Franco Zeffirelli

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-02-12 (96 years old)

Deathday

2019-06-15

Place of Birth

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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 Richar...

Production

1990

Hamlet

as Director

1990

Hamlet

as Screenplay

1972

1999

1999

1979

The Champ

as Director

1968

Romeo and Juliet

as Director

1967

1994

Sparrow

as Director

1994

Sparrow

as Screenplay

1996

Jane Eyre

as Screenplay

1996

Jane Eyre

as Director

2002

Callas Forever

as Director

1982

La traviata

as Director

1982

La traviata

as Adaptation

1981

Endless Love

as Director

1958

Camping

as Director

1987

Pagliacci

as Director

1986

Otello

as Director

2001

Aida

as Director

1988

Young Toscanini

as Director

1988

Young Toscanini

as Original Story

1965

La Bohème

as Director

1955

The Bachelor

as First Assistant Director

1990

Don Giovanni

as Production Design

2008

2002

Callas Forever

as Screenplay

2002

Callas Forever

as Original Story

1976

Verdi: Otello

as Stage Director

1992

Don Carlo

as Director

2006

Verdi: Aida

as Director

2017

1968

Romeo and Juliet

as Screenplay

2003

Bizet: Carmen

as Stage Director

1987

Turandot

as Director

2009

Puccini: Turandot

as Production Design

1987

Turandot

as Production Design

1949

La Terra Trema

as Assistant Director

1952

Bellissima

as Assistant Director

1953

Empty Eyes

as First Assistant Director

1978

Carmen

as Director

1954

Senso

as Assistant Director

2010

Carmen

as Director

1997

Carmen

as Director

1958

Camping

as Screenplay

1985

Tosca

as Set Designer

1965

La Bohème

as Production Design

2014

2004

Madama Butterfly

as Director

1982

1966

For Florence

as Director

2002

La Traviata

as Director

1991

The King of Ads

as Director

2004

La Boheme

as Director

1982

1982

La traviata

as Production Design

1986

Otello

as Adaptation

1986

Otello

as Production Design

1993

Falstaff

as Director

2019

1985

Tosca

as Director

2018

1982

Puccini: La bohème

as Production Design

1982

Puccini: La bohème

as Set Designer

1993

Falstaff

as Production Design

1993

Falstaff

as Set Designer

1964

Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II

as Lighting Supervisor

1977

Lorenzaccio

as Stage Director

2005

Don Giovanni

as Director

1967

Much Ado About Nothing

as Stage Director

2000

Don Giovanni

as Production Design

2000

Don Giovanni

as Director

1978

Otello - The Met

as Director

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