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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-01-01 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Roma, Italy

Franco Prosperi

Biography:

Franco Prosperi is an Italian ethnographic filmmaker. He is a pioneer, with Gualtiero Jacopetti and Paolo Cavara, of the mondo genre.

Known For

Acting

2012

1983

Sweet and Savage as Narrator (voice)

1971

Goodbye Uncle Tom as Self (uncredited)

Directing

1984

Wild Beasts as Director

1975

Mondo Candido as Director

1971

Goodbye Uncle Tom as Director

1966

Africa Addio as Director

1963

Women of the World as Director
Mondo Cane 2 as Director

1962

Mondo Cane as Director

Writing

1988

Computron 22 as Writer

1984

Wild Beasts as Screenplay
Wild Beasts as Story

1975

Mondo Candido as Story
Mondo Candido as Screenplay

1971

1966

Africa Addio as Writer

1963

Mondo Cane 2 as Story
Mondo Cane 2 as Writer

Editing

1971

1966

Africa Addio as Editor

Production

1971

Goodbye Uncle Tom as Producer

Art

1963

Mondo Cane 2 as Production Design