Ruggero Deodato

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthday

1939-05-07

Deathday

2022-12-29

Place of Birth

Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Ruggero Deodato

Biography

Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).