# Franco Rossetti

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Italian film director and screenwriter (1930–2018)

Franco Rossetti Born (1930-10-01)1 October 1930 Siena, Tuscany, Italy Died 11 June 2018(2018-06-11) (aged 87) Rome, Italy Other names Fred Gardner, Frank Ross Occupations Film director, screenwriter

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

## Life and career

Born in [Siena](/source/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](/source/Spaghetti_Western) genre, Rossetti developed a solid reputation as a screenwriter, especially thanks to the screenplays of *[Django](/source/Django_(1966_film))*, *[Texas, Adios](/source/Texas%2C_Adios)* and *[Johnny Oro](/source/Johnny_Oro)*.[1] He made his directorial debut in 1967 with the western *[The Dirty Outlaws](/source/The_Dirty_Outlaws)*, and then he directed seven more films, spanning different genres.[1][2] Rossetti died in [Rome](/source/Rome) on 11 June 2018, at the age of 87.[3]

## Filmography

- 1967: *[The Dirty Outlaws](/source/The_Dirty_Outlaws)*

- 1969: *Delitto al circolo del tennis*

- 1972: *[Una cavalla tutta nuda](/source/Una_cavalla_tutta_nuda)*

- 1974: *Nipoti miei diletti*

- 1975: *[Quel movimento che mi piace tanto](/source/Quel_movimento_che_mi_piace_tanto)*

- 1978: *Il mondo porno di due sorelle*

- 1984: *Il lebbroso*

- 1984: *Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_1-2) Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8804572770](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8804572770).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-60-69_a-l_2-0)** Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. *Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film*. Gremese Editore, 1992. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8876055932](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8876055932).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Franco Rossetti, è morto uno degli sceneggiatori di "Django""](https://www.blitzquotidiano.it/cinema/franco-rossetti-e-morto-uno-degli-sceneggiatori-di-django-2889106/). Blitz. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

## External links

- [Franco Rossetti](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744081/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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