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name: "Roy Rossotti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roy-rossotti"
roles: ["Assistant art director","Director"]
born: "29 March 1932"
died: "19 May 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:16:13.607289+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Roy Rossotti

Assistant art director and director. Born 29 March 1932 in London, England, UK. Died 19 May 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant art director, Director
- **Born:** 29 March 1932, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 19 May 2008
- **Active:** 1961–1962
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1377120

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

Roy Rossotti (1932–2008) was a British director and assistant director whose credits include work in film and television. He began his career in the art department on feature films in the early 1960s, serving as assistant art director on *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962) and set dresser on *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960).

He later worked as second unit director on David Lean's *Doctor Zhivago* (1965). Rossotti directed one episode of the television series *The Avengers* (1961) in 1967. He was married to model Jill Kennington from 1966 until his death in Epsom, Surrey, on 19 May 2008.

*Sources: imdb.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Fi1m 90, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)

## Also known for

- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Second Unit Director

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