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Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was an Italian director of numerous horror and hardcore pornography titles.

Joe D'Amato was born Aristide Massaccesi on December 15, , in Rome, Italy.

Aristide Massaccesi, known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres but is best known for his horror, erotic and adult films.

Aristide Massaccesi (15 December – 23 January ), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an.

Joe D'Amato was born on September 13, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer, known for Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8 () and Kung Fu.

Joe D'Amato (), born Aristide Massaccesi, was an Italian director of numerous horror and hardcore pornography titles.

He is regarded as a master of Italian exploitation film. D'Amato's films are considerably dark, revolving around nihilistic and misanthropic tones and generally possessing what one reviewer referred to as "a contempt for all mankind."

Biography

D'Amato was familiar to the environment of cinema through his father who worked as an electrician at Cinecittà.

He began his career as an operator, often working for Demofilo Fidani. His technical ability made him valuable on low-budget movies.

Aristide Massaccesi (15 December – 23 January ), known as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian movie director.

He directed his first movie, a spaghetti western called Scansati... a Trinità arriva Eldorado, in 1972. He used a variety of aliases before settling in 1975 for Joe D'Amato, proposed by producer Ermanno Donati to