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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Character:Self
Release Date:31/08/2022
The Opera House
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/2017
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Character:Self - Director
Release Date:06/10/2014
The Mystery of Dante
Character:Self
Release Date:14/02/2014
Discovering Hamlet
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2011
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2008
Callas Assoluta
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/12/2007
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2006
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Luchino Visconti
Character:Self
Release Date:23/06/2002
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2001
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
Character:Self
Release Date:28/06/1994
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
Character:self
Release Date:01/01/1983
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/1980
Callas: A Documentary
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/09/1978
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
Character:Self - Documentary host
Release Date:25/12/1973
Our World
Character:Self
Release Date:25/06/1967
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/1966
Angelina
Character:Filippo Garrone
Release Date:12/11/1947
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