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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

111

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-07

Day of Death

2022-12-29 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Also Known As

Roger Rockefeller

Roger Godey

Roger Drake

Roger Deodato

Reggero Deodati

Roger Franklin

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).

Known For

Acting

Hostel: Part II

2007

Hostel: Part II

as

Cannibal

Cult of Terror

2017

Cult of Terror

as

Self - Filmmaker

Chimères

2013

Chimères

as

Butcher

Raiders of Atlantis

1983

Raiders of Atlantis

as

Oil Rig Assistant

Non risponde più

2004

Non risponde più

as

Himself

Mom I Can Do It

1992

Mom I Can Do It

as

Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited)

Hanging Shadows

2007

Hanging Shadows

as

Self

Cannibal Holocaust

1980

Cannibal Holocaust

as

Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)

I Tarantiniani

2013

I Tarantiniani

as

Self

Dead Bones

2008

Dead Bones

as

Butcher

Ballad in Blood

2016

Ballad in Blood

as

Prof. Roth

Concorde Affair

1979

Concorde Affair

as

Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited)

Macho Man 2

2017

Macho Man 2

as

Himself

Dial: Help

1988

Dial: Help

as

Man in phone booth

Lilith's Hell

2015

Lilith's Hell

as

Self

Deodato Holocaust

2019

Deodato Holocaust

as

Himself

The Washing Machine

1993

The Washing Machine

as

Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Hostel: Part II

2007

Hostel: Part II

as

The Italian Cannibal

The Last of Us

2022

The Last of Us

as

Self

Production

Atrocious

2018

Atrocious

as

Crew

Atrocious

2018

Atrocious

as

Atrocious

2018

Atrocious

as

Directing