Joe D'Amato

Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 15, 1936
Day of Death: January 23, 1999 (62 years old)
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
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
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Actor
Sono Positivo

Actor Self
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience

Director
I predatori delle Antille

Director
Dreams of a Country Girl

Director of Photography
Lussuria

Director of Photography
Experiences

Director of Photography
Dreams of a Country Girl
Director
Romanza

Director
La Figlia Del Padrino

Director
Outlaws 2

Director
Lussuria

Director
Experiences

Producer
Experiences

Director
Experiences 2

Director
Harem 2000

Director
Arrogance: No Limits
1998

Director
Eternal Desire
Director
Calamity Jane 2

Director
Prague Exposed

Director
Showgirl

Director
The Venexiana

Producer
Magic Eros

Director
Il laureato

Director of Photography
Eternal Desire

Camera Operator
Eternal Desire

Director of Photography
Showgirl

Director of Photography
The Venexiana

Camera Operator
The Venexiana

Director of Photography
Thief of Love

Director of Photography
Lady in the Iron Mask

Director of Photography
Raiders

Director of Photography
Phantom

Director of Photography
Off Limits

Director of Photography
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses

Director of Photography
Outlaws

Director of Photography
Blow Up

Director of Photography
The Devil's Lair
Director
Prima e dopo la cura
Producer
Prima e dopo la cura

Director
Red Orchid

Writer
Red Orchid

Director
Outlaws

Director of Photography
Calamity Jane

Director
Calamity Jane

Director
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses

Director
The Devil's Lair

Director
Blow Up

Director
Off Limits

Director
Elixir

Director
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island

Director of Photography
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island

Director
Phantom

Director
Sahara

Director of Photography
Sahara

Director
Raiders

Director
Lady in the Iron Mask

Director
Thief of Love
1997

Director
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love

Director
All the President's Women

Director
Goya and the Naked Maja

Director
Nero: Orgy of Fire

Director
Anal Strippers X-posed

Director
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses

Director
Le stagioni di Bel

Director
House of Anal Perversions

Director of Photography
The Hyena

Director
Rudy

Director of Operations
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love

Director of Photography
House of Anal Perversions

Director of Photography
Goya and the Naked Maja

Director of Photography
All the President's Women

Director of Photography
Raw and Naked

Director of Photography
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses

Director of Photography
Hercules: A Sex Adventure

Director of Photography
Anal Strippers X-posed

Director of Photography
Othello Dangerous Desire

Director of Photography
Sodom & Gamorra

Director of Photography
Demons of Lust

Director of Photography
The Seven Sexy Sins

Director
The Hyena

Director of Photography
The Boxer 2
Director
Cop Sucker II
Director of Photography
Cop Sucker II

Director
Rocco's Ghost

Writer
Rocco's Ghost

Director of Photography
Rocco's Ghost

Director
Olympus: Refuge of Gods

Camera Operator
Rudy

Director
Othello Dangerous Desire

Director
The Boxer

Director of Photography
Flying Nurses

Director
The Boxer 2

Director
The Last Fight

Director
Hercules: A Sex Adventure

Director
Samson in the Amazon's Land

Director of Photography
Samson in the Amazon's Land

Director of Photography
The Last Fight

Director of Photography
Olympus: Refuge of Gods

Director
Sodom & Gamorra

Director
Queen of the Elephants

Director of Photography
Queen of the Elephants

Director
The Seven Sexy Sins

Director
Demons of Lust

Director
Raw and Naked

Director
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor

Director of Photography
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
1996
Actor Self
Heidi im Pornoland

Director of Photography
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives

Director
Anthony and Cleopatra

Director
Top Girl

Director
Carmen

Director
Dreams of a Gigolo

Director of Photography
Dreams of a Gigolo

Director
Flamenco Ecstasy

Camera Operator
Flamenco Ecstasy

Director of Photography
Sex Penitentiary

Director of Photography
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra

Camera Operator
Carmen

Camera Operator
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives

Director of Photography
Carmen

Director of Photography
Love and Psyche

Director
Messalina

Director
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
Writer
Lunch Party
Director
Lunch Party
Director of Photography
Lunch Party
Director
Donna Flor and Her Three Husbands
Director
Wild East

Director
Dangerous

Director
Il Monaco

Screenplay
Messalina

Writer
Anthony and Cleopatra

Director
Gypsy Seduction

Director
Gangland Bangers

Director of Photography
Messalina

Director of Photography
Checkmate

Camera Operator
Checkmate

Director of Photography
Fatal Instinct

Director
Fatal Instinct
Director of Photography
Wild East

Director
Love and Psyche

Director
Sex Penitentiary

Director
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra

Director
Torero

Director
Checkmate

Director
Black Cops in Budapest
1995

Actor Neighbour #2
Sick-o-pathics

Actor Polonio
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia

Writer
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane

Director of Photography
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane

Director
Juliet & Romeo

Director
Homo Erectus

Director
Sea, Sex, and Fun

Director
The Joy Club

Director
Some Like It Hard

Director
The Gym Club

Director of Photography
The Gym Club

Director
Malizia Italiana

Camera Operator
Malizia Italiana

Director of Photography
Midnight Obsession

Director of Photography
Paprika

Camera Operator
Paprika

Script
Paprika

Director of Photography
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian

Camera Operator
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian

Director
Paprika

Director of Photography
Malizia Italiana

Director
All Grown Up

Director
Provocation

Director
Operation Sex

Director of Photography
Operation Sex

Director of Photography
Some Like It Hard

Camera Operator
Some Like It Hard

Director
Passion in Venice

Director
120 Days of Sodom

Director of Photography
120 Days of Sodom

Director
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia

Director
Mia moglie aperta a tutti

Director of Photography
Mia moglie aperta a tutti

Director
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane

Director
Decameron 2: Tales of Desire

Director
Midnight Obsession

Director
Tarzhard - The Return

Director
Ghostfuck

Director
Amadeus Mozart

Director
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
1994

Director
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X

Director
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo

Director
Barone Von Masoch

Director
Marquis de Sade
Director
Le casalinghe preferiscono gli stalloni

Director
The House of Pleasure

Director
China and Sex

Director of Photography
The House of Pleasure

Director
The Labyrinth of Love

Writer
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo

Director
Ghosts in the Castle

Director of Photography
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X

Director
L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti
1993
1992
1991

Director
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000

Screenplay
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000

Producer
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000

Director of Photography
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000

Director
Web of Desire

Producer
Web of Desire

Director of Photography
Web of Desire

Executive Producer
Door to Silence

Director
Passion's Flower

Director
Dangerous Obsession

Director of Photography
Dangerous Obsession

Director of Photography
Passion's Flower

Director
The Devil In The Flesh
1990

Director
Deep Blood

Director
Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

Screenplay
Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

Director of Photography
Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

Director
High Finance Woman

Director of Photography
Deep Blood

Director of Photography
Any Time, Any Play

Director
Any Time, Any Play

Director of Photography
High Finance Woman

Associate Producer
Troll 2

Executive Producer
Body Moves
1989
1988
1987
1986

Director
Convent of Sinners

Editor
Convent of Sinners

Director of Photography
Convent of Sinners

Director
Peep Show

Director of Photography
Peep Show

Editor
Peep Show

Director of Photography
A Lustful Mind

Director
A Lustful Mind

Story
Peep Show

Director
Delizia

Producer
Delizia

Director of Photography
Delizia

Editor
Delizia

Producer
Convent of Sinners
1985
1983

Actor Inspector (uncredited)
Endgame

Screenplay
Endgame

Producer
Endgame

Director
Endgame

Director
2020 Texas Gladiators

Director
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

Director of Photography
Virgin for the Roman Empire

Producer
2020 Texas Gladiators

Director of Photography
2020 Texas Gladiators

Screenplay
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

Director
Virgin for the Roman Empire

Director of Photography
Endgame

Screenplay
Virgin for the Roman Empire

Director
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm

Screenplay
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm

Director of Photography
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm

Director
Love in Hong Kong
1982

Director
The Blade Master

Writer
The Blade Master

Director
Ator, the Fighting Eagle

Writer
Ator, the Fighting Eagle

Director of Photography
Ator, the Fighting Eagle

Director
Caligula: The Untold Story

Director of Photography
Cuando calienta el sol... vamos a la playa

Director of Photography
The Blade Master
Director
Cannibal Love

Director
The Essence of Sex

Writer
Caligula: The Untold Story

Director of Photography
Caligula: The Untold Story

Director
Super Hard Love

Director of Photography
Super Hard Love

Director
Stretta e bagnata

Director of Photography
Stretta e bagnata
1981

Actor Reporter (uncredited)
Porno Holocaust

Director
Greedy Mouth

Director of Photography
Greedy Mouth

Director
Porno Holocaust

Director
Caldo profumo di vergine

Writer
Caldo profumo di vergine

Director of Photography
Absurd
Director
Le porno investigatrici

Director
Il mondo perverso di Beatrice

Producer
Porno Video
Director of Photography
Le ereditiere superporno

Co-Director
Labbra vogliose

Writer
Labbra vogliose

Director of Photography
Labbra vogliose

Camera Operator
Labbra vogliose

Director
Sesso acerbo

Director of Photography
Sesso acerbo

Director
Voglia di sesso

Director of Photography
Voglia di sesso
Director of Photography
Le porno investigatrici

Director
Desire

Director of Photography
Desire

Camera Operator
Desire

Director
Absurd

Producer
Absurd

Cinematography
Porno Holocaust
1980

Actor Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
Anthropophagous

Director
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead

Director of Photography
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead

Director
Exotic Malice

Director
Hard Sensation

Director of Photography
Hard Sensation

Director
Porno Esotic Love

Director
Sex and Black Magic

Writer
Sex and Black Magic

Director
Blue Paradise

Producer
Blue Paradise

Director of Photography
Blue Paradise

Director of Photography
Super Climax

Director
Super Climax

Writer
Super Climax

Director
Blue Erotic Climax

Director of Photography
Blue Erotic Climax

Director
Anthropophagous

Story
Anthropophagous

Producer
Anthropophagous

Camera Operator
Anthropophagous

Director of Photography
Porno Esotic Love
1979

Director
Beyond the Darkness

Director
Images in a Convent

Screenplay
Images in a Convent

Director
Tough to Kill

Director
Pleasure Shop on the Avenue

Director of Photography
Images in a Convent

Director of Photography
Beyond the Darkness

Director
Justine and the Whip

Editor
Justine and the Whip

Writer
Pleasure Shop on the Avenue

Director of Photography
Tough to Kill
1978

Director
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Director
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals

Director
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2

Director
Sexy Night Report n. 2

Writer
Sexy Night Report n. 2

Director of Photography
Sexy Night Report n. 2

Director of Photography
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals

Screenplay
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Story
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Director of Photography
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Director of Photography
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2

Writer
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2

Director of Photography
Crazy Nights

Writer
Crazy Nights

Director
Crazy Nights
1977

Actor Halup Kilev (uncredited)
Emanuelle Around the World

Actor Self (uncredited)
Sexy Night Report

Director
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

Director of Photography
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

Screenplay
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

Director
Emanuelle Around the World

Writer
Emanuelle Around the World

Director of Photography
Emanuelle Around the World

Director
Emanuelle in America

Director of Photography
Emanuelle in America

Director
Ladies' Doctor

Story
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

Screenplay
Ladies' Doctor

Director of Photography
Ladies' Doctor
1976
1975
1974
1973

Director
Death Smiles on a Murderer

Director of Photography
Death Smiles on a Murderer

Director
The Devil's Wedding Night

Writer
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury

Director of Photography
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury

Director
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury

Director
Tales of Canterbury

Writer
Tales of Canterbury

Director of Photography
The Devil's Wedding Night

Director
Diary of a Roman Virgin

Screenplay
Diary of a Roman Virgin

Director of Photography
Diary of a Roman Virgin

Director
Fra' Tazio da Velletri

Director of Photography
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1972

Actor Monk
More Sexy Canterbury Tales

Actor CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
What Have You Done to Solange?

Director of Photography
Ben & Charlie

Director
More Sexy Canterbury Tales

Writer
More Sexy Canterbury Tales

Director of Photography
More Sexy Canterbury Tales

Director of Photography
Crime Boss

Director
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado

Director
Fists, Pirate & Karate

Director of Photography
The Cat in Heat

Director of Photography
The Killer Is on the Phone

Writer
Bounty Hunter in Trinity

Director
God Is My Colt

Director of Photography
What Have You Done to Solange?