Franco Prosperi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franco Prosperi

1926-2004 Italian film director

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Oct-2004

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Franco Prosperi (2 September 1926 – 17 October 2004) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, active between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. Born Francesco Prosperi in Rome, Prosperi began his career as an assistant director with Mario Bava and with whom he also wrote several screenplays.
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.
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.