Dario Argento

Biography

Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, to a film producer father and Brazilian fashion model mother. He began writing for film journals as a teenager, then worked as a columnist before finding success as a screenwriter, collaborating with Sergio Leone on the acclaimed western C'era una volta il West (1968). Argento's influential horror films, including The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) and Suspiria (1977), cemented his reputation as "Master of Horror".