Franco Rossetti
Franco Rossetti (born October 1, 1930 in Siena , † before June 12, 2018 ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director .
Life
Rossetti graduated first in law and then took courses at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from 1954 to 1956 . During this time he earned his living as a film critic for "Cinema" and "Bianco e Nero". After a short time as the unmentioned right-hand man, he was active as an assistant director for four years from 1957. From 1960 he wrote screenplays, including those for films such as Django (1966) and Ringo with the golden pistols (1966), both directed by Sergio Corbucci . Further scripts, almost always for spaghetti westerns , followed until 1969.
After Rossetti had made his directorial debut with the spaghetti western Die im Staub , he made a number of other films until the mid-1980s, most of which received little attention or praise. In 1976 he wrote and produced Un amore targato Forlì , which he left to Riccardo Sesani to direct .
A pseudonym of Rossetti was Fred Gardner .
Filmography (selection)
- 1967: Escondido (El Desperado)
- 1969: Delitto al circolo del tennis
- 1972: Una cavalla tutta nuda
- 1975: Quel movimento che mi piace tanto
- 1974: Nipoti miei diletti
- 1978: Intimate confession of a woman (Il mondo porno di due sorelle)
- 1984: Il lebbroso - TV production
- 1984: Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico
- script
- 1961: Constantine the Great (Costantino il grande)
- 1961: Romulus and Remus (Romolo e Remo)
- 1964: Senza sole nè luna - Director: Luciano Ricci
- 1966: Django - Director: Sergio Corbucci
- 1966: The Man with the Golden Blade (L'uomo che ride) - Director: Sergio Corbucci
- 1966: Ringo with the golden pistols (Johnny Oro)
- 1966: Django, the avenger (Texas, addio)
- 1967: Io non protesto, io amo - Director: Ferdinando Baldi
- 1967: Vanishing Point Acropolis (Bersaglio mobile) - Director: Sergio Corbucci
- 1967: Blue Beans for a Hallelujah (Little Rita nel West)
- 1968: Django and the gang of the hanged (Preparati la bara!)
- 1970: Django - The Night of the Long Knives (Ciakmull)
- 1970: Zabriskie Point (Zabriskie Point)
Web links
- Franco Rossetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on mymovies.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Franco Rossetti, è morto uno degli sceneggiatori di “Django” , accessed on July 25, 2018
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Rome, Gremese Editore 2002, pp. 371/372
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rossetti, Franco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gardner, Fred (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siena |
| DATE OF DEATH | before June 12, 2018 |