Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Known for: Directing

Born: September 7, 1940

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 s…

Known for

Dario Argento's World of Horror
Dario Argento's World of Horror
1985
Dario Argento: Panico
Dario Argento: Panico
2024
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
2001
Hanging Shadows
2007
Il mistero della cattedrale
2017
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
2022
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain
2019
Deep Argento
Deep Argento
2023
A Dark Fairy Tale
2008
Of Flies and Maggots
Of Flies and Maggots
2017
Dario Argento: Master of Horror
Dario Argento: Master of Horror
1991
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror
2002
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
2011
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
2008
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
2011
Director: Dario Argento
2007
Two Masters' Eyes
2003
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
Out of the Shadows
2005
Tales Of The Cat
2001
Vortex
Vortex
2021
Dario Argento: My Cinema
Dario Argento: My Cinema
1999
When There's no More Room in Hell
When There's no More Room in Hell
2004
Non risponde più
2004
CVLT
CVLT
2023
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
 
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Nessuno siamo perfetti
2015
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022
Fear in the Dark
Fear in the Dark
1991
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
Du sang sur la neige
Du sang sur la neige
2013
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
Tempus fugit
2006
The Grand Opening
2019
Titanus 1904
Titanus 1904
2024
The Dark Fantastic
The Dark Fantastic
2025
The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
2010
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria
2009
Close Up
Close Up
2012
Der Fall der vier Fliegen
2012
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
Tripping The Dark Fantastic
2022
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
Stephen King's World of Horror
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
The Last Movie Painter
The Last Movie Painter
2020
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Blood on Méliès' Moon
Blood on Méliès' Moon
2016
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
Homo Cinematographicus
1998
Ennio
Ennio
2022
The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead
The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the Dead
2004
The Cinema Machine
The Cinema Machine
1979
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
2018
Linee d'ombra
Linee d'ombra
2007
Italian Kings Of B
Italian Kings Of B
2003
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
Friedkin Uncut
Friedkin Uncut
2018
All the Colors of Giallo
All the Colors of Giallo
2019
Western all'italiana
2004
Bits & Pieces
Bits & Pieces
1996
Inferno
Inferno
1980
Opera
Opera
1987
Deep Red
Deep Red
1975
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001
Tenebre
Tenebre
1982
Suspiria
Suspiria
1977
The Five Days
The Five Days
1973
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
1966
Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood
1992
Cult of Terror
Cult of Terror
2017
We Are Cinema
We Are Cinema
2021
Tales of the Uncanny
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
Domenica In
Domenica In
1976
Lui è peggio di me
2021
Door Into Darkness
Door Into Darkness
1973
Leçon de Cinéma
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
Call My Agent: Italy
Call My Agent: Italy
2023
Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF
Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF
2023