Francesco De Robertis

Francesco De Robertis (16 October 1902 – 3 February 1959) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director. His semi-documentary film-making style of the early 1940s has been credited as an influence on the development of Italian neorealism.

Francesco De Robertis
Born	16 October 1902 San Marco in Lamis, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy
Died	3 February 1959 (1959-02-04) (aged 56) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1940-1957 (film)

Selected filmography

Director

• Men on the Sea Floor (1941)
• The Lovers of Ravello (1951)
• Heroic Charge (1952)
• Uomini ombra (1954)
• Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare) (1954)

Screenwriter

• The White Ship (1941)

Bibliography

• Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Continuum, 2009.

External links

• Francesco De Robertis at IMDb