Dardano Sacchetti

Career overview

Dardano Sacchetti is an Italian screenwriter born in Rome in 1944. Throughout his career, he has accumulated 100 known credits across film and television. His professional work encompasses roles as a writer, including contributions to screenplays, original stories, teleplays, and script development. He also has experience as a first assistant director and actor. Sacchetti is recognized for his frequent collaborations with directors Lucio Fulci and Lamberto Bava. In the latter half of the 1980s, he worked on several television film projects alongside Bava.

His filmography includes a variety of titles such as The Cat o' Nine Tails, which served as his first screen credit in 1971. Other notable works in his portfolio are The Beyond, Demons, City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery, A Bay of Blood, and Amityville II: The Possession. Additionally, Sacchetti collaborated with his former spouse, screenwriter Elisa Briganti, on several horror films that achieved cult status, including Zombi 2, Quella villa accanto al cimitero, and Manhattan Baby. Sacchetti has used several aliases throughout his career, including Frank Costa, Jimmy Gould, David Parker Jr., and Dardan. His interest in cinema began at an early age, influenced by American horror imports like the 1954 film Them! and the French film My Life to Live.