Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).

Filmography

• 2022An Evening With Ruggero Deodato: 60 Years of Filmmaking — 自己
• 2019Deathcember — Director, Writer
• 2018Atrocious — Thanks, Associate Producer, Presenter
• 2018The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
• 2016Ballad in Blood — Prof. Roth, Director, Screenplay
• 2016Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
• 2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
• 2014Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
• 2014H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
• 2013Chimères — Butcher
• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten — Director
• 2013The Profane Exhibit — Writer, Director
• 2011Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
• 2008Dead Bones — Butcher
• 2007Hostel: Part II — Cannibal, The Italian Cannibal
• 2006Cinema of Death
• 2002Father Hope — Director, Screenplay
• We Are Angels — Writer, Director
• 1993The Washing Machine — Nosy Neighbor (uncredited), Director
• 1992Mom I Can Do It — Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited), Writer, Director
• Oceano — Director, Creator
• 1988Dial: Help — Man in Phone Booth (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• 1988Phantom of Death — Man That Gets on Moped at Station (uncredited), Director
• 1987The Barbarians — Director
• 1986Body Count — Director
• 1986The Lone Runner — Director
• 1985Cut and Run — Director
• 1983Raiders of Atlantis — Oil Rig Assistant, Director
• 1980Cannibal Holocaust — Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited), Director
• 1980House on the Edge of the Park — Director
• 1979Concorde Affair — Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited), Director
• 1978Last Feelings — Story, Director
• 1977Last Cannibal World — Director
• 1976Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man — Director
• 1975Waves of Lust — Director
• 1971All'ultimo minuto — Director
• All'ultimo minuto — Creator
• 1969In the Name of the Father — Director
• 1969Zenabel — Screenplay, Director
• 1968Fenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen — Writer, Director
• 1968Gungala, The Black Panther Girl — Director
• 1968Man Only Cries for Love — Director
• 1968Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast — Director
• 1967Sailors on Deck — First Assistant Director
• 1967The Hellbenders — Assistant Director
• 1966Django — Assistant Director, Second Unit Director
• 1966Mademoiselle de Maupin — First Assistant Director
• 1966Navajo Joe — Assistant Director
• 1966Ringo and His Golden Pistol — First Assistant Director
• 1964Castle of Blood — First Assistant Director
• 1964The Slave Merchants — Assistant Director
• 1963Gli onorevoli — First Assistant Director
• 1963The Monk of Monza — First Assistant Director
• 1963The Shortest Day — Second Assistant Director
• 1963Totò sexy — First Assistant Director
• 1962Dark Soul — Second Assistant Director
• 1962Lo smemorato di Collegno — Second Assistant Director
• 1961Pastasciutta nel deserto — First Assistant Director
• 1961Ursus in the Valley of the Lions — First Assistant Director
• 1961Viva l'Italia! — Second Assistant Director
• 1960Escape by Night — Assistant Director

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 2025Il cinema secondo Corman — Self
• 2024Deodato vs Lenzi — self
• 2022The Last of Us — Self
• 2021Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained — Self - Filmmaker
• 2021Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess — Self
• 2021Searching for Cannibal Holocaust — Self
• 2021The Found Footage Phenomenon — Self
• Cursed Films — Self
• 2019Deodato Holocaust — Himself
• 2018Die Welt der Barbaren — Self
• 2018Me Me Lai Bites Back — Self
• 2017Cult of Terror — Self - Filmmaker
• 2017Macho Man 2 — Himself
• 2017Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato — Self
• 2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo — Self
• 2015Lilith's Hell — Self
• 2013I Tarantiniani — Self
• 2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie — Himself
• 2011Film and Be Damned — Self
• 2011Poliziotti Violenti — Self
• 2011The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust — Self
• 2010The Museum Of Wonders — Himself
• 2008Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 — Self
• 2007Hanging Shadows — Self
• 2007Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture — Self
• 2007Hostel Part II: The Next Level — Self
• 2006Do You Remember Lucio Fulci? — Self
• 2006The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist? — Self
• 2005Ban the Sadist Videos! — Self
• 2004Non risponde più — Himself
• 2003Django: The One and Only — Self
• 2003In the Jungle - The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust — Himself
• Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the Left — Self
• Masters of Mayhem — Self