Franco Zeffirelli

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

Apostrophes

Vivement dimanche

Spécial cinéma

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Le Grand Échiquier

Legends

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

All Movies (20)

• Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist2022 · as Self
• The Opera House2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Self
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Self - Director
• The Mystery of Dante2014 · as Self
• Discovering Hamlet2011 · as Self
• Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel2008 · as Self
• Callas Assoluta2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema2006 · as Self
• Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love2004 · as Self
• Luchino Visconti2002 · as Self
• Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul2001 · as Self
• A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota1994 · as Self
• StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas1983 · as self
• My Name Is Anna Magnani1980 · as Self
• Callas: A Documentary1978 · as Narrator
• Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi1973 · as Self - Documentary host
• Our World1967 · as Self
• The New Met: Countdown to Curtain1966 · as Self
• Angelina1947 · as Filippo Garrone

All TV Shows (12)

• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Legends2006 · as Self
• Sternstunde Kunst1998 · as Self
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Television1985
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• aspekte1965 · as Self
• Tempo1961 · as Self