Roberto Rossellin was an Italian film director who was part of the Neorealist movement. Born May 8 in 1906 and was able to bring to filmmaking a documentary-like authenticity, like in Rome, Open City movie. He is still considered one of the most influential directors of all time, as his neo-realist films influenced France’s nouvelle vague movement in the 1950s and ’60s that changed the face of international cinema.
Roberto Rossellini produced government propaganda shorts during World War II but was secretly affiliated with underground cinema. His 1945 film Roma città aperta used documentary footage of anti-Facist activities, as did his later films.
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