Franco Rosso
Director
Born: August 29, 1941 (75 years old)
Died: December 9, 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.