Franco Rossetti

Franco Rossetti
Born(1930-10-01)1 October 1930
Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Died11 June 2018(2018-06-11) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
Other namesFred Gardner, Frank Ross
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Franco Rossetti (1 October 1930 – 11 June 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Siena, Rossetti started his career as a film critic, then in the early 1950s he entered the film industry as an assistant director.[1] With the rise of the Spaghetti Western genre, Rossetti developed a solid reputation as a screenwriter, especially thanks to the screenplays of Django, Texas, Adios and Johnny Oro.[1] He made his directorial debut in 1967 with the western The Dirty Outlaws, and then he directed seven more films, spanning different genres.[1][2] Rossetti died in Rome on 11 June 2018, at the age of 87.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  3. ^ "Franco Rossetti, è morto uno degli sceneggiatori di "Django"". Blitz. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2023.


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