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85
Birthday:
1942-08-08
Place of birth:
Rome, Latium, Italy
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Giannetto De Rossi

Overview

Giannetto De Rossi (8 August 1942 – 11 April 2021) was Italian makeup and special effects artist for motion pictures. His career included work for several high-profile directors, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, and David Lynch; as well as collaborations with cult horror filmmakers Lucio Fulci and Alexandre Aja. He was known particularly for his highly-detailed and realistic prosthetic appliances, most visible in his horror output. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Special Effects for the Oscar-winning The Last Emperor (1987).

One of his first special FX roles was as make-up artist for Joe D'Amato, whose film Emanuelle in America required detailed special FX for the notorious snuff film sequences. The gruesome effects produced by De Rossi, which included a woman's breasts being hacked off and multiple floggings, were so convincing that many thought them real snuff film scenes, and one actress complained that she had been traumatised by the effects.

Early in his career, De Rossi worked with a number of well-known Italian directors, including Sergio Leone and Federico Fellini. A particularly notable collaboration was with Lucio Fulci on his horror film Zombi 2. De Rossi also worked with Fulci in two other films: The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery.

Dino De Laurentiis hired De Rossi to create the on-set practical effects for two films in Mexico which he was producing, Dune and Conan the Destroyer. De Rossi created a number of memorable effects in the two films, including the fetus-shaped Spice Guild Navigator seen floating in a tank in Dune and the Dagoth monster suit worn by André the Giant in Conan the Destroyer.

In the late 1980s he created the special makeup effects on Rambo III. For the scene in which Rambo heals himself by igniting gunpowder inside of a torso bullet wound, De Rossi rigged a device which caused flame to burst from both Sylvester Stallone's stomach and back at once. Stallone was so impressed by De Rossi's work that he hired him again for the make-up effects for Daylight, which was shot in Rome and put Stallone's son Sage Stallone in contact with Lucio Fulci.

De Rossi created the title monster in the film Killer Crocodile, and directed the film's sequel, Killer Crocodile 2.

He is also notable as the designer of the mask used in the film The Man in the Iron Mask.

De Rossi continued creating FX for both Italian and American cinema, until his death on 11 April 2021 (coincidentally the same day as fellow Lucio Fulci collaborator Enzo Sciotti).

Source: Article "Giannetto De Rossi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2020 Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King Actor self N/A
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2020 The Emmanuelle Effect Actor Self N/A
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2011 Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist Actor Self 59
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2008 Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 Actor Self 58
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2007 Hanging Shadows Actor Self N/A
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2007 Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards' Actor Self N/A
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2006 Do You Remember Lucio Fulci? Actor Self N/A
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2004 Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2 Actor Self N/A
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1975 Abicinema Actor Self 59
Average

Directing
1990 Killer Crocodile 2 Directing Director 58
Average
1989 Cy-Warrior Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1990 Killer Crocodile 2 Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1989 Cy-Warrior Writing Writer 58
Average

Costume & Make-Up
2007 Pompeii Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 68
Fair
2004 Ring of the Nibelungs Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 59
Average
2004 Modigliani Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 62
Fair
2003 High Tension Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist 65
Fair
2001 Uprising Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
2001 Amici ahrarara Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 58
Average
2000 Harrison's Flowers Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
2000 Vatel Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1999 Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 59
Average
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 65
Fair
1997 Kull the Conqueror Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 57
Average
1996 Daylight Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1996 DragonHeart Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 63
Fair
1996 Catherine the Great Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1992 The Inner Circle Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 59
Average
1990 Dr. M Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1989 Killer Crocodile Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1988 Rambo III Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1984 Dune Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1984 Conan the Destroyer Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 60
Fair
1983 Raiders of Atlantis Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 57
Average
1983 State buoni se potete Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1982 La traviata Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1982 Piranha II: The Spawning Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 53
Average
1981 The House by the Cemetery Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1981 The House by the Cemetery Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1981 The Beyond Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 64
Fair
1980 Cannibal Apocalypse Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1979 Zombie Flesh Eaters Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 63
Fair
1979 The Humanoid Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 57
Average
1978 King of the Gypsies Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1977 Holocaust 2000 Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist 59
Average
1976 Fellini's Casanova Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 62
Fair
1976 Evil Thoughts Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1976 1900 Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 69
Fair
1974 The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1974 Come Home and Meet My Wife Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1974 The Last Four Days Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1973 Ash Wednesday Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1973 Chino Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1973 The Funny Face of the Godfather Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1972 The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1972 The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1972 The Eroticist Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1972 The Valachi Papers Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1971 When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 58
Average
1971 Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1971 Io non spezzo... rompo Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1970 Waterloo Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 62
Fair
1970 When Women Had Tails Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1970 The Invincible Six Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 58
Average
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 80
Very good
1967 On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1967 Doctor Faustus Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1967 The Harem Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1967 The Taming of the Shrew Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1966 Wake Up and Die Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1965 The Possessed Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1965 Samson and Gideon Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1964 Corpse for the Lady Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1964 The Maniacs Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1964 The Thursday Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1963 The Little Nuns Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1963 Obiettivo ragazze Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1963 The Hours of Love Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average

Crew
1983 Raiders of Atlantis Crew Makeup Effects 57
Average
1981 The House by the Cemetery Crew Special Effects 60
Fair

Visual Effects
1982 Piranha II: The Spawning Visual Effects Special Effects Supervisor 53
Average
1981 The Beyond Visual Effects VFX Artist 64
Fair
1977 Emanuelle in America Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1974 The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Visual Effects Visual Effects 60
Fair