Ruggero Deodato
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Ruggero Deodato at the Cannes Film Festival (2008).
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| Born |
7 May 1939 Potenza, Basilicata, Italy |
| Other names | Monsieur Cannibal |
| Occupation | Film director, screen writer, actor |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouse(s) | Silvia Dionisio (m. 1971–79) |
| Partner(s) | Micaela Rocco |
| Children | 1 |
Ruggero Deodato (born 7 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
During his career, he ranged different genres like peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco and science fiction, but he is best known for directing violent and gory horror films.
He is famous for his 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust, considered one of the most controversial and brutal movies in the history of cinema, which was seized, banned or heavily censored in many countries. It is also cited as a precursor of found footage films such as The Blair Witch Project and The Last Broadcast. The film strengthened Deodato's fame as an "extreme" director and earned him the nickname "Monsieur Cannibal" in France.
Deodato has been an influence on film directors like Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth.
Deodato was born in Potenza, Basilicata, and moved to Rome with his family as a child. He went to Denmark and started as a musician playing piano and conducting a small orchestra at 7 years old. Once back to Italy, he quit music after his private teacher sent him away for playing by ear.
Deodato grew up in the neighborhood where Rome's major film studios are located. It was there that he learned how to direct under Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Corbucci; he helped to make Corbucci's The Slave and Django as an assistant director. Later on in the 1960s, he directed some comedy, musical, and thriller films, before leaving cinema to do TV commercials. In 1976 he returned to the big screen with his ultra-violent police flick Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man.
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