Franco Zeffirelli
Directing
Born 1923-02-12
Died 2019-06-15
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
100 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 2
David di Donatello for Best Director 2
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1
Christopher Award 1
Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art 1
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- 1983 Best Production Design Nominated La Traviata
- 1969 Best Director Nominated Romeo and Juliet
Primetime Emmy Awards 2 won
- — Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Won
- — Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special Won
Tony Awards 1 nominated
- 1963 Best Scenic Design Nominated
David di Donatello for Best Director 2 won
- 1972 Best Director Won Brother Sun, Sister Moon
- 1969 Best Director Won Romeo and Juliet
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1 won
- — Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Won
Christopher Award 1 won
- — Christopher Award Won
Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art 1 won
- — Culture and Art Won
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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
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Directing
28 credits
Romeo and Juliet
Jesus of Nazareth
Jane Eyre
Endless Love
The Taming of the Shrew
The Champ
Hamlet
La Bohème
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Otello - The Met
Tea with Mussolini
The King of Ads
Aida
Don Giovanni
Callas Forever
Cavalleria rusticana
Sparrow
La traviata
Turandot
Falstaff
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Pagliacci
Camping
Otello
Young Toscanini
Georges Bizet: Carmen
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
Acting
30 credits
Apostrophes
Vivement dimanche
Spécial cinéma
Film '72
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Le Grand Échiquier
Sternstunde Kunst
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Legends
aspekte
Tempo
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Bizet: Carmen
Who's Afraid of Opera?
Callas Assoluta
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
La Traviata
Discovering Hamlet
La traviata
Falstaff
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
The Mystery of Dante
Angelina
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Much Ado About Nothing
Otello
Our World
Luchino Visconti
Other credits
13 credits
Television
La Bohème
The Bachelor
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Senso
Bellissima
La Terra Trema
La Traviata
La traviata
Turandot
Falstaff
Otello
Don Giovanni
Writing
11 credits
Romeo and Juliet
Jesus of Nazareth
Jane Eyre
The Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Tea with Mussolini
Callas Forever
Sparrow
Camping
Young Toscanini
Producing
1 credit
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