Franco Zeffirelli
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 12, 1923, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- Died
- June 15, 2019
- Movies
- 73
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist | Self |
| 2017 | The Opera House | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Self |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Director |
| 2014 | The Mystery of Dante | Self |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Self |
| 2008 | Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel | Self |
| 2007 | Callas Assoluta | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema | Self |
| 2004 | Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love | Self |
| 2002 | Luchino Visconti | Self |
| 2001 | Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul | Self |
| 1994 | A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota | Self |
| 1983 | StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas | self |
| 1980 | My Name Is Anna Magnani | Self |
| 1978 | Callas: A Documentary | Narrator |
| 1973 | Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi | Self - Documentary host |
| 1967 | Our World | Self |
| 1966 | The New Met: Countdown to Curtain | Self |
| 1947 | Angelina | Filippo Garrone |
Directing, Writing & Producing
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