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 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.
50 directing credits · 30 acting credits
Directing · 50
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Romeo and Juliet
1968
Endless Love
1981
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
Hamlet
1990
Jane Eyre
1996
The Champ
1979
Tea with Mussolini
1999
Callas Forever
2002
The King of Ads
1991
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Young Toscanini
1988
Sparrow
1994
Cavalleria rusticana
1982
La traviata
1982
Turandot
1987
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020
Otello
1986
Pagliacci
1987
Carmen
1978
Carmen
1997
Camping
1958
Carmen
2010
Tosca
1985
Aida
2001
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989
La Traviata
2002
Don Giovanni
2000
Turandot
2022
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964
La Bohème
1965
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019
Falstaff
1993
Don Giovanni
2015
Verdi: Aida
2006
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022
Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017
La Boheme
2004
Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018
Puccini: La Bohème
2008
Puccini: La bohème
1982
Madama Butterfly
2004
For Florence
1966
Otello - The Met
1978
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022
Don Carlo
1992
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
1978
La Bohème
1979
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014
Acting · 30
Vivement dimanche
1998
Apostrophes
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Spécial cinéma
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
aspekte
1965
Legends
2006
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Tempo
1961
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
Discovering Hamlet
2011
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
The Mystery of Dante
2014
Callas Assoluta
2007
The Opera House
2017
Callas: A Documentary
1978
Luchino Visconti
2002
Our World
1967
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008
Angelina
1947
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
1994
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
1966
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
1983