Biography
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.
Filmography
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Scream for Help
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1994
Ci sarà un giorno (Il giovane Pertini)
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1993
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Role: Director
TV • 1987
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Role: Screenplay
TV • 1987
A Child Called Jesus
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
Quo Vadis?
Role: Director
TV • 1985
Quo Vadis?
Role: Screenplay
TV • 1985
Quo Vadis?
Role: Creator
TV • 1985
L'altra metà del cielo
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1977
L'altra metà del cielo
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1977
L'altra metà del cielo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Pure as a Lily
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Pure as a Lily
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1976
La cognatina
Role: Production Supervisor
MOVIE • 1975
The Two Missionaries
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1974
The Two Missionaries
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Il giovane Garibaldi
Role: Writer
TV • 1974
Il giovane Garibaldi
Role: Teleplay
TV • 1974
Il giovane Garibaldi
Role: Director
TV • 1974
The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
Role: Production Supervisor
MOVIE • 1972