Giannetto De Rossi Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Giannetto De Rossi

Giannetto De Rossi

Costume & Make-Up

Biography

Giannetto De Rossi (8 August 1942 – 11 April 2021) was Italian makeup and special effects artist for motion pictures. His career included work for several high-profile directors, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini, Franco Zeffirelli, and David Lynch; as well as collaborations with cult horror filmmakers Lucio Fulci and Alexandre Aja. He was known particularly for his highly-detailed and realistic prosthetic appliances, most visible in his horror output. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Special Effects for the Oscar-winning The Last Emperor (1987). One of his first special FX roles was as make-up artist for Joe D'Amato, whose film Emanuelle in America required detailed special FX for the notorious snuff film sequences. The gruesome effects produced by De Rossi, which included a woman's breasts being hacked off and multiple floggings, were so convincing that many thought them real snuff film scenes, and one actress complained that she had been traumatised by the effects. Early in his career, De Rossi worked with a number of well-known Italian directors, including Sergio Leone and Federico Fellini. A particularly notable collaboration was with Lucio Fulci on his horror film Zombi 2. De Rossi also worked with Fulci in two other films: The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery. Dino De Laurentiis hired De Rossi to create the on-set practical effects for two films in Mexico which he was producing, Dune and Conan the Destroyer. De Rossi created a number of memorable effects in the two films, including the fetus-shaped Spice Guild Navigator seen floating in a tank in Dune and the Dagoth monster suit worn by André the Giant in Conan the Destroyer. In the late 1980s he created the special makeup effects on Rambo III. For the scene in which Rambo heals himself by igniting gunpowder inside of a torso bullet wound, De Rossi rigged a device which caused flame to burst from both Sylvester Stallone's stomach and back at once. Stallone was so impressed by De Rossi's work that he hired him again for the make-up effects for Daylight, which was shot in Rome and put Stallone's son Sage Stallone in contact with Lucio Fulci. De Rossi created the title monster in the film Killer Crocodile, and directed the film's sequel, Killer Crocodile 2. He is also notable as the designer of the mask used in the film The Man in the Iron Mask. De Rossi continued creating FX for both Italian and American cinema, until his death on 11 April 2021 (coincidentally the same day as fellow Lucio Fulci collaborator Enzo Sciotti). Source: Article "Giannetto De Rossi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 movie poster
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
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Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2MOVIE
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Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2

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Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2
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Hanging ShadowsMOVIE
MOVIE

Hanging Shadows

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Hanging Shadows
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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King movie poster
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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King

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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
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Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist movie poster
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Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist

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Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
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Do You Remember Lucio Fulci? movie poster
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Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?

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Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
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Abicinema movie poster
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Abicinema

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Abicinema
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The Emmanuelle Effect movie poster
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The Emmanuelle Effect

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The Emmanuelle Effect
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Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'MOVIE
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Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'

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Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'
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Production

Rambo III movie poster
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Rambo III

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Rambo III
Makeup Artist
Emanuelle in America movie poster
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Emanuelle in America

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Emanuelle in America
Visual Effects
The House by the Cemetery movie poster
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The House by the Cemetery

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The House by the Cemetery
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Raiders of Atlantis movie poster
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Raiders of Atlantis

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Raiders of Atlantis
Makeup Effects
The Inner Circle movie poster
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The Inner Circle

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The Inner Circle
Key Makeup Artist
Killer Crocodile 2 movie poster
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Killer Crocodile 2

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Killer Crocodile 2
Screenplay
Killer Crocodile 2 movie poster
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Killer Crocodile 2

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Killer Crocodile 2
Director
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue movie poster
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The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

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The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Visual Effects
Cy-Warrior movie poster
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Cy-Warrior

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Cy-Warrior
Writer
Cy-Warrior movie poster
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Cy-Warrior

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Gallery

Giannetto De Rossi portrait