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{{Infobox person
| name          = Lamberto Bava
| image         = Lamberto Bava.jpg
| caption       = Lamberto Bava at the 2012 Days of the Dead, Indianapolis, USA.
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Rome, Italy|Rome]], [[Italian Social Republic|Italy]]
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| occupation    = [[Film director]]
| other_names   = John Old Jr.
| parents       = [[Mario Bava]] (father)
| relatives     = [[Eugenio Bava]] (grandfather)
}}
'''Lamberto Bava''' (born 3 April 1944) is an Italian film director. Born in [[Rome, Italy|Rome]], Bava began working as an assistant director for his director father [[Mario Bava]]. Lamberto co-directed the 1979 television film ''La Venere d'Ille'' with his father and in 1980 directed his first solo feature film ''[[Macabre (1980 film)|Macabre]]''.

Bava continued working in the 1980s and collaborated with [[Dario Argento]] on films such as ''[[Demons (1985 film)|Demons]]''. After 1990, Bava's work was predominantly involved with television, such as his ''[[Fantaghirò]]'' series.

== Biography ==
Lamberto Bava was born in [[Rome]], [[Italian Social Republic|Italy]] on 3 April 1944.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=66}} Lamberto's father [[Mario Bava]] was a film director known primarily as a director of [[horror films]].{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=66}} Lamberto's film career began in the mid-1960s working as an assistant director on his father's film ''[[Planet of the Vampires]]''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=66}} Lamberto would later collaborate with his father on several of his projects, including ''[[Danger: Diabolik]]'' (1966), ''[[Twitch of the Death Nerve]]'' (1971) and ''[[Shock (1977 film)|Shock]]'' (1977){{sfn|Paul|2005|p=66}} (On ''Shock'', Lamberto Bava was credited as a screenwriter as well as an assistant director.){{sfn|Paul|2005|pp=66, 67}} Besides the work he did with his father, Lamberto also contributed to making films with Italian director [[Ruggero Deodato]], such as ''[[Ultimo mondo cannibale]]'' (1977) and ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' (1979).{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=67}} In 1978, Lamberto and Mario directed an episode of the Italian television series ''I giochi del diavolo (Storie fantastiche dell'Ottocento)'' ({{Translation|The Devil's Games - Fantastic Tales of the 1800}}), a television series with six stories based on 19th century fantastic literature.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=227}} Their episode was based on ''[[La Venere d'Ille]]'' by [[Prosper Mérimée]] and broadcast on [[RAI 1]] on March 27, 1981.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=227}}

===Early 1980s theatrical films===
A meeting with director [[Pupi Avati]] led to Bava directing his own feature film ''[[Macabre (1980 film)|Macabre]]'' in 1980 which was co-written with Pupi and [[Antonio Avati]].{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=67}} The film stars [[Bernice Stegers]] as Jane, a woman who has an affair with a man (Stanko Molnar), who dies. After his death, Jane keeps his severed head in her refrigerator and performs erotic acts with it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/macabre-v18814|work=[[Allmovie]]|title=Macabre (1980)|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=October 1, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215638/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/macabre-v18814|archivedate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> seeing ''Macabre'', Mario told him "Now I can die in peace".{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=67}} Mario actually died later in 1980.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=67}}

Following the release of ''Macabre'', Lamberto Bava worked in advertising and continued to write stories for potential future film projects.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=68}} He was approached by director [[Dario Argento]] to assist him with his ''[[giallo]]'' film ''[[Tenebrae (film)|Tenebre]]'' (1982), wherein Bava is credited as an assistant director.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=68}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/tenebre-v51924/cast-crew|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Tenebre (1982) - Cast and Crew|access-date=October 1, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018220125/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tenebre-v51924/cast-crew|archivedate=October 18, 2022}}</ref> In 1983, Lamberto Bava directed his second feature film as a director, the ''giallo'' film ''[[A Blade in the Dark]]''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=68}} ''A Blade in the Dark'' was originally developed as a television film shot in four 25-minute segments on a very low budget. The film stars [[Andrea Occhipinti]] as the music composer Bruno, a man who becomes involved in a series of murders while staying at a secluded villa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/a-blade-in-the-dark-v5996/|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=A Blade in the Dark (1983)|author=Firsching, Robert|access-date=October 1, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020204117/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/a-blade-in-the-dark-v5996|archivedate=October 20, 2022}}</ref>

Bava's next two film projects were in different genres than his previous ''giallo'' and [[horror film]] output. Bava was given a script for ''[[Blastfighter]]'', a film originally written as a [[film remake|remake]] of the Australian film ''[[Mad Max (film)|Mad Max]]'' with the intention of giving it to director [[Lucio Fulci]].{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=69}} ''Blastfighter'' starred [[Michael Sopkiw]] as Tiger, a detective who had been released from prison for shooting the man who killed his wife. Tiger moves into the woods with his daughter where he is terrorized by a group of thugs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6f623b1c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809155544/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6f623b1c|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2012|work=BFI Film & Television Database|access-date=July 14, 2014|title=Blastfighter|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|location=London}}</ref> Lamberto's next film, ''Monster Shark'', was a science fiction film about a mutated shark that goes on a killing spree with two marine biologists attempting to track down the creature to stop it.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=69}}

===Late 1980s theatrical and television films===
In 1985, Lamberto Bava reteamed with Dario Argento on the film ''[[Demons (1985 film)|Demons]]''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=71}} Argento co-wrote and produced Bava's film about a theater showing invitation-only screenings of a horror film. In the theater's lobby, a young woman is scratched by a display in the lobby and transforms into a hideous creature who then attacks other audience members, spreading her demonic infection.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=71}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-v13191|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|author=Binion, Cavett|access-date=October 2, 2013|title=Demons|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017055338/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-v13191|archivedate=October 17, 2022}}</ref> The film was followed by the sequel ''[[Demons 2]]'' in 1986 which had many of the same cast and crew members from ''Demons''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=71}} ''Demons 2'' features a television program which causes an outbreak of zombies in an apartment complex.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=72}} Bava also made the [[television film]] ''Midnight Killer'' the same year.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=71}} The film is about a series of murders which are similar to one that was committed 15 years prior, despite the fact that the murderer supposedly died in a fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6fcefa6a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722124437/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6fcefa6a|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2014|work=[[British Film Institute]]|title=Morirai a mezzanotte (1986)|access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> Bava makes a cameo in the film as a photographer at the beginning of the film.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=71}} While working on ''Midnight Killer'', Bava began preparing his next film, ''[[Delirium (1987 film)|Delirium]]'' (1987).{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=72}} ''Delirium'' stars [[Serena Grandi]] as Gioia, a model for ''Pussycat'' magazine. Gioia's co-workers end up murdered through bizarre means including pitchforks and bees and then their corpses posed in front of photos of her, which Gioia receives in the mail from the murderer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/delirium-v140038|work=Allmovie|publisher=All Media Guide|title=Delerium|author=Firsching, Robert|access-date=July 14, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128234023/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/delirium-v140038|archivedate=January 28, 2023}}</ref>

Bava returned to television work making several episodes of a series of hour-long films produced by Dario Argento.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=74}} Bava's episodes included "E ...di Moda la Morte", "Heavy Metal", "Buona Fine È Migliore Principo", "Giubetto Rosso", "Il Bambino Rapito" and "Babbao Natale".{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=74}} In July 1986, the company Reteitalia announced that they would new television films for a series titled ''Brivido giallo'' would be directed by Bava.{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=200}} The films were shot between 1987 and 1988 where there were initially going to be a series of five films, it ended up being four.{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=200}} The first was ''[[Graveyard Disturbance]]'' which was shown at the [[Sitges Film Festival]] in 1987 and ''[[Until Death (1987 film)|Until Death]]'' which was released on home video in Germany over a year before its television debut in Italy in 1989.{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=199}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=200}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=204}} The other films in the series were ''[[The Ogre (1989 film)|The Ogre]]'' and ''[[Dinner with a Vampire]]''.{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=200}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=201}}

The ''Brivido giallo'' series was not popular with critics or audiences which led to Bava's next television films in a series titled ''Alta tensione'' which were shot between 1988 and 1989 to be only be released in 1999 on the [[Mediaset]] network.{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}} One television film made at that time for the series was only released in 2007 on the satellite channel [[Fantasy TV]].{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}} Bava also did a remake of ''[[Black Sunday (1960 film)|Black Sunday]]'' for the European television series ''Sabbath'' titled ''La maschera del demonio'' which premiered in June 1990 at Rome's [[Fantafestival]].{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=204}} Bava began the 1990s with the fairy tale inspired series ''[[Fantaghirò series|''Fantaghirò'' series]]'' and its many sequels.{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=204}}

===Post-1990s works===
In 1992, Bava made the film ''Body Puzzle'', which starred [[Joanna Pacula]], who learns that her late husband Abe had a lover named Tim Bell. When Tim learns that Abe was an organ donor, Tim begins killing people in order to rebuild him.{{sfn|Paul|2005|pp=76, 77}} Bava also worked in television. In 1991, Bava directed ''Fantaghiro'', a television miniseries that was influenced by films such as ''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]'', ''[[Willow (1988 film)|Willow]]'' and ''[[Ladyhawke (film)|Ladyhawke]]''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=77}} The series was aimed more at family audiences than Bava's previous work and violence is kept to a minimum.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=77}} The series concluded in 1997 with eight feature-length episodes.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=77}} Before finishing the series, Bava worked on other television projects, including ''Desideria'', between 1994 and 1995, and a second fantasy series titled ''Sorellina e il Principe del Sogno'' (1996).{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=77}} In the late 1990s, Bava made another television film entitled ''Caraibi''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=77}} Bava's more recent film work includes ''L'Impero'', ''The Torturer'' and ''[[Ghost Son]]''.{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=77}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/ghost-son-v422995|work=Allmovie|publisher=All Media Guide|title=Ghost Son|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=July 14, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018220135/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ghost-son-v422995|archivedate=October 18, 2022}}</ref>

== Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Screenwriter!! width=6% | Assistant director !! width=6% | Other
|-
!scope="row"|''[[The Road to Fort Alamo]]''
|1964
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2005|page=193}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Lucas |first=Tim |title=Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark |publisher=Video Watchdog |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-9633756-1-2|pages=582}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Planet of the Vampires]]''
|rowspan="1"|1965
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523031831/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/planet-of-the-vampires-v38297|access-date=18 January 2018|last=Firsching|first=Robert|archive-date=23 May 2013|publisher=AllMovie|title=Planet of the Vampires|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/planet-of-the-vampires-v38297}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 January 2018|title=Terrore nello spazio |url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=88798&_ga=2.255106504.1396554581.1516268300-784037166.1514938165|website=Bifi.fr|language=fr}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Savage Gringo]]''
|rowspan="3"|1966
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Lucas|2013|p=634}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Kill, Baby, Kill]]''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225135201/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kill-baby-kill-v27282|access-date=14 December 2017|last=Binion|first=Cavett|archive-date=25 December 2012|publisher=AllMovie|title=Kill, Baby, Kill|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/kill-baby-kill-v27282|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=14 December 2017|publisher=AllMovie|title=Kill, Baby, Kill|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/kill-baby-kill-v27282/cast-crew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118191209/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kill-baby-kill-v27282/cast-crew|archive-date=18 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs]]''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2005|page=193}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Danger: Diabolik]]''
|1968
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102084518/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/danger-diabolik-v12142|access-date=14 December 2017|last=Bush|first=John|archive-date=2 November 2012|publisher=AllMovie|title=Danger: Diabolik|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/danger-diabolik-v12142}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 14, 2017|publisher=AllMovie|title=Danger: Diabolik|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/danger-diabolik-v12142/cast-crew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421231722/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/danger-diabolik-v12142/cast-crew|archive-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Hatchet for the Honeymoon]]''
|rowspan="2"|1970
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=19}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Roy Colt & Winchester Jack]]''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=193}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Baron Blood (film)|Baron Blood]]''
|1972
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=53}}
|-
!scope="row"|''The Kiss''
|rowspan="2"|1974
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=113}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=114}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Lisa and the Devil]]''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=84}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Last Cannibal World]]''
|rowspan="2"|1977
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Continuity
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Fenton|Grainger|Castoldi|1999|p=53}}<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826130058/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/jungle-holocaust-v26778|archive-date=26 August 2013|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|title=Jungle Holocaust|access-date=18 January 2018|last=Firsching|first=Robert|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/jungle-holocaust-v26778|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Shock (1977 film)|Shock]]''
| 
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=177}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]''
|rowspan="3"|1980
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222000104/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/inferno-v24825|access-date=14 December 2017|last=Legare|first=Patrick|archive-date=22 December 2012|publisher=AllMovie|title=Inferno|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/inferno-v24825|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=14 December 2017|publisher=AllMovie|title=Inferno|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/inferno-v24825/cast-crew}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]''
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010105221/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cannibal-holocaust-v132995/|access-date=18 January 2018|last=Firsching|first=Robert|archive-date=10 October 2013|publisher=AllMovie|title=Cannibal Holocaust|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cannibal-holocaust-v132995/}}</ref>{{sfn|Fenton|Grainger|Castoldi|1999|p=62}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Macabre (1980 film)|Macabre]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215638/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/macabre-v18814|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/macabre-v18814|access-date=August 14, 2017|last=Buchanan|first=Jason|archive-date=October 4, 2013|publisher=AllMovie|title=Macabre}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Macabro (Macabre)|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|volume=50|issue=588|page=169|year=1983|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|last=Newman|first=Kim|author-link=Kim Newman}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Tenebrae (film)|Tenebrae]]''
|1982
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/tenebre-v51924 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020035050/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/tenebre-v51924|publisher=AllMovie|title=Tenebrae|last=Legare|first=Patrick|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/tenebre-v51924/cast-crew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215624/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/tenebre-v51924/cast-crew|publisher=AllMovie|title=Tenebrae|access-date=14 December 2017|archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{sort|Blade in the Dark, A|''[[A Blade in the Dark]]''}}
|1983
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| Producer, editing
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=110}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/a-blade-in-the-dark-v5996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020141907/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/a-blade-in-the-dark-v5996|publisher=AllMovie|title=A Blade in the Dark|last=Firsching|first=Robert|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Blastfighter]]''
|1984
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802193130/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019|publisher=AllMovie|title=Blastfighter|last=Binion|first=Cavett|access-date=14 December 2012|archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/blastfighter-v6019/cast-crew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705185533/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019/cast-crew|publisher=AllMovie|title=Blastfighter|access-date=14 December 2012|archive-date=5 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Monster Shark]]''
|1984{{failed verification|date=October 2024}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Paul|2005|p=108}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG5100&jjj=1448539467611|publisher=Archivo del Cinemo Italiano|access-date=26 November 2015|language=it|title=Shark - Rosso nell'oceano (1984)}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Demons (1985 film)|Demons]]''
|1985
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-v13191 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730011202/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-v13191|publisher=AllMovie|title=Demons|last=Binion|first=Cavett|access-date=14 December 2012|archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-v13191/cast-crew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006120219/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-v13191/cast-crew|publisher=AllMovie|title=Demons|access-date=14 December 2012|archive-date=6 October 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Demons 2]]''
|1986
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-2-v13193 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726043426/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-2-v13193|publisher=AllMovie|title=Demons 2|last=Legare|first=Patrick|access-date=14 December 2012|archive-date=26 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-2-v13193/cast-crew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909033844/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/demons-2-v13193/cast-crew|publisher=AllMovie|title=Demons 2|access-date=14 December 2012|archive-date=9 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Midnight Killer]]''
|1986
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
| Producer, film editor
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=124}}{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=9}}{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=365}}

|-
!scope="row"|''[[Delirium (1987 film)|Delirium]]''
|1987
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/delirium-v140038 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065328/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/delirium-v140038|publisher=AllMovie|title=Delirium|last=Firsching|first=Robert|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/delirium-v140038/cast-crew|publisher=AllMovie|title=Delirium|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Body Puzzle]]''
|1992
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=9}}{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=402}}{{sfn|Luther Smith|1999|p=17}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Rabid Dogs]]''
|1998
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=115}}
|-
!scope="row"|''The Torturer''
|2005
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
| 
| 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472571/reference/|publisher=IMDb|title=The Torturer|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref>{{better source|date=December 2025}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Ghost Son]]''
|2007
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
| 
| 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460808/reference/|publisher=AllMovie|title=Ghost Son|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref>{{better source|date=December 2025}}
|-
!scope="row"|''Twins''
|{{n/a}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
| 
| Shot in 2016; unreleased as of April 2025
|<ref>{{Citation |last=Bava |first=Lamberto |title=Twins |type=Horror |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8014896/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |others=Gérard Depardieu, Lars Eidinger, Alessandro Riceci |publisher=Esseci Entertainment, Inter Concerts}}</ref>{{better source|date=December 2025}}
|}

===Television work===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="3" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Screenwriter!! width=6% |  Other
|-
!scope="row"|"La Venere d'ille"
|1981
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=227}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Graveyard Disturbance]]''
|1987
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Uncredited role as the Shop Keeper.
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=199}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=200}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Until Death (1988 film)|Until Death]]''
|1988
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=199}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=204}}
|-
!scope="row"|{{sort|Ogre|''[[The Ogre (1989 film)|The Ogre]]''}}
|1989
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Uncredited role as a man in the bar
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=199}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Dinner with a Vampire]]''
|1989
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=199}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=200}}
|-
!scope="row"|'' La maschera del demonio''
|1990
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}}{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=204}}
|-
!scope="row"|''The Prince of Terror''
|1999
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}}
|-
!scope="row"|''Eyewitness''
|1999
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}}
|-
!scope="row"|''School of Fear'' (''Il Gioko'')
|1999
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}}
|-
!scope="row"|''The Man Who Didn't Want to Die''
|2007
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| Made in 1998, but not released until 2007
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2019|p=203}}
|-
|}
* ''[[Turno di notte (TV series)|Turno di notte]]'' (Italian TV series)
* ''[[Fantaghirò]]'' 
* ''[[Fantaghirò 2]]'' 
* ''[[Fantaghirò 3]]''
* ''[[The Dragon Ring]]'' (television film)
* ''[[Fantaghirò 4]]'' (television film)
* ''Princess Alisea'' (television film)
* ''[[Fantaghirò 5]]'' (television film)
* ''The Princess and the Pauper'' 
* ''Pirates: Blood Brothers ''
* ''Human Currency ''  (television miniseries)
* ''Visions of Murder'' (television film)
* ''Tailor-Made Murder'' (television film)
* ''Kammerspiel'' (television film)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book|title=Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark|last=Lucas|first=Tim|isbn=978-0-9633756-1-2|year=2013}}
* {{cite book|title=Blood & Black Lace|isbn=978-0-9533-2611-2|publisher=Stray Cat Publishing|year=1999|last=Luther Smith|first=Adrian}}
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0000877}}

{{Lamberto Bava}}


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[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Italian horror film directors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Giallo film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Rome]]

{{Wikipedia attribution|original_title=Lamberto Bava|access_date=2026-03-04}}