FILM DIRECTOR

Francesco Rosi

1922 - 2015

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Francesco Rosi (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈrɔːzi]; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages, while the topics of his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward literature. He made his debut with his first self-directed film in 1958 and continued to direct until 1997, his last film being the adaptation of Primo Levi's book, The Truce. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Rosi is the 181st most popular film director, the 1,184th most popular biography from Italy and the 17th most popular Italian Film Director.

Francesco Rosi is most famous for his films "Salvatore Giuliano" and "The Mattei Affair."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francesco Rosi ranks 181 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Rivette, Gordon Parks, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jerzy Skolimowski, Don Siegel, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. After him are Blake Edwards, Theo van Gogh, Kathryn Bigelow, Jean Vigo, Jean Negulesco, and Miklós Jancsó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Francesco Rosi ranks 56. Before him are Michel Galabru, Betty White, Har Gobind Khorana, Robert W. Holley, Juan Antonio Villacañas, and Mao Anying. After him are Jake LaMotta, Blake Edwards, Alberto Granado, Oskar Werner, Marek Edelman, and Ken Noritake. Among people deceased in 2015, Francesco Rosi ranks 59. Before him are Michele Ferrero, Richard F. Heck, Assia Djebar, Pierre Brice, Louis Jourdan, and Marshall Rosenberg. After him are Maureen O'Hara, Zhelyu Zhelev, Rose Francine Rogombé, Setsuko Hara, Ben E. King, and Udo Lattek.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 1,184 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Melzi (1491), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508), Saint Susanna (280), Blessed Gerard (1047), and Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391). After him are Umberto Tozzi (1952), Pier Angeli (1932), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), and Giambattista Marino (1569).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 17. Before him are Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Dario Argento (1940), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), and Gillo Pontecorvo (1919). After him are Dino Risi (1916), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Joe D'Amato (1936), Liliana Cavani (1933), and Nanni Moretti (1953).

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