FILM DIRECTOR

Francesco Rosi

1922 - 2015

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Francesco Rosi (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈrɔːzi]; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian filmmaker, screenwriter and theatre director. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Rosi has received more than 252,723 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Francesco Rosi is the 181st most popular film director (up from 183rd in 2019), the 1,184th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,128th in 2019) 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 2,041Before 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 56Before 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 59Before 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 5,161Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 17Before 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).