Directing
Franco Zeffirelli
PT, IT, DE, EN cinema · 90 credits
Born
12 February 1923
Died
15 June 2019 (aged 96)
Birthplace
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Also known as Gianfranco Corsi
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
Filmography
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Stage Director, Director
Turandot
Director
La Traviata
2022
La Traviata
Stage Director, Production Design
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Director, Set Designer
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Set Designer, Production Design, Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Director, Production Design, Set Designer
The Opera House
as Self (archive footage)
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Director, Writer
Don Giovanni
Director
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Production Design
Carmen
Director
Puccini: Turandot
Production Design
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
as Self
Puccini: La Bohème
Director, Stage Director
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage)
Verdi: Aida
Director
La Boheme
Director
Bizet: Carmen
Stage Director
Luchino Visconti
as Self
Callas Forever
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
La Traviata
Director
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
Aida
Director
Don Giovanni
Production Design, Director
Tea with Mussolini
Director, Novel
Carmen
Director
Jane Eyre
Screenplay, Director
Sparrow
Screenplay, Director
Falstaff
Director, Production Design, Set Designer
Don Carlo
Director
The King of Ads
Director
Hamlet
Screenplay, Director
Don Giovanni
1990
Don Giovanni
Production Design
Young Toscanini
Director, Original Story
Pagliacci
Director
Turandot
Production Design, Director
Otello
Director, Adaptation, Production Design
Tosca
Set Designer, Director
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
1983
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
as self
La traviata
Adaptation, Director, Production Design
Cavalleria rusticana
Director
Puccini: La bohème
Director, Production Design, Set Designer
Endless Love
Director
The Champ
Director
La Bohème
Production Design, Director
Callas: A Documentary
as Narrator
Carmen
Director
Lorenzaccio
Stage Director
Verdi: Otello
Stage Director
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
as Self - Documentary host
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Screenplay, Director
Romeo and Juliet
Director, Screenplay
Our World
as Self
The Taming of the Shrew
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Much Ado About Nothing
Stage Director
For Florence
Director
La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
Director, Production Design
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Director, Lighting Supervisor
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Music Director, Stage Director
Camping
Director, Screenplay
The Bachelor
First Assistant Director
Senso
Assistant Director
Empty Eyes
First Assistant Director
Bellissima
Assistant Director
La Terra Trema
Assistant Director
Angelina
as Filippo Garrone
L'ACCADEMIA MUSICALE CHIGIANA
1947
L'ACCADEMIA MUSICALE CHIGIANA
Scenic Artist, Costume Coordinator