Franco Zeffirelli
- Directing
- February 12, 1923 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- June 15, 2019
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
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème · Stage Director, Director
- Giacomo Puccini: Turandot · Stage Director
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields · Self
- Georges Bizet: Carmen · Director
- Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist · Self
- Turandot · Director
- La Traviata · Stage Director, Production Design
- Carmen aus der Arena von Verona · Director
- The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot · Director
- Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore · Director, Set Designer
- La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper · Director
- The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot · Set Designer, Production Design
- La Traviata - Arena di Verona · Director
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème · Director, Production Design
- The Opera House · Self
- Zeffirelli's Inferno · Director, Writer
- Don Giovanni · Director
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films · Self
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · Self
- 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, Stage Director
- Callas Assoluta · Self
- 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, Screenplay
- Luchino Visconti · Self
- La Traviata · Director
- Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul · Self
- Aida · Director
- Don Giovanni · Production Design, Director
- Tea with Mussolini · Director, Novel
- Sternstunde Kunst · Self
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Carmen · Director
- Jane Eyre · Director, Screenplay
- A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota · Self
- Sparrow · Director, Screenplay
- Falstaff · Director, Production Design
- Don Carlo · Director
- The King of Ads · Director
- Hamlet · Director, Screenplay
- Don Giovanni · Production Design
- 12 Directors for 12 Cities · Director
- Young Toscanini · Director, Story
- Pagliacci · Director
- Turandot · Production Design, Director
- Otello · Director, Adaptation
- Tosca · Set Designer, Director
- Television
- StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas · Self
- La traviata · Director, Adaptation
- Cavalleria rusticana · Director
- Puccini: La bohème · Director, Production Design
- Endless Love · Director
- My Name Is Anna Magnani · Self
- The Champ · Director
- La Bohème · Production Design, Director
- Carmen · Director
- Otello - The Met · Director
- Callas: A Documentary · Narrator
- Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci · Director
- The South Bank Show
- Lorenzaccio · Stage Director
- Jesus of Nazareth · Director, Writer
- Verdi: Otello · Stage Director
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Apostrophes · Self
- Spécial cinéma · Self