Caption: ''Father of Italian Horror Film'' Mario Bava was the greatest Italian Horror Filmmaker in the 20th. century who mostly known for Black Sunday (1960) and A Bay of Blood (1971). A Still in the extended version of the film.
Cinematographer, Director, Writer
Born: July 31, 1914
Star sign: Leo
Known for: A Bay of Blood (1971), Black Sunday (1960), Hercules in the Haunted World (1961), Evil Eye (1963)
Source: IMDB
Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of San Remo. His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into film photography his artistic background led him to a ...