Franco Zeffirelli

Known for DirectingBorn 1923-02-12Died 2019-06-15Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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.Read more

Movies & web series

La Traviata

Our World

Spécial cinéma

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème

Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci

Carmen

Don Carlo

Don Giovanni

My Name Is Anna Magnani

The Opera House

Cavalleria rusticana

Apostrophes

aspekte

Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964

Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona

Aida

Le Grand Échiquier

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Discovering Hamlet

Tempo

Jesus of Nazareth

Camping

Falstaff

Sparrow

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

For Florence

La Bohème

Bellissima

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

La Terra Trema

Tosca

Romeo and Juliet

Don Giovanni

Luchino Visconti

Turandot

La traviata

Jane Eyre

The Champ

Callas: A Documentary

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Verdi: Otello

Senso

Empty Eyes

Callas Assoluta

The Taming of the Shrew

Bizet: Carmen

Callas Forever