{{Short description|Italian director and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Nello Rossati | image= | caption= | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date|15 June 1942}} | birth_place =Adria, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|16 October 2009|15 June 1942|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy |resting_place= | spouse = | children = | years_active = | occupation = Director, screenwriter }} '''Nello Rossati''' (15 June 1942 – 16 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

== Life and career ==

Born in Adria, Rossati studied at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and started his career on stage, as assistant director and occasional actor for notable directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Giorgio Albertazzi, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Luigi Squarzina.<ref name=bioe2>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref>

Rossati made his film directing and writing debut in 1971, with ''Bella di giorno, moglie di notte'', a low-budget erotic comedy starring Eva Czemerys, which enjoyed a moderate success.<ref name=bioe2>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref> In the 1980s he adopted the stage name '''Ted Archer''' for a number of films, including ''Django Strikes Again'', an attempt of relaunching the Spaghetti Western genre which resulted in both a critical and commercial disappointment.<ref name=bioe2>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> He retired in the mid-1990s.<ref name=bioe2>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref>

== Filmography == {{div col}} * ''Bella di giorno moglie di notte'' (1971) * ''The Cat in Heat'' (1972) * ''Buona parte di Paolina'' (1973) * ''La nipote'' (1974) * ''The Sensuous Nurse'' (1975) * ''I figli non si toccano!'' (1978) * ''Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba'' (1979) * ''Le mani di una donna sola'' (1979) * ''A Woman in the Night'' (1979) * ''Fuga scabrosamente pericolosa'' (1985) * ''Django Strikes Again'' (1987) * ''Alien Terminator'' (1988) * ''Tides of War'' (1990) * ''La carne e il diavolo'' (1992) (TV) * ''Il giorno del giudizio'' (1993) {{div col end}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rossati, Nello}} Category:1942 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Italian film directors Category:20th-century Italian screenwriters Category:Italian male screenwriters Category:People from Adria Category:Italian television directors Category:20th-century Italian male writers