Date of Birth:

May 07, 1939 (87 years)

Place of Birth:

Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

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).