Franco Rossi was an Italian

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 film

Film

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  screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and director

Film director

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, mainly known for having directed the six hour long Italian-German-British-Swiss TV mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985.

Rossi was born in Florence

Florence

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. He studied law and then began to work on theatre. He was assistant director of Mario Camerini, Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker

Luis Trenker was a German-language South Tyrolian film director, architect, and actor.-Biography:...

, Renato Castellani

Renato Castellani

Renato Castellani was an Italian film director and screenwriter.- Filmography :*The Iron Crown *Un colpo di pistola *Zazà...

, Aldo Vergano. He made his debut as a director with the film Camicie rosse (Anita Garibaldi, 1952), taking over from leading director Goffredo Alessandrini

Goffredo Alessandrini

Goffredo Alessandrini was an Italian script writer and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films.-Biography:...

 after he abandoned the production.

His first success was Il seduttore starred by Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

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. Other films were The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle, 1955), Odissea Nuda (1961), Three Nights of Love

Three Nights of Love

Three Nights of Love is a 1964 drama film directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi and starring Adolfo Celi.-Cast:* Adolfo Celi* Anna Maria Checchi* Diletta D'Andrea - Gabriella * Rina Franchetti...

 (1964), an episode of Le bambole

Le bambole

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 (1965), and Porgi l'altra guancia with Bud Spencer

Bud Spencer

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 in (1974).

He was one of the first established Italian film directors also doing work for television, being one the three directors for the 1968 mini-series L'Odissea. His largest TV undertaking was directing the international co-production of the six hour long mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985.

Filmography

Franco Rosi was involved in the direction of 32 feature films or TV films/TV mini-series between 1952 and 1994, according to the Internet Movie Database

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1994 Michele va alla guerra (TV movie)

1987 Lo scialo (TV mini-series)

1987 Un bambino di nome Gesù (TV movie)

1985 Quo Vadis? (TV mini-series)

1982 Storia d'amore e d'amicizia (TV series)

1977 Come una rosa al naso

1977 L'altra metà del cielo

1974 Turn the Other Cheek

1974 Il giovane Garibaldi (TV mini-series)

1971 Eneide (TV movie)

1969 Youth March

1968 Capriccio all'italiana ( - uncredited / segment "Viaggio di lavoro")

1968 L'odissea (TV mini-series)

1967 The Witches (segment "Siciliana, La")

1967 A Rose for Everyone

1966 Make Love, Not War

1965 Complexes (segment "Il complesso della schiava nubiana")

1965 The Dolls (segment "Minestra, La")

1964 Tre notti d'amore (segment "Moglie bambina, La")

1964 High Infidelity (segment "Scandaloso")

1964 Countersex (segment "Cocaina di domenica")

1962 Smog

1961 Nude Odyssey

1959 Everyone's in Love (supervisor)

1959 Death of a Friend

1958 Love at First Sight

1958 Calypso

1955 Amici per la pelle

1954 Il seduttore

1953 The Counterfeiters

1952 Solo per te Lucia