Joe D'Amato

Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres (westerns, decamerotici, peplum, war films, swashbuckler, comedy, fantasy, postapocalyptic film, and erotic thriller) but is best known for his horror, erotic and adult films.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

D'Amato worked in the 1950s as electric and set photographer, in the 1960s as camera operator, and from 1969 onwards as cinematographer. Starting in 1972, he directed and co-directed around 200 films under numerous pseudonyms, regularly acting as cinematographer as well.Template:Citation needed Starting in the early 1980s, D'Amato produced many of his own and other directors' genre films through the companies he founded or co-founded, the best known being Filmirage. From 1979 to 1982 and from 1993 to 1999, D'Amato also produced and directed about 120 adult films.

Among his best known erotic films are his five entries into the Black Emanuelle series of films starring Laura Gemser (1976–1978)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and his horror/pornography crossover films Erotic Nights of the Living Dead and Porno Holocaust (both shot in Santo Domingo in 1979).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In the horror genre, he is above all remembered for his films Beyond the Darkness (1979) and Antropophagus (1980), which have gained cult status, as well as Absurd (1981).Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Biography

Early life and work (1936–1969)

Joe D'Amato was born on 15 December 1936 in Rome, Italy.Template:Sfn His father was Renato Massaccesi, who after an incident on a ship had been declared a war invalid and had started to work at the Istituto Luce in Rome first as electrician, fixing power generators left by the United States army at Cinecittà, and then as chief photographic technician.Template:Sfn<ref>Renato Massaccesi</ref>Template:Sfn In 1950, at the age of 14, D'Amato joined his father at work together with his brothers Carlo and Fernando (called Nando).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Being the most enterprising of the three sons, D'Amato took on the task of delivering the movie cameras his father sold.Template:Sfn D'Amato also assisted in the dubbing of Italian film productionsTemplate:Sfn and designed title and end credits with Eugenio Bava, cutting the letters out by hand.Template:Sfn In 1952, D'Amato worked as a still photographer on the set of The Golden Coach,Template:Sfn later as electric.Template:Sfn In the 1960s, D'Amato eventually moved on to work as a camera operator on numerous films including Mario Bava's Hercules in the Haunted World.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

First work as cinematographer and director (1969–1975)

In 1969, Piero Livi's Pelle di bandito and Silvio Amadio's No Man's Island (Italian: L'Isola delle Svedesi) were D'Amato's first films as cinematographer.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In the next few years, D'Amato continued to work as cinematographer on Italian productions such as Umberto Lenzi's A Quiet Place to Kill, Massimo Dallamano's What Have You Done to Solange?Template:Sfn and some of Demofilo Fidani's low-budget Spaghetti Westerns.Template:Sfn

D'Amato took on the role of director for the first time in 1972. He started out with a number of small western films (Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado and A Bounty Killer in Trinity) and decamerotici (More Sexy Canterbury Tales and Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose) which he partly directed, partly co-directedTemplate:Sfn before going on to direct the gothic horror film Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) and the war film Heroes in Hell (1974), both starring Klaus Kinski.Template:Sfn D'Amato briefly relinquished directing and reverted to cinematography in films such as Luigi Batzella's The Devil's Wedding Night,Template:Sfn Steve Carver's The ArenaTemplate:Sfn and five films directed by Alberto De Martino: Crime Boss, The Killer Is on the Phone, Counselor at Crime, The Antichrist, and – two years later – Strange Shadows in an Empty Room.Template:Sfn When D'Amato was in Canada shooting a sleigh ride sequence for Lucio Fulci's Challenge to White Fang, the film's producer Ermanno Donati asked him to stay and direct the adventure film Red Coats for him,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn in which D'Amato used the pseudonym "Joe D'Amato" for the first time.Template:Sfn It turned a good profit, and D'Amato later considered it his best film in this period.Template:Sfn

First films with Laura Gemser and the Black Emanuelle series (1975–1977)

D'Amato's next film Emanuelle's Revenge (1975), which he co-directed with Bruno Mattei (who remains uncredited because D'Amato was a "rising name"),Template:Sfn was one of several films at the time whose titles alluded to the successful French erotic film Emmanuelle (1974).Template:Sfn In retrospect, it was a kind of turning point in D'Amato's career, being his first pornographic film – though still softcore.Template:Sfn

In his next film, the commedia sexy Voto di castità (1976, scripted by George Eastman), D'Amato met Laura Gemser, who would star in many of his films and in the 1980s and early 1990s would also regularly work as costume designer for his productions. In this first film, she only played the small part of a French maid, but it was during the shoot that D'Amato got the idea to use her as star in his next film.Template:Sfn

Eva nera was the exotic erotic drama which D'Amato directed starring Gemser as topless snake dancer alongside Jack Palance and Gabriele Tinti – her future husband.Template:Sfn The film was produced by Harry Alan Towers and Lucio Fulcisano and shot both on location in Hong Kong and at the Elios Studios near Rome.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Gemser, who had previously starred in Bitto Albertini's Black Emanuelle (1975), went on to shoot the following five films of the Black Emanuelle series under D'Amato's direction.Template:Sfn (Albertini, on the other hand, had to find a new actress for his own Black Emanuelle 2 (1976) – a sequel only in name.)Template:Sfn Although the main character's name in the Black Emanuelle series alluded to the original French Emmanuelle, it was spelled slightly differently in order to avoid a plagiarism lawsuit.Template:Sfn Also, the character itself is different: Black Emanuelle is an international reporter and photographer who travels to exotic locations.Template:Sfn D'Amato added some violence and horror to the series such as the fake snuff film footage in Emanuelle in America,Template:Sfn a gang rape scene in Emanuelle Around the World (1977),Template:Sfn and gore scenes in the cannibal film Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn As D'Amato later remembered, this "was a very good period in my life. Movie business was very good. We travelled round the world, finding new and fascinating locations for our movies."Template:Sfn

The Caribbean phase (1978–1979)

Of the 12 films D'Amato directed in 1978 and 1979, 9 were shot in the Dominican Republic. In a 1982 interview, he said that once the trip was paid for, the costs were low and the setting suggestive ("the Caribbean... all for free"; Italian: "i Caraibi... tutto gratis").Template:Sfn

The first time D'Amato went to Santo Domingo was in May 1978 for the erotic horror film Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals.Template:Sfn He returned there in September to shoot the mercenaries-at-war film Tough to Kill.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

In mid-October 1978, back in Italy, D'Amato started shooting the nunsploitation film Images in a Convent,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn and in early 1979, which was to become a particularly productive year,Template:Sfn he directed the violent erotic thriller Il porno shop della settima strada (The Pleasure Shop on Seventh Avenue<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) on location in New York,Template:Sfn both films produced by Franco Gaudenzi's company Kristal Film.Template:Sfn From late June to early July 1979, D'Amato went to South Tyrol to shoot and direct the horror film Buio Omega starring Kieran Canter and Cinzia Monreale, a remake of Mino Guerrini's The Third EyeTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn produced by Dario Rossetti and Ermanno Donati with music by Goblin.Template:Sfn

Immediately afterwards, D'Amato went back to Santo DomingoTemplate:Sfn to film Paradiso blu, an Italian counterpart to The Blue Lagoon starring Anna Bergman and Lucia Ramirez,Template:Sfn and the voodoo-themed Orgasmo nero (Sex and Black Magic) starring Ramirez, Susan Scott and Richard Harrison, before directing two films combining hardcore pornography and horror – Porno Holocaust and Le notti erotiche dei morti viventi (Erotic Nights of the Living Dead) – as well as three adult thrillers: Hard Sensation, Porno Esotic Love and Sesso Nero.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn For Porno Esotic Love, D'Amato reused material from Eva nera (1976), especially those scenes D'Amato had shot with Laura Gemser in Hong Kong.Template:Sfn (Eva nera had done very poorly at the Italian box office and therefore was still relatively unknown.)Template:Sfn

First work as producer (1979–1982)

The voodoo-themed Sesso nero, written by George Eastman, was the last film D'Amato shot in the Caribbean, at the end of 1979, and the first film D'Amato produced on his own, through his newly founded company, P.C.M. (Produzioni Cinematografiche Massaccesi). Of the Caribbean group of films it received the earliest theatrical release – the films only being released gradually throughout 1980 and 1981.Template:Sfn

After his return from the Caribbean, D'Amato also co-founded Filmirage and used the companies to produce and direct the gore film Antropophagus (1980, produced through P.C.M. and Filmirage) and its follow-up, the slasher film Absurd (1981, co-produced by Filmirage and Metaxa), both of which starred George Eastman and later became cult films for fans of extreme cinema.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

D'Amato also founded and co-founded two further production companies "Cinema 80" and "M.A.D." (an acronym for [Aristide] Massaccesi, Alessandroni, and [Donatella] Donati) on 15 January 1980 and 9 January 1981, respectively. For M.A.D., Alessandroni, an engineer, provided the funding, while his son acted as producer on set. Donatella Donati, the daughter of Ermanno Donati, became D'Amato's assistant and constant collaborator, usually acting as production secretary and assistant director.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

The two companies were the main vehicles for D'Amato's film production of this period. From 1980 until 1982, D'Amato produced 14 hardcore pornographic films through both companies (Cinema 80: 9 films, M.A.D.: 5), 10 of which he directed and lensed himself, while 3 of the films (Blue erotic climax, Labbra vogliose and Le porno investigatrici) were directed by Claudio Bernabei.Template:Sfn Officially, Bernabei was both executive manager and director, his pseudonym Alexander (or Alexandre) Borsky being used for almost all directorial credits although the films were for the most part directed by D'Amato personally, who was only given credit in the non-committal phrase "a Joe D'Amato film" (Template:Langx) used for marketing purposes.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The reason for this lay in avoiding one of two criminal charges per film since the state only charged the executive manager of the company and the director; them being the same person, only one charge was brought forth.Template:Sfn One notable exception was Porno video (1981; sometimes: Pornovideo), which was directed entirely by Giuliana Gamba (under the pseudonym Therese Dunn);Template:Sfn it was the first film D'Amato produced for another director – a practice he would start expanding six years later in his Filmirage period.Template:Sfn Il succo del sesso (1982; a punning title which can mean both "The Essence of Sex" and "The Juice of Sex") was the only film of this period that was directed but not produced by D'Amato, being a "Promo Film" production of Giovanni Perrucci's.Template:Sfn

The average Cinema 80 or M.A.D. film cost 55 million lire, was shot in 10 days, edited over a period of two months, and had a generic title such as Super climax, Super hard love or Voglia di sesso (literally: Lust for Sex).Template:Sfn A group of three films produced through Cinema 80 stands out. In 1981, building on Tinto Brass's Caligula (1979), D'Amato produced, shot and directed Caligula... The Untold Story in both a hardcore and a softcore version, starring David Brandon, Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti. It recounted the final days of the Roman Emperor Caligula and was followed by two purely hardcore pornographic films – Una vergine per l'impero romano and Messalina orgasmo imperiale – in which D'Amato reused sets and costumes from the first film, albeit on a significantly lower budget.Template:Sfn The three films were signed by D'Amato as director under different pseudonyms and released separately in December 1982, May 1983 and July 1983. They have been called his "porno-peplum trilogy".Template:Sfn

Messalina orgasmo imperiale (shot in 1982) also happened to be the last film of this period.Template:Sfn Another hardcore film that D'Amato originally intended to shoot himself for producer Riccardo Billy in co-production with a Chinese company, Love in Hong Kong (1983, starring Mark Shannon and Marianne Aubert), ended up being entirely delegated to his assistant Bernabei for lack of time, who directed the film on location in Hong Kong.Template:Sfn It survives only in a truncated softcore version.Template:Sfn

The Filmirage years (1982–1993)

In 1980, D'Amato had taken over a company from producer Ermanno Donati. D'Amato had renamed the company to "Filmirage" and used it to produce his own and, from 1987 onwards, also other directors' films for the international market.Template:Sfn

In 1982, D'Amato used Filmirage to produce, shoot and direct the first film of the Ator series: Ator l'invincibile (Ator, the Fighting Eagle) starring Miles O'Keeffe and Sabrina Siani, which was directly inspired by Conan the Barbarian. It was followed by Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion (English titles: The Blade Master and Cave Dwellers) the following year, in which O'Keefe was flanked by Lisa Foster.Template:Sfn

In 1983 and 1984, D'Amato produced and shot the post-apocalyptic action films Endgame (1983) starring Al Cliver, George Eastman, Laura Gemser and Gordon Mitchell, which D'Amato directed alone, and 2020 Texas Gladiators (1984) starring Al Cliver and Sabrina Siani, which D'Amato co-directed with George Eastman. The films follow the success of Mad Max (1979) and Mad Max 2 (1981).Template:Sfn

In 1984 and early 1985, D'Amato briefly reactivated his company M.A.D. to produce 10 hardcore pornographic films, all of which were directed by Luca Damiano and starred Marina Hedman. D'Amato is reported to have collaborated on some of these himself as well, although it remains speculative in which function and on which ones.Template:Sfn Later in 1985 D'Amato left hardcore pornography behind and for a period of eight years exclusively shot softcore and horror films.Template:Sfn According to an interview D'Amato gave in 1990, hardcore, as opposed to softcore, had only been profitable the first four years in the late 1970s and early 1980s while the novelty and controversy lasted.Template:Sfn

D'Amato began this hardcore-free period by directing four softcore dramas set during fascism in Italy and starring Lilli Carati and Laura Gemser: L'alcova (The Alcove), Il piacere (The Pleasure), Lussuria (A Lustful Mind), and Voglia di guardare (Midnight Gigolo). The four films recall the style and themes of Tinto Brass's La chiave (The Key) while their plots and characters are not interconnected in any way.Template:Sfn

Together with Harry Alan Towers, D'Amato co-produced Warrior Queen (working title: Pompeii), shot in 1985 at the Elios Studios near Rome to cash in on the success of the miniseries The Last Days of Pompeii (1984).<ref name=Cinemart17/> It was a sword-and-sandal film starring Sybil Danning, Donald Pleasence and David Brandon and was directed by Chuck Vincent.<ref name=GASmith /> In an interview, Larry Revene, Vincent's usual cinematographer, remembered that he worked on the sync sound for this film instead, because "Aristide shot it. He wasn't only a director/producer, he was also a cameraman."<ref name=Cinemart17>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the United States, the film had a brief theatrical run in a cut R rated version before being released in a longer version on video.<ref name=GASmith>Template:Cite book</ref>

There followed a phase in which D'Amato directed softcore films predominantly in the United States, often takes on popular American films.Template:Sfn First, he went to New Orleans to produce and shoot two films starring Jessica Moore as the novelist Sarah Asproon: 11 Days, 11 Nights (1987) and Top Model (1988).Template:Sfn 11 Days, 11 Nights was inspired by Adrian Lyne's film 9½ Weeks but reversed the roles with the woman being the dissolute character;Template:Sfn it was a commercial success.Template:Sfn In 1989, D'Amato's main actress was Valentine Demy with whom he produced and directed Afternoon and Dirty Love, the latter reminiscent of another of Adrian Lyne's films, Flashdance.Template:Sfn After these, D'Amato produced and directed two erotic dramas with Tara Buckman: Blue Angel Cafe and High Finance Woman.Template:Sfn

Beyond producing his own softcore films, D'Amato also used Filmirage to produce other directors' films:Template:Sfn Michele Soavi's debut Stage Fright (which was also the debut of D'Amato's son Daniele Massaccesi as assistant cameraman), Deran Serafian's Interzone, Umberto Lenzi's Ghosthouse (La casa 3) and Hitcher In The Dark, Fabrizio Laurenti's Witchery (La casa 4) and The Crawlers (Troll 3), George Eastman's Metamorphosis, Claudio Fragasso's Troll 2 and Beyond Darkness (La casa 5), Franco Molé's The Room of Words, and Lucio Fulci's Door to Silence.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn D'Amato not only produced, but also partially directed the horror film Killing Birds and but for the first scene directed the sharksploitation drama Deep Blood.Template:Sfn

At the beginning of the 1990s, D'Amato revisited his Ator series with a concluding entry entitled Quest for the Mighty Sword,Template:Sfn featuring the Son of Ator.<ref name="Weldon1996">Template:Cite book</ref> Then, he revived the character of Sarah Asproon in 11 Days, 11 Nights 2, this time played by Kristine Rose and again set in New Orleans.Template:Sfn With Rose as protagonist, D'Amato also directed Passion's Flower, a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice, before shooting two softcore films starring Carmen di Pietro in 1991, both with a more violent angle than the preceding ones: Devil in the Flesh follows a group of mercenaries who encounter some nurses at an isolated hospital, and Dangerous Obsession tells of a woman who turns the tables on her assailant.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn After these, D'Amato directed Return from Death (Frankenstein 2000) (1992), his last horror film, which combined a modern take on the traditional Frankenstein story with elements of the rape and revenge film.Template:Sfn

In 1993, inspired by the success of the Chinese erotic comedy Sex and Zen (1991), D'Amato then went to the Philippines to shoot a number of Asian themed softcore films, for which he often used Chinese pseudonyms.Template:Sfn Among them are such diverse films as Chinese Kamasutra, China and Sex and I racconti della camera rossa (translation: The Tales of the Red Chamber; named after China's classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber), the latter two structurally and thematically reminiscent of Italian decamerotici.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Later work and death (1993–1999)

Later in 1993, D'Amato went back to predominantly producing and directing hardcore pornography. Template:Sfn In order to return to adult filmmaking more easily, D'Amato initially teamed up with Luca Damiano, with whom he shot roughly 20 films before continuing on his own.Template:Sfn Although video had become the standard for adult films, D'Amato continued to shoot on 35mm film for a few years before finally transitioning to video for his last productions in 1997 and 1998Template:Sfn – a development which he saw critically: When shooting on video, there was little difference between the individual films in terms of profit, which helped minimise production risk, but the overall profit and hence the quality of the individual productions that were shot on video were lower compared to productions shot on film.<ref name="Duel97">Template:Cite book</ref> The crew on an early 35mm shoot such as Juliet & Romeo had been much larger, including lighting staff, camera assistants, make-up artists, and set decorators; dubbing was done in post-production.<ref name=Wandel>Template:Cite AV media</ref>

Among D'Amato's best known films from this late hardcore period are his collaborations with Rocco Siffredi (Tarzan X – Shame of Jane, Marco Polo, Marquis de Sade, Torero) and Kelly Trump (Messalina, Kamasutra, Lolita), his pornographic versions of Shakespearean drama (Juliet & Romeo, Anthony and Cleopatra, Othello 2000), westerns (Outlaws, Calamity Jane), swashbucklers (Raiders), the Bible (Sodom & Gamorra), Greco-Roman mythology (Olympus, Amor & Psyche, Ulysses, Hercules – A Sex Adventure), Roman emperors (Nero – Orgy of Fire, Caligula – The Deviant Emperor) and other famous people (Robin Hood, Goya, Amadeus Mozart, Thief of Love – Giacomo Casanova, Rudy – Valentino's story, Scarface).Template:Sfn Two recurring actresses in his films from 1996 to 1999 were Selen (Raw & Naked, Queen of the Elephants, Sahara, and Selen the Girl from Treasure Island) and Éva Henger, with whom he shot the time travel films Experiences and Experiences 2, a trilogy on the capital sins, Phantom (using footage from the silent film The Phantom of the Opera), and Showgirl.Template:Sfn Whereas D'Amato's adult films were very rarely without a plot entirely, D'Amato stated in a 1997 interview that one had used to include more plot whereas now the only thing they wanted was porn – and very hard one at that: "double, triple, quadruple penetrations, anal ...".<ref name="Duel97" />

In between shooting adult films from 1994 to 1999, D'Amato also made efforts at returning to genre films, four of which came to fruition. In 1995, he directed the erotic drama Provocation set in the Italian countryside of the 1930s starring Erika Savastani,Template:Sfn and in 1997 the erotic comedy Top Girl set in and around an American TV stationTemplate:Sfn and the erotic thriller The Hyena starring Cinzia Roccaforte, which received a limited theatrical release in Italy.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In 1998, D'Amato directed the swashbuckler I predatori delle Antille (aka Sexy Pirates<ref>Noyes, Mike (18 May 2011). "Sexy Pirates – DVD Review | Inside Pulse". Retrieved 10 March 2019.</ref>), starring Anita Rinaldi.Template:Sfn

On 23 January 1999, Joe D'Amato died of a heart attack in Monterotondo, a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn According to Luigi Cozzi, his death happened unexpectedly while he was busy preparing a new film.Template:Sfn His last film was the adult film Showgirl (1999), a take on Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls (1995).Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Names under which D'Amato is credited

Birthname

Throughout his career, D'Amato used his birthname Aristide Massaccesi only once for a directorial credit, namely for Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973).Template:Sfn However, it was regularly used for other credits. For his first work as camera operator, it was the only name he was credited with, and as cinematographer, writer of stories and scriptwriter, he credited himself or was credited with it regularly until the early 1980s.Template:Sfn

Pseudonyms

The first pseudonyms used by Aristide Massaccesi were his actor's credits in the Spaghetti Westerns Straniero... fatti il segno della croce! (1968) and Dead Men Don't Make Shadows (1970), for which he used puns on his birthname: Ariston Massachusetts and Arizona Template:Not a typo, respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn

His best known pseudonym is the anglicized Joe D'Amato, which he first adopted as director of Giubbe Rosse (1975).Template:Sfn In 1991, D'Amato stated he had discovered the name in some calendar and chosen to use it because it sounded promising: in its mixture of American and Italian, it was similar to those of Brian de Palma and Martin Scorsese.Template:Sfn Joe D'Amato became the name Massaccesi was most associated with, even more than his birth name.Template:Sfn D'Amato used this main pseudonym of his exclusively for credits as producer and director and not for credits as cinematographer or writer.Template:Citation needed

The pseudonym Federiko Slonisko, sometimes also spelled Federico Slonisco or any mixture of these two spellings (including the short form Fred and several other mis- or variant spellings), was regularly used for D'Amato's work as cinematographer starting in 1982.Template:Sfn

The pseudonyms Federico Slonisco Jr. and Dan Slonisko (including variant spellings) are also sometimes considered to belong to D'Amato.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, D'Amato's son Daniele, a camera operator and cinematographer, started his career working for his father.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The pseudonym Michael Wotruba was used as D'Amato's directorial credit on:

• Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose (1973) – also screenplayTemplate:Sfn
• Pugni, pirati e karatè (1973)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Diario di una vergine romana (1973)Template:Sfn
• Heroes in Hell (1974) – also screenplayTemplate:Sfn<ref name=Kinski>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Arena (1974) – Italian version: director; international version: second unit directorTemplate:Sfn

This pseudonym is also to be found as directorial credit for Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) in the entry at Public Cinematographic Register, but was later changed to D'Amato's birthname for the release.Template:Sfn

David Hills was used by D'Amato as directorial pseudonym on the following films:

• Caligula... The Untold Story (1981) – also screenplayTemplate:Sfn
• Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)Template:Sfn
• Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion (1983)Template:Sfn
• Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990)Template:Sfn
• Frankenstein 2000 (1991)Template:Sfn
• I predatori delle Antille (1998)Template:Citation needed

David Hills was also used as directorial credit on an early announcement of Deep Blood (1989), but was exchanged by the allonym Raf Donato for the official release.Template:Sfn As producer, D'Amato used this pseudonym on Troll 2<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Interzone.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

For the last two films of D'Amato's "porno-peplum trilogy", Una vergine per l'impero and Messalina orgasmo imperiale (both released 1983), D'Amato used Dirk Frey as cinematographer and Robert Hall and O.J. Clarke as director, respectively.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

The directorial credit of Il succo del sesso (1983), which D'Amato directed, reads Gilbert Damiano - an allusion to Gerard Damiano.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The pseudonym Peter Newton was used for D'Amato's credit as cinematographer on Paradiso blu (1980)Template:Sfn and his directorial credit on Absurd (1981).Template:Sfn For the latter, he also used Richard Haller for his credits as cinematographer and co-producer.Template:Sfn Kevin Mancuso was used for the directorial credit on 2020 Texas Gladiators (1982); D'Amato co-directed the film with George Eastman so it can be considered a pseudonym for both Eastman and D'Amato.Template:Sfn D'Amato used the name Dario Donati as director and editor on Convent of Sinners (1986)Template:Sfn and as director on Delizia (1986).Template:Sfn

The female pseudonym Joan Russell was used for D'Amato's directorial credit on Una tenera storia (1992).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn It was also used not for D'Amato, but for Donatella Donati and Antonio Tentori as story and screenwriting credit in Frankenstein 2000 (1992), which D'Amato produced and directed.Template:Sfn

For his oriental films of 1993, D'Amato used a number of new pseudo-oriental pseudonyms. For I racconti della camera rossa he used Robert Yip as director, Lim Seng Yee as scenarist and Boy Tan Bien as cinematographer.Template:Sfn For Chinese kamasutra he signed with the pseudonyms Chang Lee Sun (director), Fu Shen (scenarist) and Hsu Hsien (cinematographer).Template:Sfn And for Il labirinto dei sensi, he signed his scenario with Leslie Wong while using Joe D'Amato and Federico Slonsiko for the directorial and cinematographic credits respectively.Template:Sfn

Allonyms

An allonym is distinguished from a pseudonym in that it is the given name or pseudonym of a different person from the one who should be credited.

Romano Gastaldi, the pseudonym of Romano Scandariato, was used for the directorial credit on More Sexy Canterbury Tales (1972), which D'Amato directed while Scandariato was his assistant director,Template:Sfn and for Fra' Tazio da Velletri (1973), which D'Amato left after a disagreement soon after the beginning of the shoot; Scandariato, his assistant, finished the film and was credited.Template:Sfn

Oskar Faradine, the pseudonym of Oscar Santaniello, was used for the directorial credit on A Bounty Killer in Trinity. The film was reportedly directed by D'Amato and Santaniello was the film's producer.Template:Sfn Lupi, however, in his monograph on D'Amato argues on qualitative grounds for Santaniello as actual director.Template:Sfn

Anna BergmanTemplate:'s name was also used for the directorial credit on Paradiso blu (1980). Bergman was the main actress, but D'Amato directed the film. Her name was used for the directorial credit because, according to Luigi Cozzi, the producer did not want it to be seen as an erotic film (for which D'Amato was already known at the time).Template:Sfn

Alexandre Borsky, sometimes spelled Alexander or Borski, was the pseudonym of Claudio Bernabei. Bernabei stated in an interview that he created it with Walerian Borowczyk's name in mind.Template:Sfn The Borsky pseudonym was used as directorial credit for 14 of the 15 films produced by D'Amato's companies M.A.D. and Cinema 80 from 1980 to 1982. Of these 14 films, Bernabei directed 3, D'Amato 11.Template:Sfn In 1993 and 1994, D'Amato briefly reactivated this name as directorial credit for a small number of adult films starring Luana Borgia which he directed while transitioning from softcore to hardcore again. According to an interview he gave in 1995, it was to camouflage his return.Template:Sfn

Lucky Faar (or Farr) Delly, sometimes wrongly listed as a pseudonym of Joe D'Amato,Template:Sfn was in reality the pseudonym of Luciano Fardelli, who acted as administrator of D'Amato's production company M.A.D. in 1984 and 1985.Template:Sfn It was used as directorial credit for 10 films directed by Franco Lo Cascio; it is unclear in which of these films D'Amato acted as co-director.Template:Sfn

Raf Donato, a variant of Raffaele Donato's name, was used for the directorial credit on Deep Blood (1989). According to D'Amato, Donato had planned to direct the film, but only directed the first scene. D'Amato directed the rest of the film.Template:Sfn

Personality

According to the actresses who worked with him, D'Amato was sociable, humorous with a sense of irony, amiable, and supportive; to some he appeared like a father.Template:Sfn Both Laura Gemser, with whom he worked together for a long time, and Monica Zanchi pointed out his adventurous and playful approach to filmmaking.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Gemser also remembered that D'Amato rarely got angry, and that when it happened he usually took it with irony; when deeply angered, however, he would shout and curse and become insufferable.Template:Sfn She also recalled that, much like herself, D'Amato fell asleep easily and anywhere, even in the breaks between rehearsals.Template:Sfn Donatella Donati, his regular assistant since the mid-1970s, recalled this penchant as his biggest flaw; in Cannes, she once found him asleep on the office floor.Template:Sfn

Legacy

Screenings

In 1995, Joe D'Amato was a special guest at the London film festival "Eurofest" which took place at the Everyman Cinema, Hampstead, where he gave an onstage interview to Mark Ashworth inbetween screenings of Stage Fright, Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals and Frankenstein 2000, followed by a signing session.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Parts of the interview can be found on the Severin DVD release of Emanuelle in Bangkok.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Posthumously, on 14 April 2006, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris screened a D'Amato double feature from newly acquired theatrical prints under the title Le sang et la chair (translation: The Blood and the Flesh), consisting of Antropophagus and Le sexe noir (both 1980).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Joe D'Amato Horror Festival, under the art direction of Paolo Ruffini, was held for the first time in Pietrasanta in April 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It took place a second time in October and November 2014 in Livorno, moderated by Antonio Tentori.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Among the guests was D'Amato's son Daniele Massaccesi, who said that it had been above all the passion for cinema – to never stop making films at any costs – that D'Amato had wanted to pass on to the younger generation of filmmakers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>

The "Hofbauer Kongress", which takes place at least once every year since 2010 at the Komm Kino in Nuremberg, Germany, has repeatedly screened D'Amato's films mostly from 35 mm prints, with the 15th and 16th edition of the festival being especially devoted to the filmmaker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 1–3 February 2019, honoring the 20th anniversary of D'Amato's death, the Filmarchiv Austria held a "Tribute to Joe D'Amato" at the Metro Kinokulturhaus in Vienna in which 10 films he directed were shown from original 35 mm prints.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Film tributes and dedications

In 1999, Andreas Schnaas shot a remake of, and homage to, D'Amato's Antropophagus entitled Anthropophagous 2000.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The Italian film Hyde's Secret Nightmare (2011, directed by Domiziano Cristopharo) is dedicated to D'Amato.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Worked as					Notes	Template:Abbr
		Director	Producer	Writer	Cinematographer	Other
1951	È l'amor che mi rovina					Template:Yes	Still photographer	Template:Sfn
	L'inafferrabile 12					Template:Yes	Still photographer	Template:Sfn
1952	The Golden Coach					Template:Yes	Still photographer	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1953	Madonna delle rose<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Technician	Template:Sfn
1961	Hercules in the Haunted World<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Assistant cameraman	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Gold of Rome<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Assistant cameraman	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962	Il mare<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Assistant cameraman	Template:Sfn
1963	Contempt					Template:Yes	Assistant cameraman	Template:Sfn
	Canzoni in bikini<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman.Template:Sfn Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
1964	Due mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Il mito (La violenza e l'amore)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Secret of the Sphinx<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1965	Soldati e caporali<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1966	Viaggio di nozze all'italiana<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (translation: Honeymoon Voyage)					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Emilio Foriscot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Lo scippo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	For One Thousand Dollars Per Day<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Mario Pacheco<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Trap for Seven Spies<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: José F. Aguayo<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere (translation: At Midnight, Throw Down the Corpse)					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Citation needed	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Thompson 1880					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	The Taming of the Shrew					Template:Yes	Assistant Cameraman	Template:Sfn
	Maigret a Pigalle					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Giuseppe Ruzzolini<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Cinque della vendetta					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Víctor Monreal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Due once di piombo (Il mio nome è Pecos)					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Master Stroke					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Francisco Sánchez<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
1967	Red Blood, Yellow Gold					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Francisco Marin<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Psychopath					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	Pecos Cleans Up					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Your Turn to Die					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographers: Franco Villa, Stelvio Massi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	Straniero ... fatti il segno della croce!					Template:Yes	Cameraman, assistant director, actor. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Rose rosse per il führer					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	I'll Sell My Skin Dearly					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Stelvio Massi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	Vietnam, guerra senza fronte				Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Second unit cameramanTemplate:Sfn	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
1968	Shoot Twice					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Francisco MarinTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Seven Times Seven					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematography: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	A Woman on Fire					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	Bury Them Deep					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
1969	Una storia d'amore					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Guglielmo Mancori<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	Orgasmo					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Guglielmo MancoriTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Passa Sartana ... è l'ombra della tua morte					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco VillaTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	A Noose for Django					Template:Yes	Cameraman. Cinematographer: Franco Villa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Sfn
	Pelle di bandito				Template:Yes		Director: Piero Livi	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	No Man's Island (L'isola delle svedesi, Twisted Girls)				Template:Yes		Director: Silvio Amadio	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1970	Disperatamente l'estate scorsa				Template:Yes		Director: Silvio Amadio	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!				Template:Yes		Director: Demofilo Fidani	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine				Template:Yes		Director: Demofilo Fidani	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1971	A Barrel Full of Dollars				Template:Yes		Director: Demofilo Fidani	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	A Fistful of Death				Template:Yes		Director: Demofilo Fidani	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Vendetta at Dawn					Template:Yes	Camera operator. Cinematographer: Guglielmo Mancori	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Armiamoci e partite!				Template:Yes		Director: Nando Cicero	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Ben and Charlie				Template:Yes		Director: Michele Lupo	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	What Have You Done to Solange?				Template:Yes		Director: Massimo Dallamano	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	La gatta in calore				Template:Yes		Director: Nello Rossati	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Crime Boss				Template:Yes		Director: Alberto De Martino	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	All'ultimo minuto (TV series, episodes Il rapido delle 13,30 and Dramma in alto mare)				Template:Yes		Director: Ruggero Deodato	Template:Sfn
	Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino				Template:Yes		Director: Manlio Scarpelli	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Killer Is on the Phone				Template:Yes		Director: Alberto De Martino	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado	Template:?{{#if:a|a|[1]}}			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Bounty hunter in Trinity	Template:Yes{{#if:f|f|[2]}}		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	More Sexy Canterbury Tales	Template:Yes{{#if:g|g|[3]}}		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
1973	Fra' Tazio da Velletri	Template:Yes{{#if:h|h|[4]}}					Directed a third of the film.	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Devil's Wedding Night	Template:Yes			Template:Yes		Only directed some scenes. Director: Luigi Batzella	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Novelle licenziose di vergini vogliose	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Editor	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Counselor at Crime				Template:Yes		Director: Alberto De Martino	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Mean Frank and Crazy Tony				Template:Yes		Cinematography with Aldo Tonti. Director: Michele Lupo	Template:Sfn
	Death Smiles on a Murderer	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Camera operator, story author	Template:Sfn
	Pugni, pirati e karaté	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1974	Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Liz, Maria, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia e Sofia, le chiamo tutte... anima mia				Template:Yes		Director: Mauro O. Ivaldi	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Heroes in Hell	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn<ref name=Kinski />
	The Arena				Template:Yes	Template:Yes	2nd unit director. Director: Steve Carver	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Diary of a Roman Virgin	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Professore venga accompagnato dai suoi genitori				Template:Yes		Director: Mino Guerrini	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Il colonnello Buttiglione diventa generale				Template:Yes		Director: Mino Guerrini	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Antichrist				Template:Yes		Director: Alberto De Martino	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Challenge to White Fang				Template:Yes		Director: Lucio Fulci	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1975	Cormack of the Mounties (aka Red Coats)	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Cassiodoro il più duro del Pretorio			Template:Yes			Director: Oreste Coltellacci	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Scandal in the Family				Template:Yes		Director: Bruno Gaburro	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto				Template:Yes		Director: Mino Guerrini	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Emanuelle's Revenge	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1976	Strange Shadows in an Empty Room				Template:Yes		Director: Alberto De Martino	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Voto di castità	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Black Cobra Woman	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Sfn
	Emanuelle in Bangkok	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Emanuelle in America	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
1977	Emanuelle Around the World	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Sfn
	Il ginecologo della mutua	Template:Yes			Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Story	Template:Sfn
	Mondo erotico	Template:Yes{{#if:i|i|[5]}}						Template:Sfn
1978	Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="pym">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
	The Pleasure Shop on 7th Avenue	Template:Yes		Template:Yes				Template:Sfn
	Sexy Night Report n. 2	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Follie di notte	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Tough to Kill	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
1979	Images in a Convent	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Beyond the Darkness (Buio Omega)	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1980	Sesso nero	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Erotic Nights of the Living Dead	Template:Yes						Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Porno esotic love	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Antropophagus	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:?{{#if:j|j|[6]}}				<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Blue erotic climax		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Director: Claudio Bernabei	Template:Sfn
	Porno Holocaust	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Super climax	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Hard sensation	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
1981	Paradiso blu	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Orgasmo nero	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Labbra bagnate	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Le ereditiere super porno	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Porno video		Template:Yes		Template:Yes		Director: Giuliana Gamba	Template:Sfn
	Bocca golosa	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	La voglia	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Labbra vogliose		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Director: Claudio Bernabei	Template:Sfn
	Sesso acerbo	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Voglia di sesso	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Le porno investigatrici		Template:Yes				Director: Claudio Bernabei	Template:Sfn
	Caldo profumo di vergine	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	L'ogre de barbarie				Template:Yes		Director: Pierre Matteuzzi	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Absurd	Template:Yes	Template:Yes				Co-produced with Eduard Sarlui	Template:Sfn
1982	Stretta e bagnata	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Il succo del sesso	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Super hard love	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Il mondo perverso di Beatrice	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Ator, the Fighting Eagle	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Ator 2 – L'invincibile Orion (aka Blade Master)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Caligula... The Untold Story	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1983	Una vergine per l'impero romano	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Messalina orgasmo imperiale	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Actor	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	2020 Texas Gladiators	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes		Co-directed with George Eastman	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Endgame	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Editor	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Cuando calienta el sol... vamos alla playa		Template:Yes		Template:Yes		Director: Mino Guerrini	Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	Jojami	{{#if:k|k|[7]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Nido d'amore	{{#if:k|k|[8]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Wendee / Wendee, la chiave del piacere	{{#if:k|k|[9]}}	Template:Yes	Template:?{{#if:l|l|[10]}}				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	La chiave del piacere	{{#if:k|k|[11]}}	Template:Yes	Template:?{{#if:l|l|[12]}}				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Swoosie	{{#if:k|k|[13]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Pin Pon	{{#if:k|k|[14]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Fashion love	{{#if:k|k|[15]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Sesso allo specchio	{{#if:k|k|[16]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1985	Le due bocche ... di Marina	{{#if:k|k|[17]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Le due ... grandi labbra / La voglia di Marina	{{#if:k|k|[18]}}	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	The Alcove	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Sfn
	The Pleasure	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	A Lustful Mind	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Editor	Template:Sfn
1986	Midnight Gigolo	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Editor	Template:Sfn
	Convent of Sinners	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Editor	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Delizia	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Editor	Template:Sfn
1987	Warrior Queen		Template:Yes		Template:Yes<ref name=Cinemart17/>		Associate producer	Template:Sfn
	Stage Fright		Template:Yes				Director: Michele Soavi	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Interzone		Template:Yes				Director: Deran Sarafian	Template:Sfn
	Killing Birds	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes		Co-directed with Claudio Lattanzi	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Eleven Days, Eleven Nights	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1988	Top Model	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Ghosthouse (aka La Casa 3)		Template:Yes				Director: Umberto Lenzi	Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Witchery (aka La Casa 4)		Template:Yes				Director: Fabrizio Laurenti	Template:Sfn
1989	Dirty Love	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Blue Angel Cafe	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	Hitcher In The Dark		Template:Yes				Director: Umberto Lenzi	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Metamorphosis (aka DNA Formula Lethal)		Template:Yes				Director: George Eastman	Template:Sfn
1990	Quest for the Mighty Sword	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		The 4th "Ator" film (aka The Hobgoblin)	Template:Sfn
	Body Moves / Hot Steps (Passi caldi)		Template:Yes				Director: Gerry Lively	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
	Deep Blood	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
	La Casa 5: Beyond Darkness		Template:Yes				Director: Claudio Fragasso	Template:Sfn
	Troll 2	{{#if:b|b|[19]}}{{#if:c|c|[20]}}	Template:Yes				Director: Claudio Fragasso	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Contamination .7 (aka Troll 3)	Template:Yes{{#if:c|c|[21]}}{{#if:d|d|[22]}}	Template:Yes		Template:Yes		Main director: Fabrizio Laurenti	Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1991	Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	La stanza delle parole		Template:Yes				Director: Franco Molè	Template:Sfn
	Template:Sort		Template:Yes				Director: Lucio Fulci	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Dark Tale / Favola crudele		Template:Yes				Director: Roberto Leoni	Template:Sfn
	Return from Death (Frankenstein 2000)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	A Woman's Secret	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
1992	Lezioni di sesso. 1.: Il vizio infinito. 2.: Donne di piacere. 3.: Così fan tutti. 4.: Dio mio como sono caduta in basso.		Template:Yes					Template:Sfn
	Sul filo del rasoio / Instinct	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:Sfn
	Una tenera storia	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:Sfn
1993	Chinese Kamasutra	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	I racconti della camera rossa	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:Sfn
	The Labyrinth of Love	Template:Yes	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	The House of Pleasure	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:Sfn
	China and Sex	Template:Yes	Template:Yes					Template:Sfn
	L'Atelier di Rosa	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Roxana – Fra le gambe di Luana	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Francesca – Goduria anale	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Incontri anale nell'autosalone	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Tre porcone sul biliardo	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
1994	Le avventure erotiche di Aladino	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Amleto – Per amore di Ophelia	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Le mille e una notte	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Il barone von Masoch	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Il colpo dell'an(n)o	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il marchese De Sade	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Decamerone X	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Decamerone X 2	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Fantasmi al castello	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Ladri e gentiluomini – Donne, gioielli e culi belli	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	La sexy caccia al tesoro	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Marco Polo la storia mai raccontata	Template:YesTemplate:Sfn			Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Spiando Simona	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Il marito guardone – Sesso spiato	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Tarzan X	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
	Tarzan 2 – il ritorno del figlio della jungla	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Anal Paprika	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
1995	Fuga di mezzanotte aka Fuga all'alba	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Homo Erectus	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Le intoccabili	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Adolescenza	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Amadeus Mozart	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Giulietta e Romeo	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Le bambole del Führer	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Le 120 giornate di Sodoma	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Malizia italiana	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il monaco	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Passione travolgente a Venezia	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Cameron GrantTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Penitenziario femminile	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Le perversioni di Scarface	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Robin Hood – La leggenda sexy	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Saloon Kiss	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il siciliano (Don Salvatore)	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Provocation (Vizio e provocazione)	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Sogni di una ragazza di campagna	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Black Cops...in Budapest	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Wild East	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Carmen	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Scandalo al sole	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
1996	Antonio e Cleopatra	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Danno anale	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Flamenco extasy	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Kamasutra	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Istinto fatale	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Messalina	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Proposta anale indecente	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Rudy / Valentino's Story	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Scambio di coppie	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il danno	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Torero	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Lulù	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Gipsy Seduction	Template:Yes					Co-directed with Luca DamianoTemplate:Sfn	Template:Sfn
	Aphrodite	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Caligula / Caligola follia del potere	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Nerone	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Lolita – Adolescenza perversa	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Selvaggia	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Lo stallone italiano	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Lo stallone italiano 2	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Rocco last fight	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Othello	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Striptease – Ragazze Facili	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il diario proibito delle due principesse	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Tutte le donne del presidente	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Donna Flor e i suoi tre mariti	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
1997	Top Girl	{{#if:e|e|[23]}}	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	The Hyena	Template:Yes			Template:Yes			Template:Sfn
	Police Department	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Police Department 2	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Hercules / Le fatiche erotiche di Ercole	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Amore e psiche	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Olympus	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Sodoma e Gomorra	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Ulysses	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Experiences 1	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Experiences 2	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	La regina degli elefanti	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il vizio del peccato	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Peccati di gola	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Capriccio anale	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	I magnifici sette	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Calamity Jane	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Calamity Jane 2	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Lussuria	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Praga amore mio	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Il laureato	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	La figlia del padrino	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Desiderio eterno	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Sahara	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Ercole e Sansone nella terra delle Amazzoni	Template:Yes					aka Samson in the Amazon's Land<ref>Actors and Film Crew</ref>	Template:Sfn
	La venexiana	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Dolce seduzione	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
1998	Anita e la maschera di ferro	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Selen nell'isola del tesoro	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Harem 2000	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Off limits	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Blow – Up	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Elixir	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Goya – La maya desnuda	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Raiders / I predatori della verginità perduta	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Thief of Love / Ladro d'amore - Giacomo Casanova	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Il fantasma	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Sexy Pirates	Template:Yes						<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
1999	Showgirl	Template:Yes						Template:Sfn
	Sono positivo					Template:Yes	Cameo appearance as "the director of porn films"	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Notes

• ^{{#if:| }} ^a Both D'Amato and Diego Spataro, who used the alias "Dick Spitfire", stated that D'Amato directed this film.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^b The credited director of Troll 2 was Claudio Fragasso under the pseudonym "Drake Floyd".Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^c In his book on Italian horror directors, Louis Paul makes the unsourced statement that D'Amato "ended up finishing [Troll 2 and Troll 3] as director in an attempt to save the productions that even he deemed poorly filmed and unreleasable".Template:Sfn Regarding Troll 3, Lupi also states that D'Amato directed a part of it.Template:Sfn For Troll 2, Paul seems to be the only source for D'Amato's directorial involvement.Template:Citation needed
• ^{{#if:| }} ^d The film's main director was Fabrizio Laurenti under the pseudonym "Martin Newlin".Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^e The directorial credit of Top Girl varies. In Italian prints, it is credited to "Andrea Massai"; abroad, the credits read "Joe D'Amato".Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^f The credits of Bounty Killer in Trinity list Oscar Santaniello as director under his pseudonym "Oskar Faradine". According to D'Amato himself, he directed the film, but let production manager Santaniello take the credit.Template:Sfn Bruckner lists Santaniello as producer and D'Amato as director,Template:Sfn and Curti, too, states that the film was "directed by Massaccesi but signed by Santaniello – one of several unsigned directing jobs Massaccesi took on before his official first feature".Template:Sfn Lupi, however, considers the movie to be of inferior quality and hence believes that Santaniello was truly the director whereas D'Amato, in his eyes, was only involved as cinematographer and writer.Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^g More Sexy Canterbury Tales was directed by D'Amato, but the directorial credit went to assistant director Romano Scandariato under his pseudonym "Romano Gastaldi"; the English film credits "Ralph Zucker" as the director.Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^h According to an interview given to the Italian magazine Nocturno by Romano Scandariato, who took the directorial credit under his pseudonym "Romano Gastaldi", D'Amato directed about one third of Fra' Tazio da Velletri before leaving production due to differences with the producers; Scandariato then finished directing the remaining two thirds.Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ⁱ As director of Mondo Erotico, only Bruno Mattei was credited; the pseudonym "Jimmy Matheus" was used. D'Amato directed the scenes with Laura Gemser that tie the vignettes together; he remained uncredited.Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^j Both Enrico Biribicchi, who got the credit, and D'Amato claimed that they had acted as cinematographers on set.Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^k These 10 films, the so-called "Lucky Faar Delly" series (shot from April 1984 to February 1985), were all produced by D'Amato through his M.A.D. production company, were all directed by Luca Damiano, and all starred Marina Hedman.Template:Sfn D'Amato occasionally contributed to the series as co-director, although the extent to which he did remains unclear.Template:Sfn In Sesso allo specchio, film critic R. D'Amato observes the use of hand-held camera, which is otherwise not present in the Faar Delly series, as sign of D'Amato's possible involvement.Template:Sfn
• ^{{#if:| }} ^l Smith lists La chiave del piacere as an alternate title to Wendee, la chiave del piacere and states that "according to some sources Massaccesi is the screenwriter".Template:Sfn

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• List of adult films directed by D'Amato on IAFD