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Mario Bava (July 31 1914-April 27 1980) was an Italian director and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the golden age of Italian horror movies.

In 1960 he directed one of the first Italian gothic horror movies of the 1960s: La maschera del demonio
(Black Sunday) which made a star out of Barbara Steele. His use of light and dark in black and white movies is widely acclaimed. Likewise his use of colors in color films like: I Tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath) (1963) and La Frusta e il corpo (The Whip and The Body
) (1963).

His work has proved very influential: Bava directed what is called the first italian giallo movie Sei donne per l'assassino (Blood and Black Lace
) (1964), and his 1965 sci-fi horror Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires
) was a key influence on Alien
(1979). Diabolik
(1968) was one of the world's first comic book adaptations, while 1971's Reazione a catena (aka Twitch of the Death Nerve
& Bay of Blood) is considered to be one of the earliest slasher films.

Mario Bava has a son, Lamberto Bava, who also achieved a movie-directing career.

Filmography as director

1957 I Vampiri
(co-direction, uncredited)
1960 La Maschera del demonio (Black Sunday
)
1960 Ester ed il re (Esther and the King) (co-direction)
1961 Le meraviglie di Aladino (The Wonders of Aladdin) (some scenes)
1961 Ercole al centro della terra (Hercules in the Haunted World)
1961 Gli invasori (Erik The Conqueror)
1963 La ragazza che sapeva troppo
(The Girl Who Knew Too Much)
1963 I Tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath)
1963 La Frusta e il corpo (The Whip and The Body
)
1964 Sei donne per l'assassino (Blood and Black Lace
)
1964 La strada per Forte Alamo (The Road to Fort Alamo)
1965 Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires
)
1966 Ringo del Nebraska (Savage Gringo) (uncredited)
1966 Operazione paura (Kill, Baby... Kill!)
1966 I coltelli del vendicatore (Knives of the Avenger)
1966 Le spie vengono dal semi freddo (Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs)
1968 Diabolik
(Danger: Diabolik)
1970 Roy Colt & Winchester Jack
1970 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (Five Dolls for an August Moon)
1970 Il Rosso segno della follia (Hatchet for the Honeymoon)
1971 Reazione a catena (A Bay of Blood/Twitch of the Death Nerve
)
1972 Gli Orrori del castello di Norimberga (Baron Blood)
1972 Quante volte... quella notte (Four Times That Night)
1973 Lisa e il diavolo (Lisa and the Devil)
1974 La casa dell'escorcismo (House of Exorcism) (an edited version of Lisa and the Devil)
1974 Cani arrabbiati (Rabid Dogs)
1977 Shock (Beyond the Door II)

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Filmography as director

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