Joe D'Amato
DirectingJoe 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
Known For
Emanuelle Around the World
Halup Kilev (uncredited)
Old Shatterhand
Col. Hunter
Anthropophagous
Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
What Have You Done to Solange?
CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
FantastiCozzi
(voice) (archive footage)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
Self
Robbery Under Arms
Trooper Shearer
Endgame
Inspector (uncredited)
Anima mia
Newsagent (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Emanuelle Around the World
Halup Kilev (uncredited)
Old Shatterhand
Col. Hunter
Anthropophagous
Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
What Have You Done to Solange?
CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
FantastiCozzi
(voice) (archive footage)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
Self
Robbery Under Arms
Trooper Shearer
Endgame
Inspector (uncredited)
Anima mia
Newsagent (uncredited)
Heidi im Pornoland
Self
Sexy Night Report
Self (uncredited)
Sono positivo
Regista hardcore
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
Willy, Donovan henchman
Sick-o-pathics
Neighbour #2
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
Himself (Archival Footage)
Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham
Self (archive footage)
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Monk
Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato
(archive footage)
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
Polonio
Porno Holocaust
Reporter (uncredited)
Filmography — Crew
Warrior Queen
Producer
Provocation
Director
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
Director
Caligula: The Untold Story
Director
Emanuelle Around the World
Director
The Alcove
Director
Top Model
Director
Beyond the Darkness
Director
Convent of Sinners
Director
The House of Pleasure
Director
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Director
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Director
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2
Producer
Witchery
Producer
Hitcher in the Dark
Producer
Emanuelle and Françoise
Director
Emanuelle in America
Director
Anthropophagous
Producer
11 Days, 11 Nights Part 3
Director
Chinese Kamasutra
Director
Emanuelle in Bangkok
Director
Stage Fright
Producer
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Writer
The Pleasure
Director
Absurd
Producer
Black Cobra
Director
The Hyena
Director
Ghosthouse
Producer
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
Director
Peep Show
Director
Deep Blood
Director
Crazy Nights
Writer
The Blade Master
Writer
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
Director
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Director
The Labyrinth of Love
Director
A Woman's Secret
Director
Ladies' Doctor
Director
Dirty Love
Director
A Lustful Mind
Director
Vow of Chastity
Director
The Devil's Wedding Night
Director
Passion's Flower
Director
Endgame
Producer
Red Coat
Director
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Director
Killing Birds
Director
2020 Texas Gladiators
Director
Il vizio infinito
Director
Dangerous Obsession
Director
China and Sex
Director
Interzone
Producer
Sexy Pirates
Director
Delizia
Director
Blue Paradise
Director
Sexy Night Report n. 2
Director
Blue Angel Cafe
Director
Body Moves
Director
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Director
The Crawlers
Director
Cassiodorus is the Hardest Praetorian
Screenplay
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado
Director
Bounty Hunter in Trinity
Writer
Pugni, pirati e karatè
Director
Top Girl
Director
Fra' Tazio da Velletri
Director
High Finance Woman
Director
Tales of Red Chamber
Director
Tough to Kill
Director
The Devil In The Flesh
Director
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
Director
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Screenplay
Love Project
Director
Any Time, Any Play
Director
Love in Hong Kong
Director
Diary of a Roman Virgin
Screenplay
Heroes in Hell
Director
Instinct
Director
Tales of Canterbury
Director
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Writer
God Is My Colt
Director
Donna Flor and Her Three Husbands
Director
Marquis de Sade
Director
Paprika
Director
Messalina
Director
Anal Palace
Director
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
Writer
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Director
Greedy Mouth
Director
Images in a Convent
Screenplay
Porno Holocaust
Director
Exotic Malice
Director
Hard Sensation
Director
Juliet & Romeo
Director
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
Director
Porno Esotic Love
Director
Eternal Desire
Director
Calamity Jane 2
Director
Prague Exposed
Director
All the President's Women
Director
Homo Erectus
Director
Goya and the Naked Maja
Director
Anthony and Cleopatra
Director
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses
Director
Showgirl
Director
Anal Strippers X-posed
Director
Nero: Orgy of Fire
Director
Sea, Sex, and Fun
Director
The Joy Club
Director
Sex and Black Magic
Director
The Venexiana
Director
Some Like It Hard
Director
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X
Director
Rosa...Caldi rapporti anali
Director
Francesca's Castle
Director
Le stagioni di Bel
Director
Magic Eros
Producer
House of Anal Perversions
Director
The Gym Club
Director
Il laureato
Director
Malizia Italiana
Director
Pleasure Shop on 7th Ave.
Director
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo
Director
Dreams of a Country Girl
Director
Caldo profumo di vergine
Director
Carmen
Director
Dreams of a Gigolo
Director
Flamenco Ecstasy
Director
Rudy: The Valentino Story
Director
Barone Von Masoch
Director
All Grown Up
Director
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
Director
Prima e dopo la cura
Director
Cop Sucker II
Director
Lunch Party
Writer
Romanza
Director
Operation Sex
Director
Wild East
Director
Le casalinghe preferiscono gli stalloni
Director
Le porno investigatrici
Director
La Figlia Del Padrino
Director
Rocco's Ghost
Director
Dangerous
Director
Il mondo perverso di Beatrice
Director
Red Orchid
Director
Passion in Venice
Director
Justine and the Whip
Director
Olympus: Refuge of Gods
Director
Outlaws
Director
Outlaws 2
Director
Virgin for the Roman Empire
Director
The Essence of Sex
Director
Il Monaco
Director
Lussuria
Director
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
Director
Calamity Jane
Director
Gypsy Seduction
Director
Gangland Bangers
Director
Mia moglie aperta a tutti
Director
Super Climax
Director
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
Director
Othello: Dangerous Desire
Director
Ghosts in the Castle
Director
Fatal Instinct
Director
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
Director
Porno Video
Producer
The Boxer
Director
The Last Fight
Director
The Boxer 2
Director
Hercules: A Sex Adventure
Director
Decameron 2: Tales of Desire
Director
The Devil's Lair
Director
Samson in the Amazon's Land
Director
Blow Up
Director
Off Limits
Director
Love and Psyche
Director
Elixir
Director
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
Director
Midnight Obsession
Director
Sex Penitentiary
Director
Experiences
Director
Experiences 2
Director
Phantom
Director
Sodom & Gamorra
Director
Sahara
Director
Queen of the Elephants
Director
Demons of Lust
Director
Raiders
Director
Raw and Naked
Director
The Seven Sexy Sins
Director
Lady in the Iron Mask
Director
Harem 2000
Director
Thief of Love
Director
Blue Erotic Climax
Director
Sesso acerbo
Director
Desire
Director
Voglia di sesso
Director
Labbra vogliose
Writer
Super Hard Love
Director
Stretta e bagnata
Director
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
Director
Tarzhard - The Return
Director
Ghostfuck
Director
L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti
Director
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra
Director
Amadeus Mozart
Director
Torero
Director
Checkmate
Director
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
Director
Arrogance: No Limits
Director
Black Cops in Budapest
Director
Incontri anali all’autosalone
Director
Claire
Director