Joe D'Amato
Directing
Born: December 15, 1936 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: January 23, 1999 (aged 62)
Highest Rated
Biography
Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe D'Amato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Photos (1)
Movies (14)
Emanuelle Around the World
Halup Kilev (uncredited)
Old Shatterhand
Col. Hunter
What Have You Done to Solange?
CID Officer w / The Daily Telegraph (uncredited)
Anthropophagous
Bearded Man exiting the Cable Car
Endgame
Inspector (uncredited)
FantastiCozzi
(voice) (archive footage)
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
Willy, Donovan henchman
Sono positivo
Regista hardcore
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Monk
Robbery Under Arms
Trooper Shearer
Anima mia
Newsagent (uncredited)
Sick-o-pathics
Neighbour #2
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
Polonio
Porno Holocaust
Reporter (uncredited)
Self / Appearances (5)
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
Self
Sexy Night Report
Self (uncredited)
Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham
Self (archive footage)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
Himself (Archival Footage)
Directing (194)
Caligula: The Untold Story
Director
Provocation
Director
Convent of Sinners
Director
Beyond the Darkness
Director
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2
Director
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
Director
Emanuelle Around the World
Director
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Director
Dirty Love
Director
The Alcove
Director
Delizia
Director
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Director
11 Days, 11 Nights Part 3
Director
Emanuelle in America
Director
Absurd
Director
Top Model
Director
Anthropophagous
Director
Chinese Kamasutra
Director
Ladies' Doctor
Director
Endgame
Director
Emanuelle in Bangkok
Director
Emanuelle and Françoise
Director
China and Sex
Director
Black Cobra
Director
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Director
The House of Pleasure
Director
Top Girl
Director
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
Director
Peep Show
Director
A Lustful Mind
Director
The Blade Master
Director
High Finance Woman
Director
The Devil's Wedding Night
Director
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Director
Killing Birds
Director
Crazy Nights
Director
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Director
The Devil In The Flesh
Director
2020 Texas Gladiators
Director
A Woman's Secret
Director
Fra' Tazio da Velletri
Director
Heroes in Hell
Director
Sexy Pirates
Director
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Director
Passion's Flower
Director
The Crawlers
Director
Body Moves
Director
Blue Angel Cafe
Director
Tales of Canterbury
Director
The Labyrinth of Love
Director
Red Coat
Director
Deep Blood
Director
Dangerous Obsession
Director
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Director
Sexy Night Report n. 2
Director
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado
Director
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
Director
God Is My Colt
Director
The Hyena
Director
The Pleasure
Director
Bounty Hunter in Trinity
Director
Love in Hong Kong
Director
Vow of Chastity
Director
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
Director
Love Project
Director
Instinct
Director
Any Time, Any Play
Director
Blue Paradise
Director
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Director
Pugni, pirati e karatè
Director
Tales of Red Chamber
Director
Diary of a Roman Virgin
Director
Tough to Kill
Director
Anal Palace
Director
Juliet & Romeo
Director
Anthony and Cleopatra
Director
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo
Director
Sodom & Gamorra
Director
Lady in the Iron Mask
Director
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
Director
Ghostfuck
Director
Amadeus Mozart
Director
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Director
Greedy Mouth
Director
Images in a Convent
Director
Porno Holocaust
Director
Hard Sensation
Director
Exotic Malice
Director
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
Director
Porno Esotic Love
Director
Eternal Desire
Director
Calamity Jane 2
Director
Prague Exposed
Director
All the President's Women
Director
Homo Erectus
Director
Goya and the Naked Maja
Director
Sea, Sex, and Fun
Director
Nero: Orgy of Fire
Director
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses
Director
Anal Strippers X-posed
Director
Showgirl
Director
The Joy Club
Director
Sex and Black Magic
Director
The Venexiana
Director
Some Like It Hard
Director
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X
Director
Rosa...Caldi rapporti anali
Director
Francesca's Castle
Director
Le stagioni di Bel
Director
House of Anal Perversions
Director
The Gym Club
Director
Il laureato
Director
Malizia Italiana
Director
Pleasure Shop on 7th Ave.
Director
Dreams of a Country Girl
Director
Caldo profumo di vergine
Director
Carmen
Director
Dreams of a Gigolo
Director
Flamenco Ecstasy
Director
Rudy: The Valentino Story
Director
Barone Von Masoch
Director
Paprika
Director
Marquis de Sade
Director
All Grown Up
Director
Messalina
Director
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
Director
Operation Sex
Director
La Figlia Del Padrino
Director
Rocco's Ghost
Director
Dangerous
Director
Il mondo perverso di Beatrice
Director
Red Orchid
Director
Passion in Venice
Director
Justine and the Whip
Director
Olympus: Refuge of Gods
Director
Outlaws 2
Director
Outlaws
Director
Virgin for the Roman Empire
Director
The Essence of Sex
Director
Il Monaco
Director
Lussuria
Director
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
Director
Calamity Jane
Director
Gypsy Seduction
Director
Gangland Bangers
Director
Mia moglie aperta a tutti
Director
Super Climax
Director
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
Director
Othello: Dangerous Desire
Director
Ghosts in the Castle
Director
Fatal Instinct
Director
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
Director
The Boxer
Director
The Last Fight
Director
The Boxer 2
Director
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
Director
Hercules: A Sex Adventure
Director
Decameron 2: Tales of Desire
Director
The Devil's Lair
Director
Samson in the Amazon's Land
Director
Blow Up
Director
Off Limits
Director
Elixir
Director
Love and Psyche
Director
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
Director
Midnight Obsession
Director
Sex Penitentiary
Director
Phantom
Director
Experiences
Director
Experiences 2
Director
Queen of the Elephants
Director
Sahara
Director
Demons of Lust
Director
Harem 2000
Director
The Seven Sexy Sins
Director
Raiders
Director
Raw and Naked
Director
Thief of Love
Director
Blue Erotic Climax
Director
Labbra vogliose
Co-Director
Sesso acerbo
Director
Voglia di sesso
Director
Desire
Director
Super Hard Love
Director
Stretta e bagnata
Director
Tarzhard - The Return
Director
L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti
Director
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra
Director
Torero
Director
Checkmate
Director
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
Director
Arrogance: No Limits
Director
Black Cops in Budapest
Director
Claire
Director
Writing (42)
Caligula: The Untold Story
Writer
Emanuelle Around the World
Writer
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Screenplay
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Story
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Screenplay
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Story
Anthropophagous
Story
Ladies' Doctor
Screenplay
Endgame
Screenplay
Emanuelle and Françoise
Writer
Black Cobra
Screenplay
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
Writer
Peep Show
Story
The Blade Master
Writer
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Writer
Crazy Nights
Writer
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Story
Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Screenplay
Tales of Canterbury
Writer
Red Coat
Screenplay
Red Coat
Story
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Writer
Sexy Night Report n. 2
Writer
Cassiodorus Is the Hardest Praetorian
Screenplay
Bounty Hunter in Trinity
Writer
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
Writer
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Screenplay
Diary of a Roman Virgin
Screenplay
The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo
Writer
Anthony and Cleopatra
Writer
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
Writer
Images in a Convent
Screenplay
Sex and Black Magic
Writer
Caldo profumo di vergine
Writer
Rocco's Ghost
Writer
Red Orchid
Writer
Messalina
Screenplay
Virgin for the Roman Empire
Screenplay
Super Climax
Writer
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
Screenplay
Pleasure Shop on 7th Ave.
Writer
Labbra vogliose
Writer
Producing (26)
Convent of Sinners
Producer
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2
Producer
Warrior Queen
Associate Producer
Delizia
Producer
Absurd
Producer
Anthropophagous
Producer
Troll 2
Associate Producer
Endgame
Producer
Emanuelle and Françoise
Producer
Stage Fright
Producer
Killing Birds
Producer
Ghosthouse
Producer
2020 Texas Gladiators
Producer
Door Into Silence
Executive Producer
Body Moves
Executive Producer
Blue Angel Cafe
Producer
Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)
Producer
Dangerous Obsession
Executive Producer
Hitcher in the Dark
Producer
Interzone
Producer
Blue Paradise
Producer
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Producer
Magic Eros
Producer
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
Director of Operations
Porno Video
Producer
Experiences
Producer
Other Crew (189)
Caligula: The Untold Story
Director of Photography
Provocation
Director of Photography
Convent of Sinners
Director of Photography
Convent of Sinners
Editor
Beyond the Darkness
Director of Photography
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2
Director of Photography
The Arena
Director of Photography
Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
Director of Photography
Contempt
Assistant Camera
Emanuelle Around the World
Director of Photography
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Director of Photography
Dirty Love
Director of Photography
The Alcove
Director of Photography
Delizia
Director of Photography
Delizia
Editor
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Director of Photography
11 Days, 11 Nights Part 3
Director of Photography
Emanuelle in America
Director of Photography
Absurd
Director of Photography
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Director of Photography
What Have You Done to Solange?
Director of Photography
Anthropophagous
Camera Operator
Ladies' Doctor
Director of Photography
Shadows in an Empty Room
Director of Photography
The Antichrist
Director of Photography
Endgame
Director of Photography
Ben & Charlie
Director of Photography
Hercules in the Haunted World
Camera Operator
Emanuelle in Bangkok
Director of Photography
Emanuelle and Françoise
Director of Photography
Challenge to White Fang
Second Unit Director of Photography
Black Cobra
Director of Photography
Death Smiles on a Murderer
Director of Photography
È l'amor che mi rovina
Still Photographer
The House of Pleasure
Director of Photography
Adios Compañeros
Director of Photography
A Quiet Place to Kill
Camera Operator
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
Director of Photography
The Golden Coach
Still Photographer
Peep Show
Editor
Peep Show
Director of Photography
A Lustful Mind
Director of Photography
The Blade Master
Director of Photography
High Finance Woman
Director of Photography
The Devil's Wedding Night
Director of Photography
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Director of Photography
Killing Birds
Director of Photography
Killing Birds
Photoscience Manager
The Killer Is on the Phone
Director of Photography
Professionals for a Massacre
Camera Operator
Coffin Full of Dollars
Director of Photography
The Cat in Heat
Director of Photography
Crazy Nights
Director of Photography
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Director of Photography
How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General
Director of Photography
2020 Texas Gladiators
Director of Photography
A Woman's Secret
Director of Photography
Sexy Pirates
Director of Photography
Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End
Director of Photography
Passion's Flower
Director of Photography
Twice a Judas
Camera Operator
Vendetta at Dawn
Camera Operator
Blue Angel Cafe
Director of Photography
Deep Blood
Director of Photography
Gold of Rome
Assistant Camera
The Island of the Swedes
Director of Photography
Dangerous Obsession
Director of Photography
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
Director of Photography
Sexy Night Report n. 2
Director of Photography
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
Director of Photography
Viaggio di nozze all'italiana
Camera Operator
The Hyena
Director of Photography
Cuando calienta el sol... vamos a la playa
Director of Photography
2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge
Camera Operator
The Pleasure
Director of Photography
Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto
Director of Photography
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
Director of Photography
Crime Boss
Director of Photography
Anima mia
Director of Photography
L'inafferrabile 12
Still Photographer
Thompson 1880
Camera Operator
The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
Director of Photography
Disperatamente l'estate scorsa
Director of Photography
Soldiers and corporals
Camera Operator
Any Time, Any Play
Director of Photography
Blue Paradise
Director of Photography
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Director of Photography
Pugni, pirati e karatè
Director of Photography
Diary of a Roman Virgin
Director of Photography
Prima le donne e i bambini
Director of Photography
Bandit Skin
Director of Photography
All the Other Girls Do!
Camera Operator
The Sea
Assistant Camera
Tough to Kill
Director of Photography
Canzoni... in bikini
Camera Operator
Anal Palace
Director of Photography
Lady in the Iron Mask
Director of Photography
Sodom & Gamorra
Director of Photography
Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
Director of Photography
Juliet & Romeo
Director of Photography
Juliet & Romeo
Camera Operator
Amadeus Mozart
Cinematography
Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
Director of Photography
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
Director of Photography
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
Director of Photography
Greedy Mouth
Director of Photography
Hard Sensation
Director of Photography
The Gym Club
Director of Photography
Malizia Italiana
Camera Operator
Dreams of a Gigolo
Director of Photography
Flamenco Ecstasy
Camera Operator
House of Anal Perversions
Director of Photography
Sex Penitentiary
Director of Photography
Midnight Obsession
Director of Photography
Goya and the Naked Maja
Director of Photography
All the President's Women
Director of Photography
Raw and Naked
Director of Photography
Eternal Desire
Camera Operator
Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses
Director of Photography
Lussuria
Director of Photography
Eternal Desire
Director of Photography
Showgirl
Director of Photography
Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra
Director of Photography
Carmen
Camera Operator
The Venexiana
Director of Photography
The Venexiana
Camera Operator
Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
Camera Operator
Hercules: A Sex Adventure
Director of Photography
Paprika
Camera Operator
Paprika
Director of Photography
Paprika
Script
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
Director of Photography
Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
Camera Operator
Anal Strippers X-posed
Director of Photography
Virgin for the Roman Empire
Director of Photography
Phantom
Director of Photography
Experiences
Director of Photography
Off Limits
Director of Photography
The Seven Sexy Sins
Director of Photography
Dreams of a Country Girl
Director of Photography
Outlaws
Director of Photography
Raiders
Director of Photography
Demons of Lust
Director of Photography
Love and Psyche
Director of Photography
The Devil's Lair
Director of Photography
Thief of Love
Director of Photography
Othello: Dangerous Desire
Director of Photography
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
Director of Photography
Blow Up
Director of Photography
Malizia Italiana
Director of Photography
Carmen
Director of Photography
Images in a Convent
Director of Photography
Super Climax
Director of Photography
The Boxer 2
Director of Photography
Operation Sex
Director of Photography
Rocco's Ghost
Director of Photography
Some Like It Hard
Director of Photography
Some Like It Hard
Camera Operator
Justine and the Whip
Editor
Rudy: The Valentino Story
Camera Operator
Calamity Jane
Director of Photography
Mia moglie aperta a tutti
Director of Photography
Messalina
Director of Photography
Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
Director of Photography
Checkmate
Director of Photography
Checkmate
Camera Operator
Fatal Instinct
Director of Photography
Flying Nurses
Director of Photography
Samson in the Amazon's Land
Director of Photography
The Last Fight
Director of Photography
The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X
Director of Photography
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
Director of Photography
Olympus: Refuge of Gods
Director of Photography
Queen of the Elephants
Director of Photography
Sahara
Director of Photography
Blue Erotic Climax
Director of Photography
Labbra vogliose
Director of Photography
Labbra vogliose
Camera Operator
Voglia di sesso
Director of Photography
Sesso acerbo
Director of Photography
Desire
Director of Photography
Desire
Camera Operator
Super Hard Love
Director of Photography
Stretta e bagnata
Director of Photography
Porno Esotic Love
Director of Photography
Torero
Director of Photography
Gangland Bangers
Director of Photography
The Boxer
Director of Photography
Porno Holocaust
Director of Photography