Franco Rossi

Regisseur, Schrijver

28 april 1919 — 5 juni 2000 (81 years)
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.

Known For

  • De Dolingen van Odysseus
    De Dolingen van Odysseus8 episodes
  • I complessi
    I complessi1965
  • The Woman in the Painting
    The Woman in the Painting1955
  • Pure as a Lily
    Pure as a Lily1976
  • Il seduttore
    Il seduttore1954
  • Un bambino di nome Gesù
    Un bambino di nome Gesù1988
  • L'altra metà del cielo
    L'altra metà del cielo1977
  • A Rose for Everyone
    A Rose for Everyone1967
  • Quo Vadis?
    Quo Vadis?6 episodes
  • Death of a Friend
    Death of a Friend1960
  • Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman
    Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman1971
  • Eneide
    Eneide7 episodes
  • High Infidelity
    High Infidelity1964
  • Nude Odyssey
    Nude Odyssey1961
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
    Storia d'amore e d'amicizia6 episodes
  • Make Love, Not War
    Make Love, Not War1966

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