Franco Rosso

Known for Directing

Franco Rosso's portrait

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Birthday: August 29, 1941

Deathday: December 09, 2016

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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1980