Franco Rossi
Directing
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
Directing31
tvEin Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
Director
movieA Child Called Jesus
1987
Director
tvQuo Vadis?
1985
Director
movieL'altra metà del cielo
1977
Director
moviePure as a Lily
1976
Director
movieThe Two Missionaries
1974
Director
tvIl giovane Garibaldi
1974
Director
tvEneide
1971
Director
movieYouth March
1969
Director
movieThe Odyssey
1969
Director
movieCaprice Italian Style
1968
Director
tvThe Odyssey
1968
Director
movieThe Witches
1967
Director
movieA Rose for Everyone
1967
Director
movieMake Love, Not War
1966
Director
movieComplexes
1965
Director
movieThe Dolls
1965
Director
movieControsesso
1964
Director
movieThree Nights of Love
1964
Director
movieHigh Infidelity
1964
Director
movieSmog
1962
Director
movieOdissea nuda
1961
Director
movieDeath of a Friend
1960
Director
movieCalypso
1957
Director
movieFriends for Life
1955
Director
movieThe Seducer
1954
Director
movieSolo per te Lucia
1952
Director
movieThe Counterfeiters
1951
Director
movieThe Outlaws
1950
First Assistant Director
Writing20
tvEin Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
Screenplay
tvQuo Vadis?
1985
Screenplay
movieL'altra metà del cielo
1977
Screenplay, Story
moviePure as a Lily
1976
Screenplay
movieThe Two Missionaries
1974
Screenplay
tvIl giovane Garibaldi
1974
Writer, Teleplay
tvEneide
1971
Screenplay
movieYouth March
1969
Screenplay
movieThe Witches
1967
Story, Screenplay
movieSmog
1962
Story, Screenplay
movieOdissea nuda
1961
Writer
movieDeath of a Friend
1960
Screenplay
movieEveryone's in Love
1959
Screenplay
movieLove at First Sight
1958
Screenplay
movieCalypso
1957
Writer
movieThe Seducer
1954
Screenplay, Story
movieLa passeggiata
1953
Screenplay
Production3
movieLa cognatina
1975
Production Supervisor
movieThe Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
1972
Production Supervisor
movieIvanhoe, the Norman Swordsman
1971
Production Secretary
Creator2
tvQuo Vadis?
1985
Creator
tvEneide
1971
Creator
Crew1
movieEveryone's in Love
1959
Supervising Technical Director