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Franco Rosso

Franco Rosso

Director · Born 1941-08-29 · Turin, Piedmont, Italy

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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.

Directed

  1. Babylon (1980) — Director
  2. The Nature of the Beast (1988) — Director
  3. Dread Beat and Blood (1979) — Director
  4. The Mangrove Nine (1973) — Director
  5. Ian Dury X. (1983) — Director
  6. Struggle for Stonebridge (1987) — Director
  7. 64 Day Hero (1986) — Director
  8. All That Glitters (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Right to Work March (1972)