Giannetto De Rossi
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Born:
Aug 08, 1942

Died:
Apr 11, 2021

Age: 78 Deceased

From:
Rome, Latium, Italy

Department:
Costume & Make-Up

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Giannetto De Rossi

Also known as: Gianetto De Rossi, Gino De Rossi, Gianeto Derossi, Giannetto de' Rossi, Giannetto dé Rossi

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 t...

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