Francesco Rosi (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. While the topics for his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward literature, he continued to direct until 1997, his last film being the Primo Levi book adaptation The Truce. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francesco Rosi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Francesco Rosi

Directing Born November 15, 1922 – Died January 10, 2015 Naples, Campania, Italy

Francesco Rosi (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. While the topics for his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward literature, he continued to direct until 1997, his last film being the Primo Levi book adaptation The Truce.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Francesco Rosi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Spécial cinéma

Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Midi trente

Self (archive footage)

Ciné regards

Self

The Mattei Affair

Self (uncredited)

Salvatore Giuliano

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

Self

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté

Self - Interviewee

Morceaux de Cannes

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Self