FILM DIRECTOR

Francesco Rosi

1922 - 2015

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Francesco Rosi (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈrɔːzi]; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages, while the topics of his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward literature. He made his debut with his first self-directed film in 1958 and continued to direct until 1997, his last film being the adaptation of Primo Levi's book, The Truce. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Rosi is the 206th most popular film director (down from 181st in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,184th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Film Director.

Francesco Rosi is most famous for his films "Salvatore Giuliano" and "The Mattei Affair."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francesco Rosi ranks 206 out of 2,041. Before him are Blake Edwards, Stephen Frears, Ivan Reitman, Barry Levinson, Lina Wertmüller, and Roy Andersson. After him are Tony Richardson, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Garry Marshall, Chris Columbus, Agnieszka Holland, and Frank Lloyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Francesco Rosi ranks 62. Before him are Michel Galabru, Arthur Penn, Alberto Granado, Barbara Bel Geddes, Ugo Tognazzi, and Blake Edwards. After him are Ken Noritake, Bernardin Gantin, Lucian Freud, Har Gobind Khorana, Mao Anying, and Oskar Werner. Among people deceased in 2015, Francesco Rosi ranks 66. Before him are Zhelyu Zhelev, Kenzo Ohashi, Alfred G. Gilman, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Assia Djebar, and Maureen O'Hara. After him are Marshall Rosenberg, Pierre Brice, Dave Mackay, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Nirmala Joshi, and Setsuko Hara.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 1,311 out of 5,161. Before him are Battista Farina (1893), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Frederick the Simple (1342), and Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470). After him are Antonio Quarracino (1923), Francesco Foscari (1373), Ivanoe Bonomi (1873), Emilio De Bono (1866), Carlo Levi (1902), and Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1679).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 18. Before him are Dario Argento (1940), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), and Lina Wertmüller (1928). After him are Liliana Cavani (1933), Marco Ferreri (1928), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Joe D'Amato (1936), Paolo Sorrentino (1970), and Lucio Fulci (1927).

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