Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 08, 1927
Died
Jul 26, 2011
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Credits
35 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
Himself
Space Precinct
Director
Granada: From the North
Self
Miss Marple
Director
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Director
Young Shoulders
Director
Choices
Director
Staying On
Director
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Director
Come Back, Little Sheba
Director
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Director
Laurence Olivier Presents
Director
The Sky is Falling
Director
The Cafeteria
Director
Playhouse
Director
The Public's Right to Know
Self
Fade In
Producer
Redneck
Director
The Little Farm
Director
Country Matters
Director
Poet Game
Director
Pal
Director
Play for Today
Director
Loot
Director
Blue
Director
Georgy Girl
Director
The Wednesday Thriller
Director
Fanatic
Director
Story Parade
Director
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Director
Drama 61-67
Director
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
Director
On Trial
Director
Thunder on Sycamore Street
Director
The Simple Life
Director