FILM DIRECTOR

Franco Rossi

1919 - 2000

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Rossi is the 723rd most popular film director (down from 569th in 2019), the 3,086th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,650th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Franco Rossi ranks 723 out of 2,041. Before him are Rajko Grlić, Ivan Pyryev, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Russell Mulcahy, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, and Alexander Payne. After him are Mike Flanagan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Olle Hellbom, Dariush Mehrjui, Herbert Selpin, and Luigi Zampa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Franco Rossi ranks 182. Before him are François Bordes, Pief Panofsky, Hans Hass, Rocky Graziano, Sam Wanamaker, and Jack McGrath. After him are Jüri Järvet, Nehemiah Persoff, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, George Shearing, Howard Keel, and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński. Among people deceased in 2000, Franco Rossi ranks 157. Before him are Ahmad Shamlou, Wojciech Has, Dorino Serafini, Ernst Jandl, Jim Varney, and Penelope Fitzgerald. After him are Ian Dury, John Tukey, Bruno Zevi, Franco Donatoni, Basil Bernstein, and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Rossi ranks 3,086 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791), Marino Morosini (1181), Reniero Zeno (1250), Camillo Boito (1836), Alvise Contarini (1601), and Giuseppe Occhialini (1907). After him are Giovanni Galli (1958), Antonio Juliano (1943), Aldo Boffi (1915), Asia Argento (1975), Attilio Nicora (1937), and Pierfrancesco Favino (1969).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Franco Rossi ranks 51. Before him are Giovanni Pastrone (1883), Luca Guadagnino (1971), Mario Camerini (1895), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Enzo G. Castellari (1938), and Pasquale Festa Campanile (1927). After him are Luigi Zampa (1905), Mario Salieri (1957), Clyde Geronimi (1901), Sergio Martino (1938), Bruno Mattei (1931), and Pupi Avati (1938).

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