Franco Zeffirelli
72 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Feb 12, 1923
- Died
- Jun 15, 2019 (age 96)
- Place of birth
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Also known as
- Gianfranco Corsi
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Franco Zeffirelli: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 1985
- 1978 Callas: A Documentary
as Narrator
- 1947 Angelina
as Filippo Garrone
Behind the camera (72)
- Upcoming Omaggio a Roma
Director
- 2025 The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Stage Director, Director
- 2024 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Stage Director
- 2022 Georges Bizet: Carmen
Director
- 2022 Turandot
Director
- 2022 La Traviata
Stage Director, Production Design
- 2022 Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Director
- 2022 The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Director
- 2020 Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Director, Set Designer
- 2019 La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper
Director
- 2019 The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Set Designer, Production Design, Director
- 2019 La Traviata - Arena di Verona
Director
- 2018 The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Director, Production Design, Set Designer
- 2017 Zeffirelli's Inferno
Director, Writer
- 2015 Don Giovanni
Director
- 2014 Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Director
- 2014 The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Production Design
- 2011
- 2010 Carmen
Director
- 2009 Puccini: Turandot
Production Design
- 2008 Puccini: La Bohème
Director, Stage Director
- 2006 Verdi: Aida
Director
- 2004 La Boheme
Director
- 2004 Madama Butterfly
Director
- 2003 Bizet: Carmen
Stage Director
- 2002 Callas Forever
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
- 2002 La Traviata
Director
- 2001 Aida
Director
- 2000 Don Giovanni
Production Design, Director
- 1999 Tea with Mussolini
Director, Novel
- 1997 Carmen
Director
- 1996 Jane Eyre
Screenplay, Director
- 1994 Sparrow
Screenplay, Director
- 1993 Falstaff
Director, Production Design, Set Designer
- 1992 Don Carlo
Director
- 1991 The King of Ads
Director
- 1990 Hamlet
Screenplay, Director
- 1990 Don Giovanni
Production Design
- 1989 12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
- 1988 Young Toscanini
Director, Original Story
- 1987 Pagliacci
Director
- 1987 Turandot
Production Design, Director
- 1986 Otello
Director, Adaptation, Production Design
- 1985 Tosca
Set Designer, Director
- 1982 La traviata
Adaptation, Director, Production Design
- 1982 Cavalleria rusticana
Director
- 1982 Puccini: La bohème
Director, Production Design, Set Designer
- 1981 Endless Love
Director
- 1979 The Champ
Director
- 1979 La Bohème
Production Design, Director
- 1978 Carmen
Director
- 1978 Otello - The Met
Director
- 1978 Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Director
- 1977 Lorenzaccio
Stage Director
- 1977
- 1976 Verdi: Otello
Stage Director
- 1972
- 1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Screenplay, Director
- 1968 Romeo and Juliet
Director, Screenplay
- 1967 The Taming of the Shrew
Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 1967 Much Ado About Nothing
Stage Director
- 1966 For Florence
Director
- 1965 La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
Director, Production Design
- 1964 Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Director, Lighting Supervisor
- 1962 Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Music Director, Stage Director
- 1958 Camping
Director, Screenplay
- 1955 The Bachelor
First Assistant Director
- 1954 Senso
Assistant Director
- 1953 Empty Eyes
First Assistant Director
- 1952 Bellissima
Assistant Director
- 1949 La Terra Trema
Assistant Director
- 1947 L'ACCADEMIA MUSICALE CHIGIANA
Scenic Artist, Costume Coordinator
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- 2023 Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
1 episode
- 2022
- 2017
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2011
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 Legends
1 episode
- 2006
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
- 1998 Sternstunde Kunst
1 episode
- 1998 Vivement dimanche
1 episode
- 1994
- 1983
- 1980
- 1978 The South Bank Show
1 episode
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1 episode
- 1975 Apostrophes
1 episode
- 1974 Spécial cinéma
3 episodes
- 1973
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965 aspekte
1 episode
- 1961 Tempo
1 episode