Franco Prosperi

Franco Prosperi (2 September 1926 – 17 October 2004) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, active between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s.

This article is about the director of fictional films. For the documentary filmmaker, see Franco Prosperi (disambiguation).

Franco Prosperi
Born
Francesco Prosperi

(1926-09-02)2 September 1926
Rome, Italy
Died17 October 2004(2004-10-17) (aged 78)
Rome, Italy
Other namesFrank Shannon
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter

Born Francesco Prosperi in Rome, Prosperi began his career as an assistant director with Mario Bava and with whom he also wrote several screenplays.[1] In 1966, he made his directorial debut, credited as Frank Shannon, with the thriller film, Tecnica di un omicidio and over the years he built a solid reputation as a director of crime-action films.[1] He also occasionally directed comedies (with Lando Buzzanca or Alighiero Noschese) and, in the final stage of his career, at the beginning of the 1980s, several low-budget sword and sorcery films.[1]

Selected filmography
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References
  1. Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.


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