Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
16
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-08-29
Day of Death
2016-12-09 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Also Known As
Franco Giuseppe Rosso
Franco Rosso
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.
