Francesco De Robertis

Francesco De Robertis (16 October 1902 – 3 February 1959) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director. His semi-documentary film-making style of the early 1940s has been credited as an influence on the development of Italian neorealism.^[1]

Francesco De Robertis
Born	16 October 1902 San Marco in Lamis, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy
Died	3 February 1959 (1959-02-04) (aged 56) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1940-1957 (film)

Selected filmography

Director

• Men on the Sea Floor (1941)
• The Lovers of Ravello (1951)
• Heroic Charge (1952)
• Uomini ombra (1954)
• Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare) (1954)

Screenwriter

• The White Ship (1941)