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
  • Quo Vadis?
    Quo Vadis?6 episodes
  • 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
  • Niewierność
    Niewierność1964
  • Śmierć przyjaciela
    Śmierć przyjaciela1960
  • Ivanhoe - rycerz normański
    Ivanhoe - rycerz normański1971
  • 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
  • La cognatina
    La cognatina1975

Filmografia

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
1967
The Witches · as Screenplay
1967
1961
1960
1960
Death of a Friend · as Screenplay
1959
Everyone's in Love · as Screenplay
1958
Love at First Sight · as Screenplay
1955
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
1962
Smog · as Story