Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 12, 1923
Died
Jun 15, 2019
Place of Birth
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Credits
100 titles
Franco Zeffirelli
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.
Known For
Filmography
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Stage Director
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Director
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
Turandot
Director
La Traviata
Stage Director
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Director
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Production Design
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Director
The Opera House
Self (archive footage)
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Director
Don Giovanni
Director
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Director
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Production Design
The Mystery of Dante
Self
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Director
Carmen
Director
Puccini: Turandot
Production Design
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Self
Puccini: La Bohème
Director
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
Verdi: Aida
Director
Legends
Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Self
La Boheme
Director
Madama Butterfly
Director
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Self
Bizet: Carmen
Stage Director
Callas Forever
Director
Luchino Visconti
Self
La Traviata
Director
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
Aida
Director
Don Giovanni
Production Design
Tea with Mussolini
Novel
Sternstunde Kunst
Self
Vivement dimanche
Self
Carmen
Director
Jane Eyre
Screenplay
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
Self
Sparrow
Director
Falstaff
Director
Don Carlo
Director
The King of Ads
Director