Franco Rossi

Directing·Apr 28, 1919·Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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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.

Film	Credit
SScream for Help1994 · Director	Director
Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini)1993 · Director	Director
A Child Called Jesus1987 · Director	Director
L'altra metà del cielo1977 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Pure as a Lily1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Two Missionaries1974 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Youth March1969 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Odyssey1969 · Director	Director
Caprice Italian Style1968 · Director	Director
The Witches1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Rose for Everyone1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Make Love, Not War1966 · Director	Director
Complexes1965 · Director	Director
The Dolls1965 · Director	Director
Controsesso1964 · Director	Director
Three Nights of Love1964 · Director	Director
High Infidelity1964 · Director	Director
Smog1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Odissea nuda1961 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Death of a Friend1960 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Everyone's in Love1959 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Love at First Sight1958 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Calypso1957 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Friends for Life1955 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Seducer1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
La passeggiata1953 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Solo per te Lucia1952 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Counterfeiters1951 · Director	Director