Joe D'Amato
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Italian erotic and adult film director Rome, Italy
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Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936, Rome, Italy - 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter who worked in many genres but is best known for his horror, erotic and adult films. He directed roughly 200 films, often acting as his own producer and cinematographer, and produced and directed about 120 adult features in two phases, from 1979 to 1982 and again from 1993 until his death in 1999. His erotic films starring Laura Gemser, including the Emanuelle series, made him a master of Italian exploitation cinema.
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Italian filmmaker behind about 200 films, including the Emanuelle erotic series and around 120 adult features.
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- Joe D'Amato on set in a blue checked shirt and vest — CSFD Original source
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- Born
- Aristide Massaccesi, 15 December 1936, Rome, Italy; died 23 January 1999, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
- Career
- About 200 films as director; about 120 adult features (1979-82 and 1993-99); Emanuelle erotic series with Laura Gemser; also horror and westerns
- Country
- Italy
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Image credit: CSFD