Dario Argento
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 7, 1940
- Birthplace
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
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 later found work as a screenwriter and wrote several screenplays for a number of films, but the most important were his western collaborations, which included Cimitero senza croci (1969) and the Sergio Leone masterpiece C'era una volta il West (1968). He is known in italy as Master of Horror.
Filmography
- Between the Living and the Dead
Between the Living and the Dead TBA
Director
- The Black Velvet Mask
The Black Velvet Mask TBA
Writer
- The Girl with Crystal Eyes
The Girl with Crystal Eyes TBA
Writer
Carne della mia carne TBA
Screenplay, Supervising Producer
- Untitled Dario Argento / Isabelle Huppert Project
Untitled Dario Argento / Isabelle Huppert Project TBA
Director
- The Sandman
The Sandman TBA
Director
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni TBA
as Self
The Golden Years of Dario Argento 2026
as Self
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione 2025
Actor
The Dark Fantastic 2025
as Self
Titanus 1904 2024
as Self
Dario Argento: Panico 2024
as Self
Deep Argento 2023
Actor
CVLT 2023
as Dario Argento, Director, Story, Screenplay
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento 2022
as self
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit 2022
as Self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic 2022
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America 2022
as Self
She Will 2022
Producer, Executive Producer
Dark Glasses 2022
Director, Screenplay
Ennio 2022
as Self
We Are Cinema 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Vortex 2021
as Lui
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words 2021
as Self
Tales of the Uncanny 2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Movie Painter 2020
as Self
- The Grand Opening
The Grand Opening 2019
as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta 2019
as Self
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain 2019
Actor
All the Colors of Giallo 2019
as Self - Director
Friedkin Uncut 2018
as Self
Suspiria 2018
Original Film Writer
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia 2018
Actor
Dogman's Rabies: Underdog 2018
Thanks
Cult of Terror 2017
as Self - Filmmaker
- Il mistero della cattedrale
Il mistero della cattedrale 2017
as self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions 2017
as Self - Filmmaker
Of Flies and Maggots 2017
Actor
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage 2016
Actor
Blood on Méliès' Moon 2016
as Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo 2016
as Self
Nessuno siamo perfetti 2015
as Self
Macbeth 2015
Stage Director
Du sang sur la neige 2013
as Self
Dracula 3D 2012
Director, Writer
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss 2012
as Self
Close Up 2012
as Self (archive footage)
- Der Fall der vier Fliegen
Der Fall der vier Fliegen 2012
as Self (Archive footage 2002)
Masks 2011
Thanks
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist 2011
as Self
- Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena 2011
as Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo 2010
as Self
- The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat' 2010
Actor
Giallo 2010
Director, Screenplay
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria 2009
Actor
- The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
The Making of 'Mother of Tears' 2008
as Self
- A Dark Fairy Tale
A Dark Fairy Tale 2008
as Self
The Mother of Tears 2007
Director, Writer, Producer
Linee d'ombra 2007
as Self
- Director: Dario Argento
Director: Dario Argento 2007
Actor
- Hanging Shadows
Hanging Shadows 2007
as Self
Pelts 2006
Director
- Tempus fugit
Tempus fugit 2006
Actor
Jenifer 2005
Director
- Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows 2005
Actor
Ban the Sadist Videos! 2005
as Self
Do You Like Hitchcock? 2005
Director, Writer
When There's no More Room in Hell 2004
Actor
The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead 2004
as Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura 2004
as Self
The Card Player 2004
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
- Western all'italiana
Western all'italiana 2004
Actor
- Non risponde più
Non risponde più 2004
as Self
- Two Masters' Eyes
Two Masters' Eyes 2003
Actor
Italian Kings Of B 2003
as Self
Masters of Horror 2002
as Self
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema 2001
as Self - Filmmaker
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera' 2001
as Self
Suspiria 25th Anniversary 2001
as Self
- Tales Of The Cat
Tales Of The Cat 2001
as Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror 2001
as Self
Sleepless 2001
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
Scarlet Diva 2000
Producer
- Deep Red 25th Anniversary
Deep Red 25th Anniversary 2000
Actor
Dario Argento: My Cinema 1999
as Self
The Phantom of the Opera 1998
Director, Screenplay
- Homo Cinematographicus
Homo Cinematographicus 1998
as Self
The Wax Mask 1997
Producer, Story
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors 1997
as Self
Bits & Pieces 1996
Actor
The Stendhal Syndrome 1996
Director, Writer, Producer, Story
DeGenerazione 1994
Thanks
Trauma 1993
Producer, Director, Writer
Innocent Blood 1992
as Paramedic
The King of Ads 1991
Director
Fear in the Dark 1991
as Self
The Sect 1991
Writer, Producer
Dario Argento: Master of Horror 1991
as Self
Two Evil Eyes 1990
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
The Church 1989
Story, Presenter, Producer, Screenplay
Stephen King's World of Horror 1989
as Self
Opera 1987
as Narrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited), Producer, Screenplay, Story, Director
Demons 2 1986
Writer, Producer
Demons 1985
Screenplay, Producer
Phenomena 1985
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema 1985
as Self
Dario Argento's World of Horror 1985
as Self
Tenebre 1982
as Narrator / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited), Story, Screenplay, Director
Inferno 1980
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story
Dawn of the Dead 1978
Music, Script Consultant, Co-Producer
Suspiria 1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Deep Red 1975
as Murderer's Hands (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Five Days 1973
as Bandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited), Director, Story, Screenplay
Man Called Amen 1972
Writer
Four Flies on Grey Velvet 1971
Director, Screenplay, Story
The Cat o' Nine Tails 1971
Director, Story, Screenplay
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970
Director, Story, Screenplay
Season of the Senses 1969
Writer
The 5-Man Army 1969
Screenplay, Story
Battle of the Commandos 1969
Screenplay
Possibility Zero 1969
Writer
Love Circle 1969
Screenplay
Cemetery without Crosses 1969
Writer
Once Upon a Time in the West 1968
Story
The Sexual Revolution 1968
Screenplay
Commandos 1968
Screenplay
Commandments for a Gangster 1968
Writer
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! 1968
Writer
Every Man Is My Enemy 1967
Additional Writing
Pardon, Are You for or Against? 1966
as Priest (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.