About

Known credits:
59
Birthday:
1919-04-28
Place of birth:
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Website:
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Franco Rossi

Overview

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

Directing
1994 Scream for Help Directing Director N/A
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1993 Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini) Directing Director 59
Average
1987 Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus Directing Director 70
Good
1987 A Child Called Jesus Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Quo Vadis? Directing Director 67
Fair
1977 L'altra metà del cielo Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Pure as a Lily Directing Director 58
Average
1974 The Two Missionaries Directing Director 61
Fair
1974 Il giovane Garibaldi Directing Director N/A
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1971 Eneide Directing Director 70
Good
1969 Youth March Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Caprice Italian Style Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Odissea Directing Director 59
Average
1968 The Odyssey Directing Director 71
Good
1967 The Witches Directing Director 59
Average
1967 A Rose for Everyone Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore Directing Director 59
Average
1965 Complexes Directing Director 60
Fair
1965 The Dolls Directing Director 58
Average
1964 Controsesso Directing Director 59
Average
1964 Three Nights of Love Directing Director 58
Average
1964 High Infidelity Directing Director 58
Average
1962 Smog Directing Director 59
Average
1961 Odissea nuda Directing Director N/A
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1960 Death of a Friend Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Calypso Directing Director N/A
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1955 Friends for Life Directing Director 59
Average
1954 The Seducer Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Solo per te Lucia Directing Director N/A
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1951 The Counterfeiters Directing Director N/A
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1950 The Outlaws Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average

Writing
1987 Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus Writing Screenplay 70
Good
1985 Quo Vadis? Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
1977 L'altra metà del cielo Writing Story 58
Average
1977 L'altra metà del cielo Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1976 Pure as a Lily Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1974 The Two Missionaries Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1974 Il giovane Garibaldi Writing Writer N/A
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1974 Il giovane Garibaldi Writing Teleplay N/A
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1971 Eneide Writing Screenplay 70
Good
1969 Youth March Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1967 The Witches Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1967 The Witches Writing Story 59
Average
1967 A Rose for Everyone Writing Writer 58
Average
1962 Smog Writing Story 59
Average
1962 Smog Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1961 Odissea nuda Writing Writer N/A
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1960 Death of a Friend Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1959 Everyone's in Love Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1958 Love at First Sight Writing Screenplay N/A
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1957 Calypso Writing Writer N/A
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1955 Friends for Life Writing Writer 59
Average
1954 The Seducer Writing Story 59
Average
1954 The Seducer Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 La passeggiata Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1975 La cognatina Production Production Supervisor 58
Average
1972 The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire Production Production Supervisor 58
Average
1971 Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman Production Production Secretary 59
Average

Crew
1959 Everyone's in Love Crew Supervising Technical Director 58
Average