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Joe D'Amato
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.
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As director
Sexy Pirates
Dreams of a Country Girl
Romanza
La Figlia Del Padrino
Outlaws 2
Lussuria
Experiences
Experiences 2
Harem 2000
Arrogance: No Limits
Eternal Desire
Calamity Jane 2
Prague Exposed
Showgirl
The Venexiana
Il laureato
Prima e dopo la cura
Red Orchid
Outlaws
Calamity Jane
The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
The Devil's Lair
Blow Up
Off Limits
Elixir
Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
Sex Penitentiary
Phantom
Sahara
Raiders
As actor
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
FantastiCozzi
Happy Porno? Das Ende der Scham
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato
Sono positivo
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
Heidi im Pornoland
Sick-o-pathics
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
Robbery Under Arms
Endgame
Porno Holocaust
Anthropophagous
Emanuelle Around the World
Sexy Night Report
Anima mia
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
What Have You Done to Solange?
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
Old Shatterhand