Nello Rossati (15 June 1942 – 16 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, Rossati studied at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and started his career on stage, as assistant director and occasional actor for notable directors such as

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and Luigi Squarzina. Rossati made his film directing and writing debut in 1971, with ''Bella di giorno, moglie di notte'', a low-budget erotic comedy starring Eva Czemerys, which enjoyed a moderate success. In the 1980s he adopted the stage name Ted Archer for a number of films, including ''

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'', an attempt of relaunching the Spaghetti Western genre which resulted in both a critical and commercial disappointment. He retired in the mid-1990s.

Filmography

* ''Bella di giorno moglie di notte'' (1971) * ''The Cat in Heat'' (1972) * ''Buona parte di Paolina'' (1973) * '' La nipote'' (1974) * '' L'infermiera'' (1975) * ''I figli non si toccano!'' (1978) * ''Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba'' (1979) * ''Le mani di una donna sola'' (1979) * ''A Woman in the Night'' (1979) * ''Fuga scabrosamente pericolosa'' (1985) * ''

'' (1987) * '' Alien Terminator'' (1988) * ''Tides of War'' (1990) * ''La carne e il diavolo'' (1992) (TV) * ''Il giorno del giudizio'' (1993)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossati, Nello 1942 births 2009 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from Adria Italian television directors 20th-century Italian male writers