Checkmate
as
Director
1996
Black Cops in Budapest
as
Director
1996
Torero
as
Director of Photography
1996
Gangland Bangers
as
Director of Photography
1996
- 1995
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
as
Writer
1995
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
as
Director of Photography
1995
Juliet & Romeo
as
Director
1995
Homo Erectus
as
Director
1995
Sea, Sex, and Fun
as
Director
1995
The Joy Club
as
Director
1995
Some Like It Hard
as
Director
1995
The Gym Club
as
Director of Photography
1995
The Gym Club
as
Director
1995
Malizia Italiana
as
Camera Operator
1995
Malizia Italiana
as
Director
1995
Midnight Obsession
as
Director of Photography
1995
Paprika
as
Camera Operator
1995
Paprika
as
Director of Photography
1995
Paprika
as
Script
1995
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
as
Director of Photography
1995
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
as
Camera Operator
1995
Paprika
as
Director
1995
Malizia Italiana
as
Director of Photography
1995
All Grown Up
as
Director
1995
Provocation
as
Director
1995
Operation Sex
as
Director
1995
Operation Sex
as
Director of Photography
1995
Some Like It Hard
as
Director of Photography
1995
Some Like It Hard
as
Camera Operator
1995
Passion in Venice
as
Director
1995
Anal Palace
as
Director
1995
Anal Palace
as
Director of Photography
1995
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
as
Director
1995
Mia moglie aperta a tutti
as
Director of Photography
1995
Mia moglie aperta a tutti
as
Director
1995
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
as
Director
1995
Decameron 2: Tales of Desire
as
Director
1995
Midnight Obsession
as
Director
1995
Tarzhard - The Return
as
Director
1995
Ghostfuck
as
Director
1995
Amadeus Mozart
as
Director
1995
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
as
Director
1995
Juliet & Romeo
as
Director of Photography
1995
Juliet & Romeo
as
Camera Operator
1995
- 1994
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X
as
Director
1994
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo
as
Director
1994
Barone Von Masoch
as
Director
1994
Marquis de Sade
as
Director
1994
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Le casalinghe preferiscono gli stalloni
as
Director
1994
The House of Pleasure
as
Director
1994
The House of Pleasure
as
Director of Photography
1994
China and Sex
as
Director
1994
The Labyrinth of Love
as
Director
1994
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo
as
Writer
1994
Ghosts in the Castle
as
Director
1994
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X
as
Director of Photography
1994
L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti
as
Director
1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
as
Director of Photography
1991
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
as
Director
1991
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
as
Screenplay
1991
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
as
Producer
1991
Web of Desire
as
Producer
1991
Web of Desire
as
Director
1991
Web of Desire
as
Director of Photography
1991
Door to Silence
as
Executive Producer
1991
Passion's Flower
as
Director
1991
Dangerous Obsession
as
Director of Photography
1991
Dangerous Obsession
as
Director
1991
Passion's Flower
as
Director of Photography
1991
The Devil In The Flesh
as
Director
1991
Dangerous Obsession
as
Executive Producer
1991
- 1990
Deep Blood
as
Director
1990
Quest for the Mighty Sword
as
Director
1990
Quest for the Mighty Sword
as
Director of Photography
1990
Quest for the Mighty Sword
as
Screenplay
1990
High Finance Woman
as
Director
1990
Deep Blood
as
Director of Photography
1990
Any Time, Any Play
as
Director
1990
Any Time, Any Play
as
Director of Photography
1990
High Finance Woman
as
Director of Photography
1990
Troll 2
as
Associate Producer
1990
Body Moves
as
Executive Producer
1990
Body Moves
as
Director
1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
Convent of Sinners
as
Director of Photography
1986
Convent of Sinners
as
Director
1986
Convent of Sinners
as
Editor
1986
Peep Show
as
Director
1986
Peep Show
as
Editor
1986
Peep Show
as
Director of Photography
1986
A Lustful Mind
as
Director
1986
A Lustful Mind
as
Director of Photography
1986
Peep Show
as
Story
1986
Delizia
as
Director
1986
Delizia
as
Director of Photography
1986
Delizia
as
Producer
1986
Delizia
as
Editor
1986
Convent of Sinners
as
Producer
1986
- 1985
- 1983
Endgame
as
Producer
1983
Endgame
as
Director
1983
Endgame
as
Screenplay
1983
2020 Texas Gladiators
as
Director
1983
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
as
Director
1983
Virgin for the Roman Empire
as
Director of Photography
1983
2020 Texas Gladiators
as
Director of Photography
1983
2020 Texas Gladiators
as
Producer
1983
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
as
Screenplay
1983
Virgin for the Roman Empire
as
Director
1983
Endgame
as
Director of Photography
1983
Virgin for the Roman Empire
as
Screenplay
1983
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
as
Director
1983
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
as
Screenplay
1983
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
as
Director of Photography
1983
Love in Hong Kong
as
Director
1983
Claire... dove scivola scivola
as
Director
1983
- 1982
The Blade Master
as
Director
1982
The Blade Master
as
Writer
1982
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as
Writer
1982
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as
Director
1982
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as
Director of Photography
1982
Caligula: The Untold Story
as
Director
1982
Cuando calienta el sol... vamos a la playa
as
Director of Photography
1982
The Blade Master
as
Director of Photography
1982
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Cannibal Love
as
Director
1982
The Essence of Sex
as
Director
1982
Caligula: The Untold Story
as
Writer
1982
Super Hard Love
as
Director of Photography
1982
Caligula: The Untold Story
as
Director of Photography
1982
Super Hard Love
as
Director
1982
Stretta e bagnata
as
Director of Photography
1982
Stretta e bagnata
as
Director
1982
- 1981
Greedy Mouth
as
Director of Photography
1981
Greedy Mouth
as
Director
1981
Porno Holocaust
as
Director
1981
Caldo profumo di vergine
as
Writer
1981
Caldo profumo di vergine
as
Director
1981
Absurd
as
Director of Photography
1981
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Le porno investigatrici
as
Director
1981
Il mondo perverso di Beatrice
as
Director
1981
Porno Video
as
Producer
1981
Labbra vogliose
as
Director of Photography
1981
Labbra vogliose
as
Writer
1981
Labbra vogliose
as
Camera Operator
1981
Labbra vogliose
as
Co-Director
1981
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Le ereditiere superporno
as
Director of Photography
1981
Sesso acerbo
as
Director
1981
Voglia di sesso
as
Director of Photography
1981
Sesso acerbo
as
Director of Photography
1981
Voglia di sesso
as
Director
1981
- no image
Le porno investigatrici
as
Director of Photography
1981
Desire
as
Director
1981
Desire
as
Director of Photography
1981
Desire
as
Camera Operator
1981
Absurd
as
Director
1981
Absurd
as
Producer
1981
Porno Holocaust
as
Cinematography
1981
- 1980
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
as
Director
1980
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
as
Director of Photography
1980
Hard Sensation
as
Director
1980
Hard Sensation
as
Director of Photography
1980
Exotic Malice
as
Director
1980
Porno Esotic Love
as
Director
1980
Sex and Black Magic
as
Director
1980
Sex and Black Magic
as
Writer
1980
Blue Paradise
as
Producer
1980
Blue Paradise
as
Director
1980
Blue Paradise
as
Director of Photography
1980
Super Climax
as
Director of Photography
1980
Super Climax
as
Director
1980
Super Climax
as
Writer
1980
Blue Erotic Climax
as
Director of Photography
1980
Blue Erotic Climax
as
Director
1980
Anthropophagous
as
Director
1980
Anthropophagous
as
Producer
1980
Anthropophagous
as
Story
1980
Anthropophagous
as
Camera Operator
1980
Porno Esotic Love
as
Director of Photography
1980
- 1979
Beyond the Darkness
as
Director
1979
Images in a Convent
as
Director
1979
Images in a Convent
as
Screenplay
1979
Tough to Kill
as
Director
1979
Pleasure Shop on the Avenue
as
Director
1979
Images in a Convent
as
Director of Photography
1979
Beyond the Darkness
as
Director of Photography
1979
Justine and the Whip
as
Director
1979
Justine and the Whip
as
Editor
1979
Pleasure Shop on the Avenue
as
Writer
1979
Tough to Kill
as
Director of Photography
1979
- 1978
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
as
Director
1978
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
as
Director
1978
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
as
Director
1978
Sexy Night Report n. 2
as
Director
1978
Sexy Night Report n. 2
as
Writer
1978
Sexy Night Report n. 2
as
Director of Photography
1978
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
as
Director of Photography
1978
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
as
Screenplay
1978
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
as
Director of Photography
1978
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
as
Story
1978
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
as
Writer
1978
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
as
Director of Photography
1978
Crazy Nights
as
Director of Photography
1978
Crazy Nights
as
Writer
1978
Crazy Nights
as
Director
1978
- 1977
Emanuelle Around the World
as
Director
1977
Emanuelle Around the World
as
Director of Photography
1977
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
as
Director
1977
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
as
Director of Photography
1977
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
as
Screenplay
1977
Emanuelle Around the World
as
Writer
1977
Emanuelle in America
as
Director
1977
Emanuelle in America
as
Director of Photography
1977
Ladies' Doctor
as
Director
1977
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
as
Story
1977
Ladies' Doctor
as
Director of Photography
1977
Ladies' Doctor
as
Screenplay
1977
- 1976
- 1975
Emanuelle and Françoise
as
Director
1975
Red Coat
as
Director
1975
Emanuelle and Françoise
as
Director of Photography
1975
Emanuelle and Françoise
as
Writer
1975
Emanuelle and Françoise
as
Producer
1975
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
as
Screenplay
1975
Red Coat
as
Screenplay
1975
Red Coat
as
Story
1975
Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto
as
Director of Photography
1975
- 1974
- 1973
Death Smiles on a Murderer
as
Director of Photography
1973
Death Smiles on a Murderer
as
Director
1973
The Devil's Wedding Night
as
Director
1973
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
as
Director of Photography
1973
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
as
Writer
1973
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
as
Director
1973
Tales of Canterbury
as
Writer
1973
Tales of Canterbury
as
Director
1973
The Devil's Wedding Night
as
Director of Photography
1973
Diary of a Roman Virgin
as
Screenplay
1973
Diary of a Roman Virgin
as
Director
1973
Diary of a Roman Virgin
as
Director of Photography
1973
Fra' Tazio da Velletri
as
Director
1973
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
as
Director of Photography
1973
- 1972
Ben & Charlie
as
Director of Photography
1972
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
as
Director
1972
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
as
Director of Photography
1972
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
as
Writer
1972
Crime Boss
as
Director of Photography
1972
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado
as
Director
1972
Fists, Pirate & Karate
as
Director
1972
The Cat in Heat
as
Director of Photography
1972
The Killer Is on the Phone
as
Director of Photography
1972
Bounty Hunter in Trinity
as
Writer
1972
God Is My Colt
as
Director
1972
What Have You Done to Solange?
as
Director of Photography
1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
