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).

Known For

Cannibal Holocaust

Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)

Hostel: Part II

Cannibal

Hostel: Part II

The Italian Cannibal

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

Self

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

Self - Filmmaker

Raiders of Atlantis

Oil Rig Assistant

Dead Bones

Butcher

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film