Ruggero Deodato

Ruggero Deodato remains one of the most searched entertainment personalities associated with Potenza, Basilicata, Italy and modern film culture.

Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).