Franco Prosperi

Franco Prosperi

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1928 (age 98)

Birthplace

Roma, Italy

Biography

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

Best known work

Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane
1962
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Goodbye Uncle Tom
1971
Africa Blood and Guts
Africa Blood and Guts
1966
Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts
1984
Mondo Cane 2
Mondo Cane 2
1963
Mondo candido
Mondo candido
1975
Women of the World
Women of the World
1963
Sweet and Savage
Sweet and Savage
1983
Computron 22
Computron 22
1988
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
2012

Filmography

  1. 2012

    The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti

    as Self

  2. 1988

    Computron 22

    Writer

  3. 1984

    Wild Beasts

    Director, Screenplay, Story

  4. 1983

    Sweet and Savage

    as Narrator (voice)

  5. 1975

    Mondo candido

    Director, Story, Screenplay

  6. 1971

    Goodbye Uncle Tom

    as Self (uncredited), Director, Editor, Writer, Producer

  7. 1966

    Africa Blood and Guts

    Director, Writer, Editor

  8. 1963

    Mondo Cane 2

    Director, Story, Writer, Production Design

  9. 1963

    Women of the World

    Director, Writer, Story

  10. 1962

    Mondo Cane

    Director

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