Franco Rossi

Reżyseria, Scenariusz

28 kwietnia 1919 — 5 czerwca 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

  • Odyseja
    Odyseja8 episodes
  • Panowie z kompleksami
    Panowie z kompleksami1965
  • Młodzi przyjaciele
    Młodzi przyjaciele1955
  • Dziewictwo
    Dziewictwo1976
  • Il seduttore
    Il seduttore1954
  • Dziecko zwane Jezus
    Dziecko zwane Jezus1988
  • L'altra metà del cielo
    L'altra metà del cielo1977
  • Jedna róża dla wszystkich
    Jedna róża dla wszystkich1967
  • Quo Vadis?
    Quo Vadis?6 episodes
  • Śmierć przyjaciela
    Śmierć przyjaciela1960
  • Ivanhoe - rycerz normański
    Ivanhoe - rycerz normański1971
  • Eneida
    Eneida7 episodes
  • Niewierność
    Niewierność1964
  • Naga odyseja
    Naga odyseja1961
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
    Storia d'amore e d'amicizia6 episodes
  • Uprawiajcie miłość zamiast wojować
    Uprawiajcie miłość zamiast wojować1966

Filmografia