Silvio Narizzano

Biography

Silvio Narizzano is among the vanguard of early English Canadian filmmakers that also included Sidney J. Furie, Ted Kotcheff, Norman Jewison, Lindsay Shonteff, and Arthur Hiller. Born in Montreal, his first theatrical work was with the city's Mountain Playhouse before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the first among the aforementioned Canadian filmmakers to emigrate to England to work in British television, and was creatively instrumental in the formation of Granada Television. In transitioning to cinema later than Furie, Kotcheff, and Jewison, he made his debut with the Hammer Studios classic Die! Die! My Darling (1965), before scoring his greatest acclaim as director of Georgy Girl (1966). He followed that up with Blue (1968), a misunderstood critical and commercial flop, but a film that remained, to him, the most personal film of his career. He continued making films in mainland Europe throughout the 70's, before returning to Canada to make Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977) and England to make The Class of Miss Macmichael (1978). Narizzano spent his twilight years in relative seclusion, having immersed himself in religious studies.

Directed

1. Fanatic (1965) — Director
2. Georgy Girl (1966) — Director
3. Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) — Director
4. Space Precinct (1994) — Director
5. Blue (1968) — Director
6. Loot (1970) — Director
7. Redneck (1973) — Director
8. The Sky is Falling (1975) — Director
9. Play for Today (1970) — Director
10. Choices (1981) — Director
11. Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977) — Director
12. The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1978) — Director
13. Country Matters (1972) — Director
14. Staying On (1980) — Director
15. Young Shoulders (1984) — Director
16. Pal (1971) — Director
17. Come Back, Little Sheba (1977) — Director
18. 24 Hours in a Woman's Life (1961) — Director
19. Laurence Olivier Presents (1976) — Director
20. Playhouse (1974) — Director
21. Story Parade (1964) — Director
22. The Wednesday Thriller (1965) — Director
23. Poet Game (1972) — Director
24. Thunder on Sycamore Street (1957) — Director
25. The Trial of Oscar Wilde (1960) — Director
26. The Public's Right to Know (1974) — Director
27. The Cafeteria (1974) — Director
28. The Little Farm (1973) — Director
29. The Simple Life — Director
30. Drama 61-67 (1961) — Director
31. On Trial (1960) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024) — Himself
2. Granada: From the North (1992) — Self
3. The Public's Right to Know (1974) — Self