Biography
Franco Rossi (19 April 1919 – 5 June 2000) 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.
Directed 31
1990s
- 1993
Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini)
Director
1980s
- 1987
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Director
A Child Called Jesus
Director
- 1985
Quo Vadis?
Director
- 1982
Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
Director
1970s
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
Il giovane Garibaldi
Director
- 1971
Eneide
Director
1960s
- 1969
Youth March
Director
The Odyssey
Director
- 1968
Caprice Italian Style
Director
- 1967
A Rose for Everyone
Director
- 1966
Make Love, Not War
Director
- 1965
The Dolls
Director
- 1964
Controsesso
Director
Three Nights of Love
Director
- 1962
Smog
Director
- 1961
Odissea nuda
Director
- 1960
Death of a Friend
Director
1950s
- 1957
Calypso
Director
- 1955
Friends for Life
Director
- 1954
The Seducer
Director
- 1952
Solo per te Lucia
Director
- 1951
The Counterfeiters
Director
- 1950
The Outlaws
First Assistant Director
Wrote 20
1980s
- 1987
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Screenplay
- 1985
Quo Vadis?
Screenplay
1970s
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
Il giovane Garibaldi
Writer, Teleplay
- 1971
Eneide
Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
Youth March
Screenplay
- 1967
A Rose for Everyone
Writer
- 1962
Smog
Story, Screenplay
- 1961
Odissea nuda
Writer
- 1960
Death of a Friend
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
Everyone's in Love
Screenplay
- 1958
Love at First Sight
Screenplay
- 1957
Calypso
Writer
- 1955
Friends for Life
Writer
- 1954
The Seducer
Screenplay, Story
- 1953
La passeggiata
Screenplay
- 1952
Solo per te Lucia
Writer
Produced 3
1970s
- 1975
La cognatina
Production Supervisor
- 1972
The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
Production Supervisor
- 1971
Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman
Production Secretary
Created 3
1980s
- 1985
Quo Vadis?
Creator
- 1982
Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
Creator
1970s
- 1971
Eneide
Creator
Other crew 1
1950s
- 1959
Everyone's in Love
Supervising Technical Director