Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Directing

Born September 7, 1940 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

31 films as director · Active 1970–2023

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…

Known for

Domenica In

Domenica In

1976

Ennio

Ennio

2022

Suspiria

Suspiria

1977

Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma

2004

Opera

Opera

1987

Du sang sur la neige

Du sang sur la neige

2013

Deep Red

Deep Red

1975

Tenebre

Tenebre

1982

Directed(31)

CVLT

2023CVLT★ 7.0

Dark Glasses

2022Dark Glasses★ 4.7

Dracula 3D

2012Dracula 3D★ 3.5

Giallo

2010Giallo★ 4.2

The Mother of Tears

2007The Mother of Tears★ 4.5

Pelts

2006Pelts★ 5.6

Do You Like Hitchcock?

2005Do You Like Hitchcock?★ 5.2

Jenifer

2005Jenifer★ 5.9

The Card Player

2004The Card Player★ 4.4

Sleepless

2001Sleepless★ 6.1

The Phantom of the Opera

1998The Phantom of the Opera★ 4.7

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996The Stendhal Syndrome★ 5.5

Trauma

1993Trauma★ 5.8

The King of Ads

1991The King of Ads★ 4.3

Two Evil Eyes

1990Two Evil Eyes★ 6.1

Opera

1987Opera★ 6.8

Phenomena

1985Phenomena★ 6.8

Tenebre

1982Tenebre★ 6.8

Inferno

1980Inferno★ 6.6

Suspiria

1977Suspiria★ 7.5

Deep Red

1975Deep Red★ 7.7

The Five Days

1973The Five Days★ 5.9

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

1971Four Flies on Grey Velvet★ 6.5

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971The Cat o' Nine Tails★ 6.7

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1970The Bird with the Crystal Plumage★ 7.1

—Untitled Dario Argento / Isabelle Huppert Project

Acting(85)

2025La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione

2025The Dark FantasticSelf

2024Titanus 1904Self

Dario Argento — Watchpile | Watchpile

2024Dario Argento: PanicoSelf

2023Deep Argento

2023CVLTDario Argento

2023Dario Argento in conversation at the DFF自己

2023Call My Agent: ItalyDario Argento

2022Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argentoself

2022DARIO ARGENTO - The ExhibitSelf

2022Tripping The Dark FantasticHimself

2022Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented AmericaSelf

2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)

2021Alida Valli: In Her Own WordsSelf

2021Lui è peggio di me

2020Tales of the UncannySelf (archive footage)

2020The Last Movie PainterSelf

2019The Grand OpeningSelf

2019Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessantaSelf

2019Dario Argento : soupirs dans un corridor lointain

2019All the Colors of GialloSelf - Director

2018Friedkin UncutSelf

2018BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia

2017Cult of TerrorSelf - Filmmaker

2017Il mistero della cattedraleself

2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsSelf - Filmmaker

2017Of Flies and Maggots

2016Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

2016Blood on Méliès' MoonSelf

2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloSelf

2015Nessuno siamo perfettiSelf

2013Du sang sur la neigeSelf

2012Horror Europa with Mark GatissSelf

2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)

2012Der Fall der vier FliegenHimself (Archive footage 2002)

2011Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura ProtagonistSelf

2011Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of PhenomenaSelf

2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo LombardoSelf

2010The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'

2009Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria

2008The Making of 'Mother of Tears'Self

2008A Dark Fairy Talehimself

2007Linee d'ombraSelf

2007Director: Dario Argento

2007Hanging ShadowsSelf

2006Tempus fugit

2005Out of the Shadows

2005Ban the Sadist Videos!Self

2004When There's no More Room in Hell

2004The Dead Will Walk: The Making of Dawn of the DeadHimself

2004Mario Bava: Operazione pauraSelf

2004Leçon de CinémaSelf

2004Non risponde piùHimself

2004Western all'italiana

2003Two Masters' Eyes

2003Italian Kings Of BSelf

2002Masters of HorrorSelf

2001Sergio Leone: cinema, cinemaSelf - Filmmaker

2001Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'Self

2001Suspiria 25th AnniversarySelf

2001Tales Of The CatSelf

2001Dario Argento: An Eye for HorrorSelf

1999Dario Argento: My CinemaSelf

1998Homo CinematographicusSelf

1997The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of HorrorsSelf

1996Bits & Pieces

1992Innocent BloodParamedic

1991Fear in the DarkSelf

1991Dario Argento: Master of HorrorSelf

1989Stephen King's World of HorrorSelf

1987OperaNarrator (Italian version) (voice) (uncredited)

1985Dario Argento's World of HorrorSelf

1985Bellissimo: Images of the Italian CinemaSelf

1982TenebreNarrator / Murderer's Hands (voice) (uncredited)

1980InfernoNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1979The Cinema Machine

1977SuspiriaNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1976Domenica InSelf

1975Deep RedMurderer's Hands (uncredited)

1973Door Into DarknessSelf - Host

1973The Five DaysBandaged Man with Tranzunto (uncredited)

1966Pardon, Are You for or Against?Priest (uncredited)

I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo AntonioniSelf