Franco Zeffirelli
Director
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.
Filmography
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Director 2014
Angelina
as Filippo Garrone 1947
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
as Self 2014
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self 2001
Luchino Visconti
as Self 2002
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage) 2007
The Opera House
as Self (archive footage) 2017
The Mystery of Dante
as Self 2014
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
as Self 2022
My Name Is Anna Magnani
as Self 1980
Callas: A Documentary
as Narrator 1978
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
as Self 1994
Discovering Hamlet
as Self 2011
Our World
as Self 1967
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
as Self 1966
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
as Self 2008
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
as Self 2006