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Franco Rossi(1919-2000)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Franco Rossi
Franco Rossi was born on 28 April 1919 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Woman in the Painting (1955), Nude Odyssey (1961) and Smog (1962). He died on 5 June 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornApril 28, 1919
DiedJune 5, 2000(81)
BornApril 28, 1919
DiedJune 5, 2000(81)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

The Woman in the Painting (1955)
The Woman in the Painting
7.4
  • Director
  • 1955
Nude Odyssey (1961)
Nude Odyssey
7.3
  • Director
  • 1961
Smog (1962)
Smog
7.2
  • Director
  • 1962
Calypso (1960)
Calypso
5.2
  • Director
  • 1960

Credits

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Director

  • Michele alla guerra
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini) (1993)
    Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini)
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Un bambino di nome Gesù (1988)
    Un bambino di nome Gesù
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Lo scialo
    5.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Quo Vadis? (1985)
    Quo Vadis?
    6.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia (1982)
    Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1982
  • L'altra metà del cielo (1977)
    L'altra metà del cielo
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Ornella Muti and Vittorio Gassman in Pure as a Lily (1976)
    Pure as a Lily
    4.4
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Il giovane Garibaldi (1974)
    Il giovane Garibaldi
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in Turn the Other Cheek (1974)
    Turn the Other Cheek
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Eneide (1971)
    Eneide
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1971–1972
  • Youth March (1969)
    Youth March
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Walter Chiari, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Totò, and Ira von Fürstenberg in Caprice Italian Style (1968)
    Caprice Italian Style
    6.3
    • Director (segment "Viaggio di lavoro", uncredited)
    • 1968
  • The Odyssey (1968)
    The Odyssey
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1968

Writer

  • Un bambino di nome Gesù (1988)
    Un bambino di nome Gesù
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1988
  • Lo scialo
    5.8
    TV Mini Series
    • screenplay
    • 1987
  • Quo Vadis? (1985)
    Quo Vadis?
    6.5
    TV Mini Series
    • screenplay
    • 1985
  • L'altra metà del cielo (1977)
    L'altra metà del cielo
    5.0
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Ornella Muti and Vittorio Gassman in Pure as a Lily (1976)
    Pure as a Lily
    4.4
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Il giovane Garibaldi (1974)
    Il giovane Garibaldi
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    • 1974
  • Eneide (1971)
    Eneide
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • teleplay
    • 1971
  • Youth March (1969)
    Youth March
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1969
  • Claudia Cardinale in A Rose for Everyone (1967)
    A Rose for Everyone
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Smog (1962)
    Smog
    7.2
    • story
    • 1962
  • Nude Odyssey (1961)
    Nude Odyssey
    7.3
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1961
  • Spyros Fokas, Gianni Garko, and Didi Perego in Morte di un amico (1960)
    Morte di un amico
    6.6
    • writer
    • 1960
  • Calypso (1960)
    Calypso
    5.2
    • writer
    • 1960
  • Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Di Trocchio, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marisa Merlini, and Jacqueline Sassard in Tutti innamorati (1959)
    Tutti innamorati
    6.2
    • writer
    • 1959
  • Walter Chiari, Isabelle Corey, Yvonne Monlaur, and Rubén Rojo in Amore a prima vista (1958)
    Amore a prima vista
    4.6
    • screenplay
    • 1958

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Mountain Smugglers (1950)
    Mountain Smugglers
    5.7
    • assistant director
    • 1950
  • I fuorilegge (1950)
    I fuorilegge
    5.5
    • assistant director
    • 1950
  • It's Forever Springtime (1950)
    It's Forever Springtime
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1950

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 28, 1919
    • Florence, Tuscany, Italy
  • Died
    • June 5, 2000
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(stroke)

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    Held a degree in literature.

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