Mario Bava

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

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

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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

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United States

Discography

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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 10,812x
Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,740x
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 9,390x
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 8,833x
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,828x

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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

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Wikidata facts

Image: Mario Bava 75.jpg

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date of birth: 1914-07-31
date of death: 1980-04-25
Commons category: Mario Bava
name in native language: Mario Bava

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Article

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).