Director
Franco Rosso
85 years · Turin, Piedmont, Italy · 12 films
Franco Rosso (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016) was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England. He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film Babylon, about Black Jamaican youth in south London, which was backed by the National Film Finance Corporation.
Best known for
Filmography 12
The Nature of the Beast
1988 · Director
Struggle for Stonebridge
1987 · Director
64 Day Hero
1986 · Director, Producer
Ian Dury X.
1983 · Director, Writer
Babylon
1980 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Dread Beat and Blood
1979 · Director, Producer
All That Glitters
1974 · Director
The Mangrove Nine
1973 · Producer, Director
Right to Work March
1972 · Actor
Reggae
1971 · Editor
Bed Peace
1969 · Editor
Le avventure di Ulisse
1969 · Director