Dario Argento
Directing
Born September 7, 1940 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
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 a…
Known For · 40 titles
Domenica In
Leçon de Cinéma
Ennio
Suspiria
Deep Red
Opera
Call My Agent: Italy
Tenebre
Innocent Blood
Door Into Darkness
Inferno
Lui è peggio di me
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Non risponde più
Vortex
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Stephen King's World of Horror
We Are Cinema
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Homo Cinematographicus
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Close Up
Friedkin Uncut
Du sang sur la neige
Tales of the Uncanny
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Deep Argento
Bits & Pieces
Dario Argento: Panico
Cult of Terror
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
All the Colors of Giallo
Linee d'ombra
The Five Days
Two Masters' Eyes
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Masters of Horror
Fear in the Dark