Franco Rossetti

{{Short description|Italian film director and screenwriter (1930–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Franco Rossetti | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|01|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Siena]], [[Tuscany]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|06|11|1930|10|01|df=y}} | death_place = [[Rome]], Italy | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | other_names = Fred Gardner, Frank Ross }}

'''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.<ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> With the rise of the [[Spaghetti Western]] genre, Rossetti developed a solid reputation as a screenwriter, especially thanks to the screenplays of ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'', ''[[Texas, Adios]]'' and ''[[Johnny Oro]]''.<ref name="spaghetti"/> He made his directorial debut in 1967 with the western ''[[The Dirty Outlaws]]'', and then he directed seven more films, spanning different genres.<ref name="spaghetti"/><ref name="60-69 a-l">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1992|isbn=8876055932}}</ref> Rossetti died in [[Rome]] on 11 June 2018, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news |title=Franco Rossetti, è morto uno degli sceneggiatori di "Django" |url=https://www.blitzquotidiano.it/cinema/franco-rossetti-e-morto-uno-degli-sceneggiatori-di-django-2889106/ |access-date=27 December 2023 |publisher=Blitz |date=12 June 2018}}</ref>

== Filmography == * 1967: ''[[The Dirty Outlaws]] '' * 1969: ''Delitto al circolo del tennis'' * 1972: ''[[Una cavalla tutta nuda]]'' * 1974: ''Nipoti miei diletti'' * 1975: ''[[Quel movimento che mi piace tanto]]'' * 1978: ''Il mondo porno di due sorelle'' * 1984: ''Il lebbroso'' * 1984: ''Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico''

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0744081}}

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