About
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...
Known for
DuneMovie • 1984
Once Upon a Time in the WestMovie • 1968
Rambo IIIMovie • 1988
The Man in the Iron MaskMovie • 1998
DragonHeartMovie • 1996
Conan the DestroyerMovie • 1984
UprisingMovie • 2001
High TensionMovie • 2003
Asterix and Obelix Take On CaesarMovie • 1999
DaylightMovie • 1996
VatelMovie • 2000
Piranha II: The SpawningMovie • 1982
The BeyondMovie • 1981
1900Movie • 1976
The EroticistMovie • 1972
Zombie Flesh EatersMovie • 1979
The Taming of the ShrewMovie • 1967
Harrison's FlowersMovie • 2000
Ring of the NibelungsMovie • 2004
The House by the CemeteryMovie • 1981
Raiders of AtlantisMovie • 1983
ModiglianiMovie • 2004
WaterlooMovie • 1970
The Last Four DaysMovie • 1974