1940 - Today
Dario Argento (Italian: [ˈdaːrjo arˈdʒɛnto]; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian filmmaker and critic. His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".His films as director include the "Animal Trilogy", consisting of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) and Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971); the "Three Mothers" trilogy, consisting of Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980) and The Mother of Tears (2007); and the standalone films Deep Red (1975), Tenebrae (1982), Phenomena (1985), and Opera (1987). He co-wrote the screenplay for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and served as George A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dario Argento has received more than 1,586,984 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Dario Argento is the 76th most popular film director, the 632nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 643rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Film Director.
Dario Argento is a famous Italian film director and producer. He is most famous for his horror films, such as "Suspiria" and "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage."
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Among film directors, Dario Argento ranks 76 out of 1,580. Before him are Terrence Malick, George A. Romero, Ernst Lubitsch, Howard Hawks, Takeshi Kitano, and Stephen Hillenburg. After him are Costa-Gavras, Richard Attenborough, Dziga Vertov, William Hanna, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Sergei Parajanov.
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 70
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 71
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 72
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 73
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 74
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 75
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 76
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 77
1923 - 2014
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 78
1896 - 1954
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 79
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 80
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 81
1924 - 1990
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 82
Among people born in 1940, Dario Argento ranks 41. Before him are Giorgio Moroder, Kip Thorne, Stuart Sutcliffe, George A. Romero, Tabaré Vázquez, and Nancy Pelosi. After him are Nancy Sinatra, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Anna Karina, Andrzej Żuławski, Thomas Harris, and Cliff Richard.
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 35
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 36
1940 - 1962
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 37
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 38
1940 - 2020
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 39
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 40
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 41
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 42
1940 - 2011
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 43
1940 - 2019
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 44
1940 - 2016
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 45
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 46
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 47
Among people born in Italy, Dario Argento ranks 632 out of 4,088. Before him are Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Carlo Ancelotti (1959), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Atia (-85), Lucius Caesar (-17), and Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598). After him are John William Waterhouse (1849), Francesco Redi (1626), Pope John XVIII (970), Teia (550), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Saint Eustace (10).
1154 - 1198
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 626
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 627
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 628
85 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 629
17 BC - 2
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 630
1598 - 1647
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 631
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 632
1849 - 1917
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 633
1626 - 1697
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 634
970 - 1009
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 635
550 - 552
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 636
1896 - 1957
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 637
10 - 118
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 638
Among film directors born in Italy, Dario Argento ranks 12. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), and Frank Capra (1897). After him are Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Marco Ferreri (1928), Francesco Rosi (1922), and Lina Wertmüller (1928).
1912 - 2007
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 6
1906 - 1977
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 7
1901 - 1974
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 9
1923 - 2019
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 10
1897 - 1991
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 12
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 13
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 14
1926 - 1990
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 15
1928 - 1997
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 16
1922 - 2015
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 17
1928 - Present
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 18