Franco Bottari

Franco Bottari
Born(1925-09-05)5 September 1925
Caserta, Italy
Died4 January 1988(1988-01-04) (aged 62)
Occupation(s)Director
Screenwriter
Set designer

Franco Bottari (5 September 1925 – 4 January 1988) was an Italian set designer, screenwriter and film director.

Life and career

Born in Caserta, Bottari entered the film industry in 1959 as a set decorator. In 1963 he started an intense career as a costume and set designer, being mainly active in genre films. Occasionally, Bottari also collaborated on screenplays and in 1972 he made his directorial debut with the political drama Guernica (also known as 24 ore... non un minuto di più).[1][2][3] Bottari died on 4 January 1988, at the age of 62.[4]

Selected filmography

Director and screenwriter
Screenwriter

References

  1. ^ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999. ISBN 8820029197.
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  3. ^ Gordiano Lupi. "Le commedie sexy di Franco Bottari". MyMovies. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Franco Bottari". FilmDB.it. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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