Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
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.
Directed 29
2020s
- 2023
CVLT
Director
- 2022
2010s
- 2015
Macbeth
Stage Director
- 2012
- 2010
2000s
- 2007
The Mother of Tears
Director
- 2006
Pelts
Director
- 2005
Jenifer
Director
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Director
- 2004
- 2001
1990s
- 1998
The Phantom of the Opera
Director
- 1996
- 1993
- 1991
The King of Ads
Director
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
Dario Argento’s Nightmares
Director
- 1985
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1977
- 1975
- 1973
Door Into Darkness
Director
- 1971
- 1970
Wrote 44
2020s
- 2023
CVLT
Story, Screenplay
- 2022
2010s
- 2018
- 2012
- 2010
2000s
- 2007
The Mother of Tears
Writer
- 2005
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Writer
- 2004
- 2001
1990s
- 1998
The Phantom of the Opera
Screenplay
- 1997
- 1996
- 1993
- 1991
The Sect
Writer
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
Dario Argento’s Nightmares
Writer
- 1986
- 1985
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
- 1975
- 1973
Door Into Darkness
Writer
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Season of the Senses
Writer
Possibility Zero
Writer
Love Circle
Screenplay
Cemetery without Crosses
Writer
- 1968
The Sexual Revolution
Screenplay
Commandments for a Gangster
Writer
No release date
Carne della mia carne
Screenplay
Produced 20
2020s
- 2022
2000s
- 2007
The Mother of Tears
Producer
- 2004
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1997
- 1996
- 1993
- 1991
The Sect
Producer
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
Night Shift
Producer
Dario Argento’s Nightmares
Producer
- 1986
- 1985
1970s
- 1978
- 1973
Door Into Darkness
Producer
No release date
Carne della mia carne
Supervising Producer
Acted in 17
2020s
- 2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
Movie
- 2023
Deep Argento
Movie
CVLT
Dario Argento
Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF
自己 · 2 episodes
Call My Agent: Italy
Dario Argento · 1 episode
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
Movie
- 2018
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
Movie
- 2017
Of Flies and Maggots
Movie
- 2016
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
Movie
- 2004
When There's no More Room in Hell
Movie
1990s
- 1996
Bits & Pieces
Movie
- 1992
1970s
- 1975
- 1973
1960s
- 1966
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Priest (uncredited)
Created 3
1980s
- 1987
Night Shift
Creator
Dario Argento’s Nightmares
Creator
1970s
- 1973
Door Into Darkness
Creator
Other crew 2
1980s
- 1989
1960s
- 1967
Every Man Is My Enemy
Additional Writing
Sound 2
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
Appearances51
2020s
- 2026
The Golden Years of Dario Argento
Himself
- 2025
The Dark Fantastic
Self
- 2024
Titanus 1904
Self
- 2022
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
self
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
Self
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
Himself
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
- 2021
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Self
- 2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Self (archive footage)
The Last Movie Painter
Self
2010s
- 2019
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Self
- 2018
- 2017
Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Filmmaker
- 2016
Blood on Méliès' Moon
Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Self
- 2015
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Self
- 2013
Du sang sur la neige
Self
- 2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
- 2011
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
Self
- 2010
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
2000s
- 2007
Linee d'ombra
Self
- 2005
- 2004
The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead
Himself
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
- 2003
Italian Kings Of B
Self
- 2002
Masters of Horror
Self
- 2001
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Filmmaker
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
Self
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Self
1990s
- 1999
Dario Argento: My Cinema
Self
- 1997
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
Self
- 1991
Fear in the Dark
Self
Dario Argento: Master of Horror
Self
1980s
- 1989
Stephen King's World of Horror
Self
- 1987
- 1985
Dario Argento's World of Horror
Self
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1977
- 1976
- 1973
Door Into Darkness
Self - Host, Self - Host (uncredited) · 4 episodes
No release date
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
Thanked in the credits3
2010s
- 2018
Dogman's Rabies: Underdog
Thanks
- 2011
Masks
Thanks
1990s
- 1994
