Dario Argento

Dario Argento is an Italian film director and screenwriter associated with giallo thrillers and supernatural horror. After working as a screenwriter, including on the story for Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, he made his directing debut with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage in 1970.

Films including The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet and Suspiria developed an approach built around elaborate camera movement, heightened colour and suspense. He also produced films by other Italian horror directors, including Demons and The Church.