Mario Bava

Biography

Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 25, 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Bava, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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The Odyssey

(1968) Creator

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A Bay of Blood

(1971) Screenplay

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Blood and Black Lace

(1964) Writer

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Inferno

(1980) Second Unit Director

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Black Sabbath

(1963) Screenplay

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Cops and Robbers

(1951) Director of Photography

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Rabid Dogs

(2015) Original Film Writer

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Planet of the Vampires

(1965) Screenplay

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2005	Self	Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film 2005-06-14 Movie
2004	Self	Mario Bava: Operazione paura 2004-04-30 Movie
2000	Self (archive footage)	Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre 2000-10-01 Movie
1966	Angel with Harp (uncredited)	Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs 1966-07-29 Movie
1963	Uncle Augusto	The Girl Who Knew Too Much 1963-02-10 Movie
1959	Mexican at police station (uncredited)	Caltiki, the Immortal Monster 1959-08-07 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Original Film Writer	Rabid Dogs 2015-09-30 Movie
1975	Screenplay	The House of Exorcism 1975-04-02 Movie
1974	Screenplay	Rabid Dogs 1974-01-01 Movie
	Story	Rabid Dogs 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Screenplay	Lisa and the Devil 1973-05-08 Movie
1972	Screenplay	Baron Blood 1972-02-25 Movie
1971	Screenplay	A Bay of Blood 1971-09-08 Movie
1970	Screenplay	Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970-06-02 Movie
1968	Screenplay	The Young, the Evil and the Savage 1968-02-20 Movie
	Screenplay	Danger: Diabolik 1968-01-24 Movie
1966	Screenplay	Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966-07-08 Movie
	Writer	Knives of the Avenger 1966-05-30 Movie
1965	Screenplay	Planet of the Vampires 1965-09-15 Movie
1964	Writer	Blood and Black Lace 1964-04-10 Movie
1963	Screenplay	Black Sabbath 1963-08-17 Movie
	Screenplay	The Girl Who Knew Too Much 1963-02-10 Movie
1961	Screenplay	Erik the Conqueror 1961-12-07 Movie
	Story	Erik the Conqueror 1961-12-07 Movie
	Screenplay	Hercules in the Haunted World 1961-11-16 Movie
	Story	Hercules in the Haunted World 1961-11-16 Movie
1957	Story	Lust of the Vampire 1957-04-05 Movie
	Screenplay	Lust of the Vampire 1957-04-05 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1981	Director	The Venus of Ille 1981-05-27 Movie
	Director	The Devil's Game 1981-05-20 TV Show
1980	Second Unit Director	Inferno 1980-02-07 Movie
1977	Director	Shock 1977-08-12 Movie
1975	Director	The House of Exorcism 1975-04-02 Movie
1974	Director	Rabid Dogs 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	Lisa and the Devil 1973-05-08 Movie
1972	Director	Baron Blood 1972-02-25 Movie
1971	Director	A Bay of Blood 1971-09-08 Movie
	Director	Four Times That Night 1971-07-01 Movie
1970	Director	Roy Colt and Winchester Jack 1970-08-13 Movie
	Director	Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970-06-02 Movie
	Director	Five Dolls for an August Moon 1970-03-14 Movie
1968	Director	Odissea 1968-03-24 Movie
	Director	Danger: Diabolik 1968-01-24 Movie
1966	Director	Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs 1966-07-29 Movie
	Director	Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966-07-08 Movie
	Director	Knives of the Avenger 1966-05-30 Movie
	Director	Gunman Called Nebraska 1966-03-18 Movie
1965	Director	Planet of the Vampires 1965-09-15 Movie
1964	Director	The Road to Fort Alamo 1964-10-24 Movie
	Director	Blood and Black Lace 1964-04-10 Movie
1963	Director	The Whip and the Body 1963-08-29 Movie
	Director	Black Sabbath 1963-08-17 Movie
	Director	The Girl Who Knew Too Much 1963-02-10 Movie
1962	Second Unit Director	Attack of the Normans 1962-08-23 Movie
1961	Director	Erik the Conqueror 1961-12-07 Movie
	Director	Hercules in the Haunted World 1961-11-16 Movie
	Director	The Wonders of Aladdin 1961-10-31 Movie
	Second Unit Director	The Wonders of Aladdin 1961-10-31 Movie
	Additional Second Assistant Director	The Last of the Vikings 1961-02-08 Movie
1960	Second Unit Director	Son of Samson 1960-11-24 Movie
	Director	Esther and the King 1960-11-18 Movie
	Director	Black Sunday 1960-08-11 Movie
1959	Director	The Giant of Marathon 1959-12-03 Movie
	Co-Director	Caltiki, the Immortal Monster 1959-08-07 Movie
	Assistant Director	The White Warrior 1959-06-21 Movie
	Assistant Director	Hercules Unchained 1959-02-14 Movie
1958	Director	The Day the Sky Exploded 1958-09-04 Movie
1957	Assistant Director	Lust of the Vampire 1957-04-05 Movie
1950	Director	Musical Whim 1950-11-01 Movie
1949	Director	Variazioni Sinfoniche 1949-03-01 Movie
1947	Director	Anfiteatro Flavio 1947-11-01 Movie
	Director	Santa Notte 1947-04-01 Movie
	Director	Legenda Sinfonica 1947-04-01 Movie
1946	Director	L'orecchio 1946-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1980	Thanks	Inferno 1980-02-07 Movie
	Second Unit	Inferno 1980-02-07 Movie
1977	Special Effects	Shock 1977-08-12 Movie
1974	Special Effects Coordinator	Moses the Lawgiver 1974-12-22 Movie
1970	Additional Writing	Five Dolls for an August Moon 1970-03-14 Movie
1961	Special Effects	The Wonders of Aladdin 1961-10-31 Movie
1960	Special Effects	Black Sunday 1960-08-11 Movie
1959	Special Effects	The Giant of Marathon 1959-12-03 Movie
	Special Effects	Caltiki, the Immortal Monster 1959-08-07 Movie
	Special Effects	Hercules Unchained 1959-02-14 Movie
1958	Special Effects	Hercules 1958-02-20 Movie
1956	Special Effects	Nero's Mistress 1956-09-13 Movie
1950	Special Effects	Her Favourite Husband 1950-05-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1977	Director of Photography	Shock 1977-08-12 Movie
1975	Director of Photography	The House of Exorcism 1975-04-02 Movie
1974	Director of Photography	Rabid Dogs 1974-01-01 Movie
1972	Director of Photography	Baron Blood 1972-02-25 Movie
1971	Director of Photography	A Bay of Blood 1971-09-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Four Times That Night 1971-07-01 Movie
1970	Director of Photography	Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970-06-02 Movie
	Camera Operator	Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970-06-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Five Dolls for an August Moon 1970-03-14 Movie
1968	Director of Photography	Danger: Diabolik 1968-01-24 Movie
1966	Director of Photography	Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966-07-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Knives of the Avenger 1966-05-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gunman Called Nebraska 1966-03-18 Movie
1964	Director of Photography	The Road to Fort Alamo 1964-10-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Blood and Black Lace 1964-04-10 Movie
1963	Director of Photography	The Girl Who Knew Too Much 1963-02-10 Movie
1961	Director of Photography	Erik the Conqueror 1961-12-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hercules in the Haunted World 1961-11-16 Movie
	Second Unit Director of Photography	The Wonders of Aladdin 1961-10-31 Movie
	Additional Director of Photography	The Last of the Vikings 1961-02-08 Movie
1960	Director of Photography	Esther and the King 1960-11-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Morgan, the Pirate 1960-11-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Black Sunday 1960-08-11 Movie
1959	Director of Photography	The Giant of Marathon 1959-12-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Caltiki, the Immortal Monster 1959-08-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	The White Warrior 1959-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hercules Unchained 1959-02-14 Movie
1958	Director of Photography	The Day the Sky Exploded 1958-09-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	City at Night 1958-03-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hercules 1958-02-20 Movie
1957	Director of Photography	Lust of the Vampire 1957-04-05 Movie
1956	Director of Photography	Roland the Mighty 1956-12-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Nero's Mistress 1956-09-13 Movie
1955	Director of Photography	Beautiful But Dangerous 1955-10-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Non c'è amore più grande 1955-08-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Good night… lawyer! 1955-03-16 Movie
1954	Director of Photography	They Stole a Tram 1954-12-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sins of Casanova 1954-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Graziella 1954-10-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	High School 1954-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Crazy Things 1954-03-20 Movie
1953	Director of Photography	It Happened in the Park 1953-12-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Street of Hope 1953-04-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Perdonami! 1953-02-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Toys and perfumes 1953-01-01 Movie
1952	Director of Photography	Sunday Heroes 1952-12-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dad Becomes Mom 1952-09-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna 1952-03-07 Movie
1951	Director of Photography	La famiglia Passaguai 1951-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Love I Haven't... But... But 1951-12-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cops and Robbers 1951-11-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Spring song 1951-03-23 Movie
1950	Director of Photography	È arrivato il Cavaliere 1950-12-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Dog’s Life 1950-09-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Her Favourite Husband 1950-05-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Miss Italia 1950-02-15 Movie
1949	Director of Photography	Antonio di Padova 1949-03-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Variazioni Sinfoniche 1949-03-01 Movie
1948	Director of Photography	Pagliacci 1948-12-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mad About Opera 1948-08-10 Movie
1947	Director of Photography	Christmas at Camp 119 1947-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Anfiteatro Flavio 1947-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Santa Notte 1947-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Legenda Sinfonica 1947-04-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	L'elisir d'amore 1947-01-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Uomini e cieli 1947-01-05 Movie
1946	Director of Photography	L'orecchio 1946-01-01 Movie
1943	Director of Photography	Sant'Elena, piccola isola 1943-06-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	L'avventura di Annabella 1943-03-31 Movie
1941	Assistant Camera	The White Ship 1941-09-14 Movie
	Camera Operator	La compagnia della teppa 1941-05-06 Movie
1939	Director of Photography	La vispa Teresa 1939-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Il tacchino prepotente 1939-12-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1970	Title Designer	Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970-06-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1970	Editor	Five Dolls for an August Moon 1970-03-14 Movie
1946	Editor	L'orecchio 1946-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Creator

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1968	Creator	The Odyssey 1968-03-24 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1966	Matte Painter	Gunman Called Nebraska 1966-03-18 Movie
1960	Matte Painter	Black Sunday 1960-08-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1946	Producer	L'orecchio 1946-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv