Born in Rome in 1940, Dario Argento began as a film critic and screenwriter, co-writing Once Upon a Time in the West with Sergio Leone and Bernardo Bertolucci. He turned director with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), which set the pattern for the Italian giallo, a genre of stylish murder mysteries. Suspiria (1977), with its saturated colours, shocking violence and a score by Goblin, made him the most famous name in Italian horror, followed by Deep Red, Inferno and Tenebrae.
Filmography
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
- The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
- Deep Red (1975)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Inferno (1980)
- Tenebrae (1982)
- Phenomena (1985)
- Opera (1987)
- Trauma (1993)
- The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
- Mother of Tears (2007)