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Mario Bava
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Mario Bava was an Italian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and writer. Born in Sanremo on July 31, 1914, he worked primarily in Italy. His notable works include *Blood and Black Lace*, *Roy Colt & Winchester Jack*, *Operazione paura*, *Planet of the Vampires*, and *Five Dolls for an August Moon*. He is associated with the genres of horror film, giallo, science fiction film, and gothic film.
Bava died of a myocardial infarction on April 25, 1980, in Rome. He was buried at Campo Verano. He was the son of Eugenio Bava and the father of Lamberto Bava. He spoke Italian and held citizenship in Italy and the Kingdom of Italy.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1980
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Blood and black lace
- Roy Colt & Winchester Jack
- Operazione paura
- Planet of the vampires
- Five dolls for an August moon
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 25, 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Bava, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Quelli che il cinema — Self2025
- Bloodthirst — self2022
- Bloodthirst2013
- Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film — Self2005
- Mario Bava: Operazione paura — Self2004
- Italian Kings Of B — Self2003
- Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre — Self (archive footage)2000
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs — Angel with Harp (uncredited)1966
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much — Uncle Augusto1963
- Caltiki, the Immortal Monster — Mexican at police station (uncredited)1959
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
Discography
- Work It Out2023
- Imitate2023
- No Gravity2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35
- Total plays
- 108
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,836x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,660x
- Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 9,178x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,922x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1914-07-30 ) 30 July 1914, Sanremo , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 27 April 1980 (1980-04-27) (aged 65), Rome , Italy
- Other names
- John M. Old, John Foam
- Occupations
- Film director cinematographer special effects artist screenwriter
- Years active
- 1937-1980
- Children
- Lamberto Bava
- Parent
- Eugenio Bava
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mario
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Sanremo
- Place of death
- Rome
- Child
- Lamberto Bava
- Father
- Eugenio Bava
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- horror film
- Image
- Mario Bava 75.jpg
- Work location
- Italy
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1914-07-31
- date of death
- 1980-04-25
- Commons category
- Mario Bava
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Campo Verano
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- topic has template
- Template:Mario Bava
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Mario Bava
- name in native language
- Mario Bava
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mario Bava ( Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈbaːva]; 30 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) 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".
After providing special effects work and other assistance on such productions as I Vampiri (1957), Hercules (1958) and Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959), Bava made his official feature directorial debut with the gothic horror film Black Sunday, released in 1960. He went on to direct such films as The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Black Sabbath, The Whip and the Body (all released in 1963), Blood and Black Lace (1964), Planet of the Vampires (1965), Kill, Baby, Kill (1966), Danger: Diabolik (1968), A Bay of Blood (1971), Baron Blood (1972), Lisa and the Devil (1974) and Rabid Dogs (1974).
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