Franco Rossi
Director, Writer
April 28, 1919 — June 5, 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.
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.
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| 1988 | Un bambino di nome Gesù · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | L'altra metà del cielo · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | Pure as a Lily · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Turn the Other Cheek · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Eneide · as Screenplay |
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| 1960 | Death of a Friend · as Screenplay |
| 1959 | Everyone's in Love · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | Love at First Sight · as Screenplay |
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| 1954 | Il seduttore · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | La cognatina · as Production Supervisor |
| 1972 | The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire · as Production Supervisor |
| 1971 | Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman · as Production Secretary |
| 1967 | The Witches · as Story |
| 1962 | Smog · as Story |