Giannetto De Rossi
Actor, Director, Writer
8 August 1942 — 11 April 2021 (78 years)
Giannetto De Rossi (8 August 1942 – 11 April 2021) was Italian makeup and special effects artist for motion pictures. His career included work for several high-profile directors, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, and David Lynch; as well as collaborations with cult horror filmmakers Lucio Fulci and Alexandre Aja. He was known particularly for his highly-detailed and realistic prosthetic appliances, most visible in his horror output. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Special Effects for the Oscar-winning The Last Emperor (1987).
One of his first special FX roles was as make-up artist for Joe D'Amato, whose film Emanuelle in America required detailed special FX for the notorious snuff film sequences. The gruesome effects produced by De Rossi, which included a woman's breasts being hacked off and multiple floggings, were so convincing that many thought them real snuff film scenes, and one actress complained that she had been traumatised by the effects.
Early in his career, De Rossi worked with a number of well-known Italian directors, including Sergio Leone and Federico Fellini. A particularly notable collaboration was with Lucio Fulci on his horror film Zombi 2. De Rossi also worked with Fulci in two other films: The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery.
Dino De Laurentiis hired De Rossi to create the on-set practical effects for two films in Mexico which he was producing, Dune and Conan the Destroyer. De Rossi created a number of memorable effects in the two films, including the fetus-shaped Spice Guild Navigator seen floating in a tank in Dune and the Dagoth monster suit worn by André the Giant in Conan the Destroyer.
In the late 1980s he created the special makeup effects on Rambo III. For the scene in which Rambo heals himself by igniting gunpowder inside of a torso bullet wound, De Rossi rigged a device which caused flame to burst from both Sylvester Stallone's stomach and back at once. Stallone was so impressed by De Rossi's work that he hired him again for the make-up effects for Daylight, which was shot in Rome and put Stallone's son Sage Stallone in contact with Lucio Fulci.
De Rossi created the title monster in the film Killer Crocodile, and directed the film's sequel, Killer Crocodile 2.
He is also notable as the designer of the mask used in the film The Man in the Iron Mask.
De Rossi continued creating FX for both Italian and American cinema, until his death on 11 April 2021 (coincidentally the same day as fellow Lucio Fulci collaborator Enzo Sciotti).
Source: Article "Giannetto De Rossi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
One of his first special FX roles was as make-up artist for Joe D'Amato, whose film Emanuelle in America required detailed special FX for the notorious snuff film sequences. The gruesome effects produced by De Rossi, which included a woman's breasts being hacked off and multiple floggings, were so convincing that many thought them real snuff film scenes, and one actress complained that she had been traumatised by the effects.
Early in his career, De Rossi worked with a number of well-known Italian directors, including Sergio Leone and Federico Fellini. A particularly notable collaboration was with Lucio Fulci on his horror film Zombi 2. De Rossi also worked with Fulci in two other films: The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery.
Dino De Laurentiis hired De Rossi to create the on-set practical effects for two films in Mexico which he was producing, Dune and Conan the Destroyer. De Rossi created a number of memorable effects in the two films, including the fetus-shaped Spice Guild Navigator seen floating in a tank in Dune and the Dagoth monster suit worn by André the Giant in Conan the Destroyer.
In the late 1980s he created the special makeup effects on Rambo III. For the scene in which Rambo heals himself by igniting gunpowder inside of a torso bullet wound, De Rossi rigged a device which caused flame to burst from both Sylvester Stallone's stomach and back at once. Stallone was so impressed by De Rossi's work that he hired him again for the make-up effects for Daylight, which was shot in Rome and put Stallone's son Sage Stallone in contact with Lucio Fulci.
De Rossi created the title monster in the film Killer Crocodile, and directed the film's sequel, Killer Crocodile 2.
He is also notable as the designer of the mask used in the film The Man in the Iron Mask.
De Rossi continued creating FX for both Italian and American cinema, until his death on 11 April 2021 (coincidentally the same day as fellow Lucio Fulci collaborator Enzo Sciotti).
Source: Article "Giannetto De Rossi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 1979 | Zombie · as Zombie Hand On Paola |
| 1966 | Wake Up and Die · as Paris Gang Member |
| 2021 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 · as Self |
| 2005 | Ban the Sadist Videos! · as Self |
| 2004 | Building a Better Zombi · as Self |
| 1990 | Killer Crocodile 2On Plex |
| 1989 |
| 1990 | Killer Crocodile 2 · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1989 |
| 2007 | Pompei · as Key Makeup Artist |
| 2004 | Curse of the Ring · as Makeup Designer |
| 2004 | Modigliani · as Makeup SupervisorOn Plex |
| 2003 | High Tension · as Special Effects Makeup ArtistOn Plex |
| 2001 | Uprising · as Makeup Department Head |
| 2001 | Amici ahrarara · as Makeup Department Head |
| 2000 | Harrison's Flowers · as Makeup Department Head |
| 2000 | Vatel · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1999 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1997 | Kull: The Conqueror · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1996 | Daylight · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1996 | DragonHeart · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1995 | Catherine the Great · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1991 | The Inner Circle · as Key Makeup Artist |
| 1990 | Dr. M · as Makeup Artist |
| 1989 | Killer Crocodile · as Makeup ArtistOn Plex |
| 1988 | Rambo III · as Makeup Artist |
| 1984 | Dune · as Makeup Artist |
| 1984 | Conan the Destroyer · as Makeup Designer |
| 1983 | Atlantis Interceptors · as Makeup Artist |
| 1983 | State buoni se potete · as Makeup Artist |
| 1982 | La Traviata · as Makeup Artist |
| 1982 | Piranha II: The Spawning · as Makeup Designer |
| 1982 | Piranha II: The Spawning · as Special Effects Supervisor |
| 1981 | The House by the Cemetery · as Makeup ArtistOn Plex |
| 1981 | The Beyond · as Makeup ArtistOn Plex |
| 1981 | The Beyond · as Vfx ArtistOn Plex |
| 1980 | Cannibal Apocalypse · as Makeup ArtistOn Plex |
| 1979 | Zombie · as Makeup Artist |
| 1979 | The Humanoid · as Makeup Artist |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies · as Makeup Artist |
| 1977 | Holocaust 2000 · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 1976 | Fellini's Casanova · as Makeup Artist |
| 1976 | Cattivi pensieri · as Makeup Artist |
| 1976 | 1900 · as Key Makeup Artist |
| 1974 | Let Sleeping Corpses Lie · as Makeup Artist |
| 1974 | Let Sleeping Corpses Lie · as Visual Effects |
| 1974 | Come Home and Meet My Wife · as Makeup Artist |
| 1974 | The Last 4 Days · as Makeup Artist |
| 1973 | Ash Wednesday · as Makeup Artist |
| 1973 | Chino · as Makeup ArtistOn Plex |
| 1973 | The Funny Face of the Godfather · as Makeup Artist |
| 1972 | The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1972 | The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life · as Makeup Artist |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers · as Makeup Artist |
| 1972 | The Eroticist · as Makeup Artist |
| 1971 | When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong · as Makeup Designer |
| 1971 | Il furto è l'anima del commercio?!... · as Makeup Artist |
| 1971 | Io non spezzo... rompo · as Makeup Artist |
| 1970 | The Invincible Six · as Makeup Designer |
| 1970 | Waterloo · as Makeup Artist |
| 1970 | When Women Had Tails · as Makeup Artist |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West · as Makeup Artist |
| 1967 | On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1967 | Doctor Faustus · as Makeup Artist |
| 1967 | The Harem · as Makeup Artist |
| 1967 | The Taming of The Shrew · as Makeup Artist |
| 1966 | Wake Up and Die · as Makeup Artist |
| 1966 | Me, Me, Me... and the Others · as Makeup Artist |
| 1965 | I grandi condottieri · as Makeup Artist |
| 1965 | The Possessed · as Makeup Artist |
| 1964 | Corpse for the Lady · as Makeup Artist |
| 1964 | I maniaci · as Makeup Artist |
| 1964 | The Thursday · as Makeup Artist |
| 1963 | The Little Nuns · as Makeup Artist |
| 1963 | Obiettivo ragazze · as Makeup Artist |
| 1963 | The Hours of Love · as Makeup Artist |