Franco Zeffirelli
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 12, 1923
- Died
- June 15, 2019 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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
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Filmography
Omaggio a Roma
Movie · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Movie · Stage Director
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Movie · Stage Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Movie · Director
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Movie · Director
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Movie · Director
Turandot
Movie · Director
La Traviata
Movie · Stage Director
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Movie · Director
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
Movie · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Movie · Director
La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Movie · Director
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Movie · Director
Don Giovanni
Movie · Director
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Movie · Director
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Movie · Director
Carmen
Movie · Director
Puccini: La Bohème
Movie · Director, Stage Director
Verdi: Aida
Movie · Director
Madama Butterfly
Movie · Director
La Boheme
Movie · Director
Bizet: Carmen
Movie · Stage Director
Callas Forever
Movie · Director
La Traviata
Movie · Director
Aida
Movie · Director
Don Giovanni
Movie · Director
Tea with Mussolini
Movie · Director
Carmen
Movie · Director
Jane Eyre
Movie · Director
Sparrow
Movie · Director
Falstaff
Movie · Director
Don Carlo
Movie · Director
The King of Ads
Movie · Director
Hamlet
Movie · Director
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Movie · Director
Young Toscanini
Movie · Director
Pagliacci
Movie · Director
Turandot
Movie · Director
Otello
Movie · Director
Tosca
Movie · Director
La traviata
Movie · Director
Cavalleria rusticana
Movie · Director
Puccini: La bohème
Movie · Director
Endless Love
Movie · Director
The Champ
Movie · Director
La Bohème
Movie · Director
Carmen
Movie · Director
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Movie · Director
Otello - The Met
Movie · Director
Lorenzaccio
Movie · Stage Director
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · Director · 4 eps
Verdi: Otello
Movie · Stage Director
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Movie · Director
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · Director
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · Director
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · Stage Director
For Florence
Movie · Director
La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
Movie · Director
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Movie · Director
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Movie · Stage Director
Camping
Movie · Director
The Bachelor
Movie · First Assistant Director
Senso
Movie · Assistant Director
Empty Eyes
Movie · First Assistant Director
Bellissima
Movie · Assistant Director
La Terra Trema
Movie · Assistant Director