Franco Rossi

Regista, Sceneggiatore

28 aprile 1919 — 5 giugno 2000 (81 anni)
Franco Rossi (19 April 1919, Florence – 5 June 2000, Rome) was an Italian film screenwriter and director, mainly known for having directed the six-hour Italian-German-British-Swiss TV mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985.

Rossi was born in Florence, Italy. He studied law and then began to work on theatre. He was assistant director of Mario Camerini, Luis Trenker, Renato Castellani, Aldo Vergano. Rossi made his debut as a director with the crime thriller I Falsari. He went on to have his first success with Il seduttore, starring by Alberto Sordi, and among Rossi's other films were The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle, 1955), Odissea Nuda (1961), "Smog" (1962), Three Nights of Love (1964), an episode of Le bambole (1965), and Porgi l'altra guancia with Bud Spencer in (1974).

Rossi was one of the first established Italian film directors also doing work for television, being one of the three directors for the 1968 mini-series L'Odissea. His largest TV undertaking was directing the international co-production of the six-hour mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985.

Famoso per

  • I complessi
    I complessi1965
  • Amici per la pelle
    Amici per la pelle1955
  • Quo Vadis?
    Quo Vadis?6 episodi
  • Odissea
    Odissea8 episodi
  • Come una rosa al naso
    Come una rosa al naso1976
  • Il seduttore
    Il seduttore1954
  • Un bambino di nome Gesú
    Un bambino di nome Gesú1988
  • L'altra metà del cielo
    L'altra metà del cielo1977
  • Una rosa per tutti
    Una rosa per tutti1967
  • Alta infedeltà
    Alta infedeltà1964
  • Morte di un amico
    Morte di un amico1960
  • La spada normanna
    La spada normanna1971
  • Odissea nuda
    Odissea nuda1961
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
    Storia d'amore e d'amicizia6 episodi
  • Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore
    Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore1966
  • La cognatina
    La cognatina1975

Filmografia