Joe D'Amato
Joe D'Amato was born on Dec 15, 1936 in Italy. Joe D'Amato's big-screen debut came with The Golden Coach directed by Jean Renoir in 1952. Joe D'Amato is known for All the Other Girls Do! directed by Silvio Amadio, Rosemary Dexter stars as Giovenella and Jacques Perrin as Gabriele. The upcoming new movie Joe D'Amato plays is I predatori delle Antille which will be released on Jan 01, 1999.
Joe D'Amato was born Aristide Massaccesi on December 15, 1936, in Rome, Italy. At age 14 he began working for his father, a chief electrician and later the founder of the company A.C.M. By going to school in the daytime, Massaccesi worked afternoons part-time as a stagehand and stage cameraman around various film sets. After attending grade school, from 1953-57, Massaccesi worked for his father. Mole Richardson, another motion picture company, was looking for someone to work as an assistant cameraman and Massaccesi jumped at the opportunity. Starting in 1969 he worked as director of photography as well as assistant director for a number of films until 1974. His first directing work was in 1972's low-budget Planques toi minable, Trinita arrive... (1972), co-directed by Diego Spataro, under the pseudonym Dick Spitfire, but it was a commercial failure. Later that same year Massaccesi directed a western (under the name of Oskar Faradine). He then used his assistant's name, Romano Gastaldi, for his next film, Fra' Tazio da Velletri (1973), as well as a few others.Massaccesi was reluctant to use his real name early in his directing career, since he was still known mainly as a director of photography and didn't want his directing jobs to jeopardize his cinematography career. He used his real name for screenplay and cinematography roles, but worked under many aliases (such as Michael Wotruba) to disguise the authorship of some films in order not to mix up the different genres of comedy, western, drama, thrillers and others. He used so many phony names that he may well have more pseudonyms credited to him than any other director in the world.Massaccesi entered the horror genre with La mort a souri à l'assassin (1973) under his real name, which inspired him to make other gothic horror films. Under a new pseudonym, Joe D'Amato, he directed soft-core, erotic films starring Laura Gemser, such as Emmanuelle et Françoise (1975), Emanuelle chez les cannibales (1977), Black Emanuelle en Amérique (1977), La nuit fantastique des morts-vivants (1980) and others. He also directed such action films as Hard to Kill (1979).Massaccesi, now referring to himself as Joe D'Amato, entered the "gore" genere films with Blue Holocaust (1979), which remains his most successful horror film, shot in four weeks on a low budget entirely at a villa near Bressanone and which had an excellent music soundtrack by the rock group Goblin. His next horror film, but less successful than the previous one, was Anthropophagous : L'Anthropophage (1980), directed as "Peter Newton". The film starred Tisa Farrow, sister of Mia Farrow and the star of L'Enfer des zombies (1979), another gore genre flick.During the 1980s and 1990s D'Amato directed over 100 hardcore porn sex films for the Italian video market, although under his many pseudonyms he continued to direct and produce other films. One of them was Bloody Bird (1987) directed by Michele Soavi on which, under his real name, Massaccesi served as producer. He then directed two "Ator the Invincible" films. He directed the violent, hardcore Caligula, la véritable histoire (1982), using the name "David Hills", a commercial exploitation (some might say "rip-off") of the successful film by Tinto Brass.D'Amato's other films during the 1980s were Paradiso Blu (1980) and violent adventure films such as Deep blood (1989), which were filmed in Florida, and La maison du cauchemar (1988). Some of D'Amato's greatest successes abroad were La retape (1985) and Esclave des sens (1989), as well as the horror-thriller Le voyageur de la peur (1989) (aka "Hitcher in the Dark").His long film career came to an abrupt end when, in January 1999, he suffered an unexpected and fatal heart attack at his home in Rome. He was 62. Joe D'Amato had made his mark on Italian cinema as a talented director, scriptwriter, producer and cinematographer with scores of films and more than a dozen aliases to his credit.
Birthday
Dec 15, 1936Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For
Movies & TV Shows
- 1999
director, cinematographer
4.8 - 1997
director, cinematographer
3.9 - 1995
director, cinematographer, camera and electrical department
4.4 - 1994
director
4.0 - 1994
director, cinematographer
4.3 - 1992
director, cinematographer, camera and electrical department
5.0 - 1991
director, cinematographer
4.1 - 1991
director, cinematographer
5.0 - 1990
director
2.8 - 1990
director, cinematographer
3.4 - 1990
director, cinematographer
4.0 - 1990
director, cinematographer, camera and electrical department
2.7 - 1989
director, cinematographer
3.2 - 1989
director, cinematographer
4.6 - 1989
director, cinematographer
3.7 - 1988
director, cinematographer
4.4 - 1988
director, cinematographer, camera and electrical department
3.5 - 1987
director, cinematographer
4.4 - 1986
director, cinematographer
4.8 - 1986
director, cinematographer
4.9 - 1986
director, cinematographer
4.4 - 1986
director, cinematographer
4.2 - 1985
director, cinematographer
4.7 - 1985
director, cinematographer
4.8 - 1983
director
5.1 - 1983
director, cinematographer
as Guarding Officer examining the combattants' weaponry before 'Endgame' begins
5.2 - 1982
director, cinematographer
2.3 - 1982
director, cinematographer
3.2 - 1980
director
4.0 - 1980
Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper
director, camera and electrical department
as Bearded man exiting the cable car
5.3 - 1979
director, cinematographer
6.2 - 1979
director, cinematographer
5.1 - 1979
Il porno shop della settima strada
director, cinematographer
5.0 - 1978
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
director, cinematographer
4.4 - 1978
Emanuelle e le porno notti nel mondo n. 2
director, cinematographer
4.3 - 1978
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
director, cinematographer
4.4 - 1978
cinematographer, director
4.4 - 1977
director, camera and electrical department
4.3 - 1977
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
director, cinematographer
as Psychiatrist at Mental Hospital Talking to Emanuelle
5.0 - 1977
director, cinematographer
4.8 - 1976
director, cinematographer
4.3 - 1976
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
cinematographer
6.3 - 1975
director, cinematographer
5.4 - 1975
director, cinematographer
5.8 - 1975
cinematographer
5.0 - 1974
director, cinematographer
4.1 - 1974
cinematographer
5.7 - 1974
cinematographer
as Newsagent
6.1 - 1974
camera and electrical department
5.6 - 1973
director, cinematographer
4.4 - 1973
director
5.7 - 1973
Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose
director, cinematographer
5.4 - 1973
director, cinematographer
5.8 - 1973
director, cinematographer
5.3 - 1973
cinematographer
5.9 - 1972
director, cinematographer
5.1 - 1972
director
4.3 - 1972
Stay Away from Trinity... When He Comes to Eldorado
director, cinematographer
4.7 - 1972
Sollazzevoli storie di mogli gaudenti e mariti penitenti - Decameron nº 69
director, cinematographer
as Frate guardone
5.3 - 1972
cinematographer
5.4 - 1972
Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino
cinematographer
6.9 - 19726.9
- 1972
cinematographer
6.2 - 1971
cinematographer
3.8 - 1971
cinematographer
5.1 - 1971
His Name Was Sam Walbash, But They Call Him Amen
camera and electrical department
3.9 - 1971
Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti
camera and electrical department
5.9 - 1970
Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!
cinematographer
4.9 - 1970
Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End
cinematographer
4.4 - 1970
Disperatamente l'estate scorsa
cinematographer
5.1 - 1970
camera and electrical department
6.3 - 1969
camera and electrical department
5.8 - 1969
Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte
camera and electrical department
5.0 - 1969
camera and electrical department
6.9 - 1968
camera and electrical department
5.4 - 19685.1
- 1968
camera and electrical department
5.4 - 1968
camera and electrical department
5.4 - 1968
camera and electrical department
5.5 - 1968
Pray to God and Dig Your Grave
camera and electrical department
5.5 - 1967
camera and electrical department
5.6 - 1967
camera and electrical department
5.2 - 1966
camera and electrical department
6.1 - 1966
camera and electrical department
6.2 - 1966
camera and electrical department
4.8 - 1964
camera and electrical department
7.3 - 1964
camera and electrical department
5.6 - 1963
camera and electrical department
7.5 - 1962
camera and electrical department
6.8 - 1962
camera and electrical department
6.8 - 1961
camera and electrical department
6.7 - 1961
camera and electrical department
6.2 - 1952
camera and electrical department
7.0