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Dario Argento (1940 - )

Originally employed as a film critic, he was first employed as a screenwriter in films co-writing "once upon a time in the west" with Bertalano Bertaluchi. He is often compared with Alfred Hitchcock, even though the style is very different.

He is now regarded as probably the premier Italian horror director.

With his wife Daria, he had his daughters Asia Argento and Fiore Argento, both of who have stared in his films.

He has co-writen the following movies:

1. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
2. Trauma (1993)

He has directed the following movies:

1. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
2. Today we Kill, Tomorrow we Die (1971)
3. Cat of Nine Tails (1971)
4. Profondo Rosso (deep red) (1976)
5. Susperia (1977)
6. Inferno (1980)
7. Creepers (Phenomena) (1985)
8. Tenebre (1987)
9. Opera (1987)
10. Two Evil Eyes / Due Occhi Diabolici (1991)
11. Trauma (1993) (with Asia Argento)
12. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) (with Asia Argento)
13. Phantom of the Opera (1998) (with Asia Argento)
14. Sleepless (2001)
15. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
16. The Five Days of Milan

He has also appeared in:

1. Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
2. Dario Argento - An Eye for Horror (1997)

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