Franco Rosso

Birthday: 1941-08-29
Deathday: 2016-12-09
Birthplace: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1988-02-20 The Nature of the Beast
1987-01-01 Struggle for Stonebridge
1986-01-01 64 Day Hero
1983-08-01 Ian Dury X.
1980-11-07 Babylon
1979-09-01 Dread Beat an' Blood
1974-02-28 All That Glitters
1973-08-22 The Mangrove Nine