- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 12, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Died
- June 15, 2019
Franco Zeffirelli
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 OMR…
Filmography
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
movieGiacomo Puccini: Turandot
2024 · Stage Director
tvPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorges Bizet: Carmen
2022 · Director
movieFranco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022 · Self
movieTurandot
2022 · Director
La Traviata
movieLa Traviata
2022 · Stage Director, Production Design
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
movieCarmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022 · Director
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022 · Director
movieArena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020 · Director, Set Designer
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019 · Set Designer, Production Design
movieLa Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019 · Director
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018 · Director, Production Design, Set Designer
movieThe Opera House
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieZeffirelli's Inferno
2017 · Director, Writer
movieDon Giovanni
2015 · Director
movieThe Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self
movieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self - Director
movieCarmen (Arena di Verona)
2014 · Director
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2014 · Production Design
movieThe Mystery of Dante
2014 · Self
movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011 · Self
movieTurandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
2011 · Stage Director
movieCarmen
2010 · Director
moviePuccini: Turandot
2009 · Production Design
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
movieLuchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008 · Self
moviePuccini: La Bohème
2008 · Director
movieCallas Assoluta
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieVerdi: Aida
2006 · Director
tvLegends
2006 · Self
movieSartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006 · Self
movieLa Boheme
2004 · Director
movieMadama Butterfly
2004 · Director
movieMaria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004 · Self
movieBizet: Carmen
2003 · Stage Director
movieCallas Forever
2002 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
movieLuchino Visconti
2002 · Self
movieLa Traviata
2002 · Director
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
movieDino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001 · Self
movieAida
2001 · Director
movieDon Giovanni
2000 · Production Design, Director
movieTea with Mussolini
1999 · Director, Novel
Sternstunde Kunst
tvSternstunde Kunst
1998 · Self
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
movieCarmen
1997 · Director
movieJane Eyre
1996 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
1994 · Self
movieSparrow
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieFalstaff
1993 · Director, Production Design, Set Designer
movieDon Carlo
1992 · Director
movieThe King of Ads
1991 · Director
movieHamlet
1990 · Director, Screenplay
Don Giovanni
movieDon Giovanni
1990 · Production Design
movie12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · Director
movieYoung Toscanini
1988 · Director, Original Story
moviePagliacci
1987 · Director
movieTurandot
1987 · Production Design, Director
movieOtello
1986 · Director, Adaptation, Production Design
movieTosca
1985 · Set Designer, Director
tvTelevision
1985
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
movieStrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
1983 · self
movieLa traviata
1982 · Director, Adaptation, Production Design
movieCavalleria rusticana
1982 · Director
moviePuccini: La bohème
1982 · Director, Production Design, Set Designer
movieEndless Love
1981 · Director
movieMy Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Self
movieThe Champ
1979 · Director
movieLa Bohème
1979 · Production Design, Director
movieCarmen
1978 · Director
movieOtello - The Met
1978 · Director
movieCallas: A Documentary
1978 · Narrator
movieCavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
1978 · Director
movieLorenzaccio
1977 · Stage Director
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977 · Director, Writer, Creator
movieVerdi: Otello
1976 · Stage Director
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
moviePulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973 · Self - Documentary host
tvWho's Afraid of Opera?
1972 · Costume Designer
movieBrother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Director, Screenplay
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieRomeo and Juliet
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieOur World
1967 · Self
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1967 · Stage Director
movieFor Florence
1966 · Director
movieThe New Met: Countdown to Curtain
1966 · Self
aspekte
tvaspekte
1965 · Self
movieLa Bohème
1965 · Director, Production Design
movieMaria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964 · Director, Lighting Supervisor
movieMaria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962 · Music Director, Stage Director
tvTempo
1961 · Self
movieCamping
1958 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Bachelor
1955 · First Assistant Director
movieSenso
1954 · Assistant Director
movieEmpty Eyes
1953 · First Assistant Director
movieBellissima
1952 · Assistant Director
movieLa Terra Trema
1949 · Assistant Director
movieAngelina
1947 · Filippo Garrone