Person
Franco Rosso
Directing · 1941–2016 · Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Biography
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.
Known for
Kes
Assistant Editor
Babylon
Director
Bed Peace
Editor
Right to Work March
1972
The Nature of the Beast
Director
Ian Dury X.
Director
Dread Beat and Blood
Director
All That Glitters
Director
64 Day Hero
Director
Reggae
Editor
Filmography
- 1988The Nature of the BeastDirector
- 1987Struggle for StonebridgeDirector
- 198664 Day HeroDirector
- 1983Ian Dury X.Director
- 1980BabylonDirector
- 1979Dread Beat and BloodDirector
- 1974All That GlittersDirector
- 1973The Mangrove NineProducer
- 1972Right to Work March
- 1971ReggaeEditor
- 1970KesAssistant Editor
- 1969Bed PeaceEditor
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