Franco Rossetti

Franco Rossetti (1 October 1930 – 11 June 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Franco Rossetti
Born	(1930-10-01)1 October 1930 Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Died	11 June 2018(2018-06-11) (aged 87) Rome, Italy
Other names	Fred Gardner, Frank Ross
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

Life and career

Born in Siena, Rossetti started his career as a film critic, then in the early 1950s he entered the film industry as an assistant director.^[1] With the rise of the Spaghetti Western genre, Rossetti developed a solid reputation as a screenwriter, especially thanks to the screenplays of Django, Texas, Adios and Johnny Oro.^[1] He made his directorial debut in 1967 with the western The Dirty Outlaws, and then he directed seven more films, spanning different genres.^[1][2] Rossetti died in Rome on 11 June 2018, at the age of 87.^[3]

Filmography

• 1967: The Dirty Outlaws
• 1969: Delitto al circolo del tennis
• 1972: Una cavalla tutta nuda
• 1974: Nipoti miei diletti
• 1975: Quel movimento che mi piace tanto
• 1978: Il mondo porno di due sorelle
• 1984: Il lebbroso
• 1984: Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico