Franco Committeri

{{Short description|Italian film producer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date|17 August 1924}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|11 October 2001|17 August 1924}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

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Franco Committeri (17 August 1924 – 11 October 2001) was an Italian film producer.

Born in Rome, Committeri started his career in the late 1950s as managing director of the film companies Istituto Luce and Cei Incom. In 1964 he became an independent producer, first founding the production company Jupiter and later establishing the company Massfilm. He produced almost all the films directed by Ettore Scola during this time, as well as works by Nino Manfredi, Luigi Magni, Elio Petri, Ugo Tognazzi and Marco Bellocchio.{{cite news|title=E' morto il produttore Franco Committeri|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/e-morto-il-produttore-franco-committeri/194733/|accessdate=30 September 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=12 October 2001|archive-date=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003093113/http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/e-morto-il-produttore-franco-committeri/194733/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Dante Matelli|title=Il produttore: Franco Committeri|work=Ciak|issue=6|date=September 1985|pages=94–7}}

During his career Committeri won several awards, including a David di Donatello in 1981 and a Silver Ribbon in 1987.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}} He was also an occasional actor.