He began his career writing genre films, such as spy thrillers (popularized by the James Bond series) and spaghetti westerns.
Toward the end of the nineteen seventies, Clerici began to write scripts for more exploitative films, such as Emanuelle Around the World and Nazi Love Camp 27.
Another Deodato collaboration, Cannibal Holocaust,[2] became his most famous screenplay due to the controversy the film caused upon its release.
Deodato was later charged with murder after claims had been made that actors were genuinely slain for the production.
When these charges were proven false, all defendants were fined and received a four-month suspended sentence after being convicted for obscenity.