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Giannetto De Rossi

Costume & Make-Up·August 8, 1942·† April 11, 2021 — 78 years old·Rome, Latium, Italy

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.

Known For

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

Rambo III

Rambo III

Dune

Dune

DragonHeart

DragonHeart

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar

Daylight

Daylight

Conan the Destroyer

Conan the Destroyer

High Tension

High Tension

1900

1900

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Zombie Flesh Eaters

The Beyond

The Beyond

Filmography · 79

2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film Kingself 2020The Emmanuelle EffectSelf 2011Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura ProtagonistSelf 2008Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1Self 2007Hanging ShadowsSelf 2007Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'Self 2007PompeiiTVKey Makeup Artist 2006Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?Self 2004Ring of the NibelungsMakeup Designer 2004Building a Better Zombi: Retrospective of Zombi 2Self 2004ModiglianiMakeup Supervisor 2003High TensionSpecial Effects Makeup Artist 2001UprisingMakeup Department Head 2001UprisingTVMakeup Department Head 2001Amici ahrararaMakeup Department Head 2000Harrison's FlowersMakeup Department Head 2000VatelMakeup Supervisor 1999Asterix and Obelix Take On CaesarMakeup Supervisor 1998The Man in the Iron MaskMakeup Supervisor 1997Kull the ConquerorMakeup Supervisor 1996DaylightMakeup Supervisor 1996DragonHeartMakeup Supervisor 1996Catherine the GreatMakeup Supervisor 1995TummyDirector · Screenplay 1992The Inner CircleKey Makeup Artist 1990Killer Crocodile 2Director · Screenplay 1990Dr. MMakeup Artist 1989Killer CrocodileMakeup Artist 1989Cy-WarriorDirector · Writer 1988Rambo IIIMakeup Artist 1984DuneMakeup Artist 1984Conan the DestroyerMakeup Designer 1983Raiders of AtlantisMakeup Effects · Makeup Artist 1983State buoni se poteteMakeup Artist 1982La traviataMakeup Artist 1982Piranha II: The SpawningSpecial Effects Supervisor · Makeup Designer 1981The House by the CemeteryMakeup Artist · Special Effects Makeup Artist · Special Effects 1981The BeyondMakeup Artist · VFX Artist 1980Cannibal ApocalypseMakeup Artist 1979Zombie Flesh EatersMakeup Artist 1979The HumanoidMakeup Artist 1978King of the GypsiesMakeup Artist 1977Holocaust 2000Special Effects Makeup Artist 1977Emanuelle in AmericaVisual Effects 1976Fellini's CasanovaMakeup Artist 1976Evil ThoughtsMakeup Artist 19761900Key Makeup Artist 1975AbicinemaSelf 1974The Living Dead at Manchester MorgueVisual Effects · Makeup Artist 1974Come Home and Meet My WifeMakeup Artist 1974The Last Four DaysMakeup Artist 1973Ash WednesdayMakeup Artist 1973The Valdez HorsesMakeup Artist 1973The Funny Face of the GodfatherMakeup Artist 1972The Mighty Anselmo and His SquireMakeup Supervisor 1972The Most Wonderful Evening of My LifeMakeup Artist 1972The EroticistMakeup Artist 1972The Valachi PapersMakeup Artist 1971When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-DongMakeup Designer 1971Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...Makeup Artist 1971Io non spezzo... rompoMakeup Artist 1970WaterlooMakeup Artist 1970When Women Had TailsMakeup Artist 1970The Invincible SixMakeup Designer 1968Once Upon a Time in the WestMakeup Artist 1967On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...Makeup Supervisor 1967Doctor FaustusMakeup Artist 1967The HaremMakeup Artist 1967The Taming of the ShrewMakeup Artist 1966Wake Up and DieMakeup Artist 1966Me, Me, Me... and the OthersMakeup Artist 1965The PossessedMakeup Artist 1965Samson and GideonMakeup Artist 1964Corpse for the LadyMakeup Artist 1964The ManiacsMakeup Artist 1964The ThursdayMakeup Artist 1963The Little NunsMakeup Artist 1963Target: GirlsMakeup Artist 1963The Hours of LoveMakeup Artist

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