Italian screenwriter and director Ruggero Deodato, whose lengthy career was most noted for the controversial horror film “Cannibal Holocaust,” died Thursday at age 83, according to multiple reports.

Ruggero Deodato — known as the director of the “most controversial film ever” — has died at the age of 83. Deodato — who reportedly inspired US filmmakers such as Oliver Stone, Eli Roth and Quentin ...

LEGENDARY director Ruggero Deodato who made one of the most controversial films in cinema history has reportedly died aged 83. He was most famous for horror flick Cannibal Holocaust – which saw him ...

Deodato was an early blueprint for many Hollywood filmmakers and made more than 30 movies across his decades-long career. Scenes depicting the deaths of several actors in Cannibal Holocaust were so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deodato shot "Cannibal Holocaust" on location in the Colombian rainforest with real natives. Ruggero Deodato, who pioneered the ...

Deodato shot "Cannibal Holocaust" on location in the Colombian rainforest with real natives. Ruggero Deodato, who pioneered the “found footage” genre with his infamous 1980 horror film “Cannibal ...