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-'''Mario Bava''' ([[July 31]] [[1914]] &nbsp [[April 27]] [[1980]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director|director]] and [[cinematographer]] remembered as one of the greatest names from the [[golden age]] of Italian [[horror films]]. +'''Mario Bava''' ([[July 31]] [[1914]]  — [[April 27]] [[1980]]) was an [[Italian director]] and [[cinematographer]] of [[horror films]] best remembered for his film ''[[Black Sunday]]''.
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Mario Bava (July 31 1914  — April 27 1980) was an Italian director and cinematographer of horror films best remembered for his film Black Sunday.

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Biography

Mario Bava was born in Sanremo, Liguria.

In 1960 he directed one of the first Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s: La maschera del demonio (Black Sunday) which made a star out of Barbara Steele. His use of light and dark in black and white films is widely acclaimed along with his use of colors in films like I tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath) (1963) and La Frusta e il corpo (The Whip and the Body) (1963).

His work has proved very influential: Bava directed what is called the first Italian giallo film, La ragazza che sapeva troppo (The Girl Who Knew Too Much) (1963), and his 1965 sci-fi horror Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires) was a key influence on Alien (1979). Diabolik (1968) was one of the world's first comic book adaptations, while 1971's Reazione a catena (also known as Twitch of the Death Nerve & Bay of Blood) is considered to be one of the earliest slasher films.

Mario Bava has a son, Lamberto Bava, who also achieved a movie-directing career.

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Selected filmography as director


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