1939 - 2022
Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 – 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His career spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco, and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known for directing violent and gory horror films with strong elements of realism. His most notable film is Cannibal Holocaust, considered one of the most controversial and brutal in the history of cinema, which was seized, banned or heavily censored in many countries, and which contained special effects so realistic that they led to Deodato being arrested on suspicion of murder. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruggero Deodato has received more than 680,989 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ruggero Deodato is the 288th most popular film director (up from 290th in 2019), the 1,598th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,642nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Ruggero Deodato ranks 288 out of 1,581. Before him are Rouben Mamoulian, William Kennedy Dickson, Ousmane Sembène, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Bay, and Germaine Dulac. After him are Yuen Woo-ping, Garry Marshall, Richard Brooks, Mike Nichols, Béla Tarr, and M. Night Shyamalan.
1897 - 1987
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 282
1860 - 1935
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 283
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 284
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 285
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 286
1882 - 1942
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 287
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 288
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 289
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 290
1912 - 1992
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 291
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 292
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 293
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 294
Among people born in 1939, Ruggero Deodato ranks 101. Before him are Scott McKenzie, Krzysztof Zanussi, Yaphet Kotto, Carmen Salinas, Nikola Pilić, and Michael Moorcock. After him are John O'Keefe, Ginger Baker, Jean Djorkaeff, Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, Grace Slick, and Dusty Springfield. Among people deceased in 2022, Ruggero Deodato ranks 97. Before him are Jozef Tomko, Saul Kripke, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Klaus Schulze, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Jean-Claude Mézières. After him are Yuri Averbakh, David Warner, Borislav Ivkov, Mino Raiola, Ichirou Mizuki, and Richard Leakey.
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 95
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 96
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 97
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 98
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 99
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 100
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 101
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 102
1939 - 2019
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 103
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 104
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 105
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 106
1939 - 1999
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 107
1924 - 2022
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 91
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 92
1946 - 2022
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 93
1947 - 2022
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 94
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 95
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 96
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 97
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 98
1941 - 2022
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 99
1933 - 2022
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 100
1967 - 2022
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 101
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 102
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 103
Among people born in Italy, Ruggero Deodato ranks 1,598 out of 4,668. Before him are Francesco Crispi (1818), Bernardino Telesio (1509), Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486), Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675), Saint Marcella (325), and Moses Montefiore (1784). After him are Guido of Siena (1230), Princess Alice of Parma (1849), Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (1934), Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), Eduardo De Filippo (1900), and Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539).
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,592
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,593
1486 - 1551
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,594
1675 - 1742
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,595
325 - 410
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,596
1784 - 1885
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,597
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,598
1230 - 1290
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,599
1849 - 1935
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,600
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,601
1913 - 1993
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,602
1900 - 1984
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,603
1539 - 1606
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,604
Among film directors born in Italy, Ruggero Deodato ranks 27. Before him are Marco Ferreri (1928), Lucio Fulci (1927), Mario Monicelli (1915), Joe D'Amato (1936), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Damiano Damiani (1922). After him are Ermanno Olmi (1931), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Nanni Moretti (1953), and Luigi Comencini (1916).
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 21
1927 - 1996
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 22
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 23
1936 - 1999
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 24
1919 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 25
1922 - 2013
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 26
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 27
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 28
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 29
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 30
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 31
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 32
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 33