- Known For
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- August 8, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Rome, Latium, Italy
- Died
- April 11, 2021
Giannetto De Rossi
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 convin…
Filmography
movieJorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020 · self
movieThe Emmanuelle Effect
2020 · Self
movieFulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
2011 · Self
moviePaura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008 · Self
Hanging Shadows
movieHanging Shadows
2007 · Self
Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'
movieQuelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'
2007 · Self
tvPompeii
2007 · Key Makeup Artist
movieDo You Remember Lucio Fulci?
2006 · Self
movieRing of the Nibelungs
2004 · Makeup Designer
Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2
movieBuilding a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2
2004 · Self
movieModigliani
2004 · Makeup Supervisor
movieHigh Tension
2003 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieUprising
2001 · Makeup Department Head
tvUprising
2001 · Makeup Department Head
movieAmici ahrarara
2001 · Makeup Department Head
movieHarrison's Flowers
2000 · Makeup Department Head
movieVatel
2000 · Makeup Supervisor
movieAsterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999 · Makeup Supervisor
movieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Makeup Supervisor
movieKull the Conqueror
1997 · Makeup Supervisor
movieDaylight
1996 · Makeup Supervisor
movieDragonHeart
1996 · Makeup Supervisor
movieCatherine the Great
1996 · Makeup Supervisor
movieTummy
1995 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Inner Circle
1992 · Key Makeup Artist
movieKiller Crocodile 2
1990 · Director, Screenplay
movieDr. M
1990 · Makeup Artist
movieKiller Crocodile
1989 · Makeup Artist
movieCy-Warrior
1989 · Director, Writer
movieRambo III
1988 · Makeup Artist
movieDune
1984 · Makeup Artist
movieConan the Destroyer
1984 · Makeup Designer
movieRaiders of Atlantis
1983 · Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist
movieState buoni se potete
1983 · Makeup Artist
movieLa traviata
1982 · Makeup Artist
moviePiranha II: The Spawning
1982 · Special Effects Supervisor, Makeup Designer
movieThe House by the Cemetery
1981 · Makeup Artist, Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThe Beyond
1981 · Makeup Artist, VFX Artist
movieCannibal Apocalypse
1980 · Makeup Artist
movieZombie Flesh Eaters
1979 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Humanoid
1979 · Makeup Artist
movieKing of the Gypsies
1978 · Makeup Artist
movieHolocaust 2000
1977 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieEmanuelle in America
1977 · Visual Effects
movieFellini's Casanova
1976 · Makeup Artist
movieEvil Thoughts
1976 · Makeup Artist
movie1900
1976 · Key Makeup Artist
movieAbicinema
1975 · Self
movieThe Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974 · Visual Effects, Makeup Artist
movieCome Home and Meet My Wife
1974 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Last Four Days
1974 · Makeup Artist
movieAsh Wednesday
1973 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Valdez Horses
1973 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Funny Face of the Godfather
1973 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
1972 · Makeup Supervisor
movieThe Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Eroticist
1972 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Valachi Papers
1972 · Makeup Artist
movieWhen Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong
1971 · Makeup Designer
movieIl furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
1971 · Makeup Artist
movieIo non spezzo... rompo
1971 · Makeup Artist
movieWaterloo
1970 · Makeup Artist
movieWhen Women Had Tails
1970 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Invincible Six
1970 · Makeup Designer
movieOnce Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Makeup Artist
movieOn My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967 · Makeup Supervisor
movieDoctor Faustus
1967 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Harem
1967 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967 · Makeup Artist
movieWake Up and Die
1966 · Makeup Artist
movieMe, Me, Me... and the Others
1966 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Possessed
1965 · Makeup Artist
movieSamson and Gideon
1965 · Makeup Artist
movieCorpse for the Lady
1964 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Maniacs
1964 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Thursday
1964 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Little Nuns
1963 · Makeup Artist
movieTarget: Girls
1963 · Makeup Artist
movieThe Hours of Love
1963 · Makeup Artist