Giannetto De Rossi
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- August 8, 1942
- Died
- April 11, 2021 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Rome, Latium, Italy
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.
Known For
Filmography
Pompeii
TV · Key Makeup Artist · 2 eps
Ring of the Nibelungs
Movie · Makeup Designer
Modigliani
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
High Tension
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Amici ahrarara
Movie · Makeup Department Head
Uprising
Movie · Makeup Department Head
Uprising
TV · Makeup Department Head · 2 eps
Harrison's Flowers
Movie · Makeup Department Head
Vatel
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
Kull the Conqueror
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
Daylight
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
DragonHeart
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
Catherine the Great
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
The Inner Circle
Movie · Key Makeup Artist
Dr. M
Movie · Makeup Artist
Killer Crocodile
Movie · Makeup Artist
Rambo III
Movie · Makeup Artist
Dune
Movie · Makeup Artist
Conan the Destroyer
Movie · Makeup Designer
State buoni se potete
Movie · Makeup Artist
Raiders of Atlantis
Movie · Makeup Artist
La traviata
Movie · Makeup Artist
Piranha II: The Spawning
Movie · Makeup Designer, Prosthetic Supervisor
The House by the Cemetery
Movie · Makeup Artist, Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Beyond
Movie · Makeup Artist
Cannibal Apocalypse
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Humanoid
Movie · Makeup Artist
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Movie · Makeup Artist
King of the Gypsies
Movie · Makeup Artist
Holocaust 2000
Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Fellini's Casanova
Movie · Makeup Artist
1900
Movie · Key Makeup Artist
Evil Thoughts
Movie · Makeup Artist
Come Home and Meet My Wife
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Last Four Days
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Funny Face of the Godfather
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Valdez Horses
Movie · Makeup Artist
Ash Wednesday
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Eroticist
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Valachi Papers
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
Movie · Makeup Artist
Io non spezzo... rompo
Movie · Makeup Artist
When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong
Movie · Makeup Designer
When Women Had Tails
Movie · Makeup Artist
Waterloo
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Invincible Six
Movie · Makeup Designer
Once Upon a Time in the West
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Harem
Movie · Makeup Artist
Doctor Faustus
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · Makeup Artist
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
Movie · Makeup Supervisor
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Movie · Makeup Artist
Wake Up and Die
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Possessed
Movie · Makeup Artist
Samson and Gideon
Movie · Makeup Artist
Corpse for the Lady
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Thursday
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Maniacs
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Hours of Love
Movie · Makeup Artist
Target: Girls
Movie · Makeup Artist
The Little Nuns
Movie · Makeup Artist