- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 7, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
Dario Argento
Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his parents and other family members, including an aunt who told him frighting bedtime stories. Argento based most of his thriller movies on childhood trauma, yet his own--according to him--was a normal one. Along with tales spun by his aunt, Argento was impressed by stories from The Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen and Edgar Allan Poe. Argento started his career writing for various film journal magazines while still in his teens attending a Catholic high school. After graduation, instead of going to college, Argento took a job as a columnist for the Rome daily newspaper "Paese Sera". Inspired by the movies, he …
Filmography
movieLa nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
movieThe Dark Fantastic
2025 · Self
movieTitanus 1904
2024 · Self
movieDario Argento: Panico
2024 · Self
movieDeep Argento
2023
movieCVLT
2023 · Dario Argento, Director, Story, Screenplay
tvDario Argento in conversation at the DFF
2023 · 自己
tvCall My Agent: Italy
2023 · Dario Argento
movieIl museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022 · self
movieDARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
2022 · Self
movieTripping The Dark Fantastic
2022 · Himself
movieSergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022 · Self
movieShe Will
2022 · Producer, Executive Producer
movieDark Glasses
2022 · Director, Screenplay
movieEnnio
2022 · Self
movieWe Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieVortex
2021 · Lui
movieAlida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021 · Self
Lui è peggio di me
tvLui è peggio di me
2021
movieTales of the Uncanny
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Last Movie Painter
2020 · Self
The Grand Opening
movieThe Grand Opening
2019 · Self
movieBoia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019 · Self
movieDario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
2019
movieAll the Colors of Giallo
2019 · Self - Director
movieFriedkin Uncut
2018 · Self
movieSuspiria
2018 · Original Film Writer
movieBowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
2018
movieDogman's Rabies: Underdog
2018 · Thanks
movieCult of Terror
2017 · Self - Filmmaker
Il mistero della cattedrale
movieIl mistero della cattedrale
2017 · self
movieDark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017 · Self - Filmmaker
movieOf Flies and Maggots
2017
movieViaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
movieBlood on Méliès' Moon
2016 · Self
movieYellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016 · Self
movieNessuno siamo perfetti
2015 · Self
movieMacbeth
2015 · Stage Director
movieDu sang sur la neige
2013 · Self
movieDracula 3D
2012 · Director, Writer
movieHorror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012 · Self
movieClose Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
movieDer Fall der vier Fliegen
2012 · Himself (Archive footage 2002)
movieMasks
2011 · Thanks
movieFulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
2011 · Self
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
movieDario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
2011 · Self
movieL'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010 · Self
The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
movieThe Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
2010
movieGiallo
2010 · Screenplay, Director
movieFear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
2009
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
movieThe Making of 'Mother of Tears'
2008 · Self
A Dark Fairy Tale
movieA Dark Fairy Tale
2008 · himself
movieThe Mother of Tears
2007 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieLinee d'ombra
2007 · Self
Director: Dario Argento
movieDirector: Dario Argento
2007
Hanging Shadows
movieHanging Shadows
2007 · Self
moviePelts
2006 · Director
Tempus fugit
movieTempus fugit
2006
movieJenifer
2005 · Director
tvMasters of Horror
2005 · Director
Out of the Shadows
movieOut of the Shadows
2005
movieBan the Sadist Videos!
2005 · Self
movieDo You Like Hitchcock?
2005 · Director, Writer
movieWhen There's no More Room in Hell
2004
movieThe Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead
2004 · Himself
movieMario Bava: Operazione paura
2004 · Self
tvLeçon de Cinéma
2004 · Self
movieThe Card Player
2004 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
Non risponde più
movieNon risponde più
2004 · Himself
Western all'italiana
movieWestern all'italiana
2004
Two Masters' Eyes
movieTwo Masters' Eyes
2003
movieItalian Kings Of B
2003 · Self
movieMasters of Horror
2002 · Self
movieSergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001 · Self - Filmmaker
movieConducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
2001 · Self
movieSuspiria 25th Anniversary
2001 · Self
Tales Of The Cat
movieTales Of The Cat
2001 · Self
movieDario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001 · Self
movieSleepless
2001 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
movieScarlet Diva
2000 · Producer
movieDario Argento: My Cinema
1999 · Self
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1998 · Director, Screenplay
Homo Cinematographicus
movieHomo Cinematographicus
1998 · Self
movieThe Wax Mask
1997 · Producer, Story
movieThe World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997 · Self
movieBits & Pieces
1996
movieThe Stendhal Syndrome
1996 · Director, Writer, Producer, Story
movieDeGenerazione
1994 · Thanks
movieTrauma
1993 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieInnocent Blood
1992 · Paramedic
movieThe King of Ads
1991 · Director
movieFear in the Dark
1991 · Self
movieThe Sect
1991 · Writer, Producer
movieDario Argento: Master of Horror
1991 · Self
movieTwo Evil Eyes
1990 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieThe Church
1989 · Story, Presenter, Producer, Screenplay
movieStephen King's World of Horror
1989 · Self
movieOpera
1987 · Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited), Director, Story, Producer, Screenplay
tvNight Shift
1987 · Producer, Creator
tvDario Argento’s Nightmares
1987 · Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
movieDemons 2
1986 · Writer, Producer
movieDemons
1985 · Producer, Screenplay
moviePhenomena
1985 · Screenplay, Director, Producer, Story
movieDario Argento's World of Horror
1985 · Self
movieBellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985 · Self
movieTenebre
1982 · Narrator / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited), Story, Director, Screenplay
movieInferno
1980 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Story
movieThe Cinema Machine
1979
movieDawn of the Dead
1978 · Script Consultant, Music, Co-Producer
movieSuspiria
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Original Music Composer, Director, Screenplay
tvDomenica In
1976 · Self
movieDeep Red
1975 · Murderer's Hands (uncredited), Director, Writer
tvDoor Into Darkness
1973 · Self - Host, Self - Host (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
movieThe Five Days
1973 · Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited), Director, Story, Screenplay
movieMan Called Amen
1972 · Writer
movieFour Flies on Grey Velvet
1971 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Cat o' Nine Tails
1971 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieSeason of the Senses
1969 · Writer
movieThe 5-Man Army
1969 · Screenplay, Story
movieBattle of the Commandos
1969 · Screenplay
moviePossibility Zero
1969 · Writer
movieLove Circle
1969 · Screenplay
movieCemetery Without Crosses
1969 · Writer
movieOnce Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Story
movieThe Sexual Revolution
1968 · Screenplay
movieCommandos
1968 · Screenplay
movieCommandments for a Gangster
1968 · Writer
movieToday We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
1968 · Writer
movieEvery Man Is My Enemy
1967 · Additional Writing
moviePardon, Are You for or Against?
1966 · Priest (uncredited)
movieI Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
— · Self
The Sandman
movieThe Sandman
— · Director
Bloodiest Film
movieBloodiest Film
— · Director
movieCarne della mia carne
— · Screenplay, Supervising Producer
The Girl with Crystal Eyes
movieThe Girl with Crystal Eyes
— · Writer
The Black Velvet Mask
movieThe Black Velvet Mask
— · Writer