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Roberto Rossellini: Biography

Birth Name: Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini
Birth Place: Rome, Italy
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/08/1906, Taurus
Date of Death: 06/03/1977
Profession: Director; writer; producer

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Roberto Rossellini Fast Facts:

Got his initial break making fascist propaganda films during the reign of Benito Mussolini.
Early films like Rome, Open City made him a pioneer of the Italian Neo-realism movement.
Rome, Open City; Paisan; and Germany Year Zero constitute his famous "War Trilogy."
Francois Truffaut wrote in a 1963 article that Rossellini was the "father of the French New Wave."
Served as President of the Cannes Film Festival jury in 1977, which ended just days before he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Roberto Rossellini Relationships:
Assia Noris - Ex-wife
Sonali Das Gupta - Wife
Ingrid Bergman - Ex-wife
Isabella Rossellini - Daughter
Renzo Rossellini - Brother
Angiolo Giuseppe Rossellini - Father
Elettra Rossellini - Mother
Marcella De Marchis - Ex-wife
Renzo Rosselini - Son
Gil Rossellini - Son
Marco Romano Rossellini - Son
Roberto Ingmar Rossellini - Son
Ingrid Rossellini - Daughter
Raffaella - Daughter
Roberto Rossellini Awards:
1949 Oscar: Best Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Nominee

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