Mario Bava

Italian filmmaker, screenwriter, special effects artist and cinematographer (1914–1980)

Mario Bava was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish technical ingenuity, feature recurring themes and imagery concerning the conflict between illusion and reality, as well as the destructive capacity of human nature. Widely regarded as a pioneer of Italian genre cinema and one of the most influential and greatest filmmakers of all time, he is popularly referred to as the "Master of Italian Horror" and the "Master of the Macabre".

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 14 films (1948–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1948	PAGLIACCI ▶	Mario Costa	91 min		B&W
1954	Ulysses.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	104 min	35mm	Color	sound
1959	Hercules Unchained.	Galatea S.P.A.	105 min	35mm	Color	sound
1959	The Giant Of Marathon.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.	84 min	35mm	Color	sound
1960	Caltiki, The Immortal Monster.	Allied Artists Pictures Corp.	76 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1961	Black Sunday.	Alta Vista Productions	87 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1961	Erik The Conqueror	Ideal Pictures Inc	98 min	16mm	Color	sound
1961	Hercules in the Haunted World	Mario Bava	84 min		Color
1961	The Wonders Of Aladdin	Embassy International Pictures Corp.	93 min	35mm	Color	sound
1963	Erik The Conqueror.	American International Pictures	98 min	35mm	Color	sound
1964	Black Sabbath.	Alta Vista Productions	92 min	35mm	Color	sound
1965	Planet Of The Vampires.	American International Productions	88 min		Color	sound
1966	Dr. Goldfoot And The Girl Bombs.	American International Productions	100 min	35mm	Color	sound
1968	DANGER: DIABOLIK.	Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica S.P.A.	96 min	35mm	Color	sound