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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 film 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 238,122 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Francesco Rosi is the 183rd most popular film director (down from 173rd in 2019), the 1,131st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,109th 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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  • 40

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francesco Rosi ranks 183 out of 1,581Before him are Don Siegel, G. W. Pabst, Guy Ritchie, Dino Risi, Danny Boyle, and Alice Guy-Blaché. After him are Giuseppe Tornatore, James Ivory, Michael Cacoyannis, Ivan Reitman, Vincente Minnelli, and Stanley Kramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Francesco Rosi ranks 54Before him are Julius Nyerere, Robert W. Holley, Ademir de Menezes, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Cornelius Castoriadis, and Alberto Granado. After him are John B. Goodenough, Michael Cacoyannis, Har Gobind Khorana, Richard Hamilton, Lucian Freud, and Toots Thielemans. Among people deceased in 2015, Francesco Rosi ranks 54Before him are René Girard, Michele Ferrero, Fatema Mernissi, Ben E. King, Frei Otto, and Marshall Rosenberg. After him are Yoichiro Nambu, Mathieu Kérékou, Louis Jourdan, Yitzhak Navon, Boris Nemtsov, and Assia Djebar.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 1,131 out of 4,668Before him are Milonia Caesonia (7), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Marcomer (400), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Elsa Morante (1912), and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (-600). After him are Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Saint Maurus (512), Tina Modotti (1896), Romano Guardini (1885), Constantina (325), and Giovanni Sartori (1924).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Francesco Rosi ranks 17Before him are Frank Capra (1897), Dario Argento (1940), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), and Dino Risi (1916). After him are Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Liliana Cavani (1933), Mario Bava (1914), Marco Ferreri (1928), Lucio Fulci (1927), and Mario Monicelli (1915).

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