Franco Rosso

Franco Rosso

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Directing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1941-08-29

  • Day of Death

    2016-12-09 (75 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    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.

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