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Dario Argento

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Dario Argento: Biography

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Birth Place: Rome, Italy
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/07/1940, Virgo
Profession: Director; screenwriter; producer; actor

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Dario Argento Fast Facts:

Worked as a newspaper columnist in Rome.
Made his directorial feature-film debut with The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1969).
First English-language film he directed was Creepers (1984).
Owns a horror-memorabilia store in Rome.
A master of high-end, horror cinema, he is best known for his visually stunning 1977 film Suspiria about a ballet school run by witches.
Often uses his own hands, clad in black gloves, for close-up shots of the killers' hands in his films.
Father of actress-writer-director Asia Argento.

Dario Argento Relationships:
Asia Argento - Daughter
Claudio Argento - Brother
Daria Nicolodi - Ex-significant Other
Elda Luxardo - Mother
Fiore Argento - Daughter
Marisa Casale - Ex-wife
Salvatore Argento - Father

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Masters of Horror, Ellen Ewuise, Dario Argento Diyah Pera/Showtime

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