Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2015)

Francesco Rosi

Italian film director

Francesco Rosi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages, while the topics of his later films…