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Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli

Director · Born 1923-02-12 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Biography

Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli KBE, Grande Ufficiale OMRI (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), commonly known as Franco Zeffirelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko dzeffiˈrɛlli]), was an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was also a senator from 1994 until 2001 for the Italian centre-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics. He was also known for several of the movies he directed, especially the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His 1967 version of The Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remains the best-known film adaptation of that play as well. His miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown on Christmas and Easter in many countries. A Grande Ufficiale OMRI of the Italian Republic since 1977, Zeffirelli also received an honorary British knighthood in 2004 when he was created a KBE. He was awarded the Premio Colosseo in 2009 by the city of Rome.

Directed

  1. Romeo and Juliet (1968) — Director
  2. Jesus of Nazareth (1977) — Director
  3. Hamlet (1990) — Director
  4. Endless Love (1981) — Director
  5. Jane Eyre (1996) — Director
  6. The Champ (1979) — Director
  7. The Taming of the Shrew (1967) — Director
  8. Tea with Mussolini (1999) — Director
  9. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) — Director
  10. Callas Forever (2002) — Director
  11. Sparrow (1994) — Director
  12. La traviata (1982) — Director
  13. Otello (1986) — Director
  14. The King of Ads (1991) — Director
  15. Young Toscanini (1988) — Director
  16. 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989) — Director
  17. Turandot (1987) — Director
  18. Pagliacci (1987) — Director
  19. Camping (1958) — Director
  20. La Bohème (1965) — Director
  21. Cavalleria rusticana (1982) — Director
  22. For Florence (1966) — Director
  23. Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (1978) — Director
  24. Falstaff (1993) — Director
  25. Tosca (1985) — Director
  26. Verdi: Aida (2006) — Director
  27. Carmen (1978) — Director
  28. Don Giovanni (2000) — Director
  29. Aida (2001) — Director
  30. The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot (2022) — Director
  31. Don Carlo (1992) — Director
  32. Zeffirelli's Inferno (2017) — Director
  33. Carmen (1997) — Director
  34. La Traviata (2002) — Director
  35. The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème (2018) — Director
  36. Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona (2011) — Director
  37. La Traviata - Arena di Verona (2019) — Director
  38. Puccini: La Bohème (2008) — Director
  39. Carmen (Arena di Verona) (2014) — Director
  40. Carmen aus der Arena von Verona (2022) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) — Self - Director
  2. Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023) — Self (archive footage)
  3. Angelina (1947) — Filippo Garrone
  4. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014) — Self
  5. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  6. Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001) — Self
  7. Film '72 (1971) — Self
  8. Luchino Visconti (2002) — Self
  9. Callas Assoluta (2007) — Self (archive footage)
  10. The Opera House (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  11. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
  12. My Name Is Anna Magnani (1980) — Self
  13. Callas: A Documentary (1978) — Narrator
  14. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  15. A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota (1994) — Self
  16. Discovering Hamlet (2011) — Self
  17. The Mystery of Dante (2014) — Self
  18. Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist (2022) — Self
  19. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  20. aspekte (1965) — Self
  21. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
  22. Legends (2006) — Self
  23. Tempo (1961) — Self
  24. Television (1985)
  25. Our World (1967) — Self
  26. The New Met: Countdown to Curtain (1966) — Self
  27. Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel (2008) — Self
  28. Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema (2006) — Self
  29. Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love (2004) — Self
  30. Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi (1973) — Self - Documentary host
  31. StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas (1983) — self
  32. Sternstunde Kunst (1998) — Self