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Joe D'Amato was an Italian film director, cinematographer, and producer. He was born on December 15, 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is best known for his horror films, such as Anthropophagous, Absurd, and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead. D'Amato began his career as a cinematographer in the 1960s, working on films such as The Great War and The Last Days of Pompeii. He then moved into directing, and his first feature film was the 1971 western The Five Man Army. D'Amato's most successful films were his horror films, which he began making in the late 1970s. His most famous horror films include Anthropophagous, Absurd, and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead. He also directed several erotic films, such as Emanuelle in America and Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals. D'Amato died on January 23, 1999 in Rome, Italy. He was 62 years old.

Popular As Aristide Massaccesi
Occupation director,cinematographer,camera_department
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 15 December 1936
Birthday 15 December
Birthplace Rome, Lazio, Italy
Date of death 23 January, 1999
Died Place Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1997

The Necro Files (1997) is dedicated to D'Amato, who helped inspire it with his film Porno Holocaust (1981). "The Necro Files" played the official Joe D'Amato Film Festival in Italy.

1987

One of them was StageFright (1987) directed by Michele Soavi on which, under his real name, Massaccesi served as producer. He then directed two "Ator the Invincible" films.

1985

Some of D'Amato's greatest successes abroad were L'alcova (1985) and Pomeriggio caldo (1989), as well as the horror-thriller Paura nel buio (1989) (aka "Hitcher in the Dark").

1982

He directed the violent, hardcore The Emperor Caligula: The Untold Story (1982), using the name "David Hills", a commercial exploitation (some might say "rip-off") of the successful film by Tinto Brass.

1980

His next horror film, but less successful than the previous one, was Antropophagus (1980), directed as "Peter Newton".

During the 1980s and 1990s D'Amato directed over 100 hardcore porn sex films for the Italian video market, although under his many pseudonyms he continued to direct and produce other films.

D'Amato's other films during the 1980s were Paradiso Blu (1980) and violent adventure films such as Sangue negli abissi (1990), which were filmed in Florida, and Ghosthouse (1988).

1979

He also directed such action films as Duri a morire (1979).

Massaccesi, now referring to himself as Joe D'Amato, entered the "gore" genere films with Beyond the Darkness (1979), which remains his most successful horror film, shot in four weeks on a low budget entirely at a villa near Bressanone and which had an excellent music soundtrack by the rock group Goblin.

The film starred Tisa Farrow, sister of Mia Farrow and the star of Zombie (1979), another gore genre flick.

1975

Under a new pseudonym, Joe D'Amato, he directed soft-core, erotic films starring Laura Gemser, such as Emanuelle and Francoise (1975), Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977), Emanuelle in America (1977), Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (1980) and others.

1973

He then used his assistant's name, Romano Gastaldi, for his next film, Fra' Tazio da Velletri (1973), as well as a few others. Massaccesi was reluctant to use his real name early in his directing career, since he was still known mainly as a director of photography and didn't want his directing jobs to jeopardize his cinematography career. He used his real name for screenplay and cinematography roles, but worked under many aliases (such as Michael Wotruba) to disguise the authorship of some films in order not to mix up the different genres of comedy, western, drama, thrillers and others. He used so many phony names that he may well have more pseudonyms credited to him than any other director in the world.

Massaccesi entered the horror genre with Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) under his real name, which inspired him to make other gothic horror films.

1972

His first directing work was in 1972's low-budget Stay Away from Trinity. . .

When He Comes to Eldorado (1972), co-directed by Diego Spataro, under the pseudonym Dick Spitfire, but it was a commercial failure. Later that same year Massaccesi directed a western (under the name of Oskar Faradine).

1969

Starting in 1969 he worked as director of photography as well as assistant director for a number of films until 1974.

1953

After attending grade school, from 1953-57, Massaccesi worked for his father. Mole Richardson, another motion picture company, was looking for someone to work as an assistant cameraman and Massaccesi jumped at the opportunity.

1936

Joe D'Amato was born Aristide Massaccesi on December 15, 1936, in Rome, Italy. At age 14 he began working for his father, a chief electrician and later the founder of the company A. C. M. By going to school in the daytime, Massaccesi worked afternoons part-time as a stagehand and stage cameraman around various film sets.