Franco Zeffirelli
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing63
movieGeorges Bizet: Carmen
2022
Director
movieTurandot
2022
Director
La Traviata
2022
Stage Director
movieZeffirelli's Inferno
2017
Director
movieDon Giovanni
2015
Director
movieTurandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
2011
Stage Director
movieCarmen
2010
Director
moviePuccini: La Bohème
2008
Director
movieVerdi: Aida
2006
Director
movieLa Boheme
2004
Director
movieMadama Butterfly
2004
Director
movieBizet: Carmen
2003
Stage Director
movieCallas Forever
2002
Director
movieLa Traviata
2002
Director
movieAida
2001
Director
movieDon Giovanni
2000
Director
movieTea with Mussolini
1999
Director
movieCarmen
1997
Director
movieJane Eyre
1996
Director
movieSparrow
1994
Director
movieFalstaff
1993
Director
movieDon Carlo
1992
Director
movieThe King of Ads
1991
Director
movieHamlet
1990
Director
movieYoung Toscanini
1988
Director
moviePagliacci
1987
Director
movieTurandot
1987
Director
movieOtello
1986
Director
movieTosca
1985
Director
movieLa traviata
1982
Director
movieCavalleria rusticana
1982
Director
moviePuccini: La bohème
1982
Director
movieEndless Love
1981
Director
movieThe Champ
1979
Director
movieLa Bohème
1979
Director
movieCarmen
1978
Director
movieOtello - The Met
1978
Director
movieLorenzaccio
1977
Stage Director
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977
Director
movieVerdi: Otello
1976
Stage Director
movieRomeo and Juliet
1968
Director
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967
Director
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1967
Stage Director
movieFor Florence
1966
Director
movieLa Bohème
1965
Director
movieMaria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962
Stage Director
movieCamping
1958
Director
movieThe Bachelor
1955
First Assistant Director
movieSenso
1954
Assistant Director
movieEmpty Eyes
1953
First Assistant Director
movieBellissima
1952
Assistant Director
movieLa Terra Trema
1949
Assistant Director
Acting32
tvPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Opera House
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieCallas Assoluta
2007
Self (archive footage)
tvLegends
2006
Self
movieCallas: A Documentary
1978
Narrator
moviePulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973
Self - Documentary host
tvTempo
1961
Self
movieAngelina
1947
Filippo Garrone
Art16
La Traviata
2022
Production Design
movieArena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020
Set Designer
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019
Production Design, Set Designer
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018
Production Design, Set Designer
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2014
Production Design
moviePuccini: Turandot
2009
Production Design
movieDon Giovanni
2000
Production Design
movieFalstaff
1993
Production Design, Set Designer
Don Giovanni
1990
Production Design
movieTurandot
1987
Production Design
movieOtello
1986
Production Design
movieTosca
1985
Set Designer
movieLa traviata
1982
Production Design
moviePuccini: La bohème
1982
Production Design, Set Designer
movieLa Bohème
1979
Production Design
movieLa Bohème
1965
Production Design
Writing14
movieCallas Forever
2002
Screenplay, Original Story
movieJane Eyre
1996
Screenplay
movieSparrow
1994
Screenplay
movieHamlet
1990
Screenplay
movieYoung Toscanini
1988
Original Story
movieOtello
1986
Adaptation
movieLa traviata
1982
Adaptation
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977
Writer
movieBrother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Screenplay
movieRomeo and Juliet
1968
Screenplay
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967
Screenplay
movieCamping
1958
Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up1
tvWho's Afraid of Opera?
1972
Costume Designer
Creator1
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977
Creator
Lighting1
movieMaria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964
Lighting Supervisor
Production1
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967
Producer
Sound1
movieMaria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962
Music Director