Franco Zeffirelli
Born in Florence, Tuscany, Italy — Feb 12 1923• Died Jun 15 2019
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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 Awar…
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Legends
Self
Jesus of Nazareth
Directing
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet
Directing
Endless Love
Directing
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Director
Jane Eyre
Writing
Hamlet
Writing
The Champ
Directing
The Taming of the Shrew
Production
Tea with Mussolini
Directing
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Directing
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Much Ado About Nothing
Directing
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
The Bachelor
Directing
La Terra Trema
Directing
The King of Ads
Directing
Senso
Directing
La traviata
Writing
Young Toscanini
Directing
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Writing
Turandot
Art
Who's Afraid of Opera?
Costume & Make-Up
Callas Forever
Directing
Don Giovanni
Art
Bellissima
Directing
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
Self
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Self
The Mystery of Dante
Self
Sparrow
Writing
Empty Eyes
Directing
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Directing
Carmen
Directing
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self
Falstaff
Directing
Tosca
Art
La Bohème
Directing
Angelina
Filippo Garrone
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Directing
Don Giovanni
Art
Camping
Directing
La Traviata
Directing
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
Carmen
Directing
Otello
Directing
Luchino Visconti
Self
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Self
Lorenzaccio
Directing
Don Giovanni
Directing
Our World
Self
Carmen
Directing
Aida
Directing
Pagliacci
Directing
Puccini: Turandot
Art
Cavalleria rusticana
Directing
Turandot
Directing
Bizet: Carmen
Directing
Otello - The Met
Directing
The Opera House
Self (archive footage)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Self
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Directing
Verdi: Aida
Directing
La Bohème
Art
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Self
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Sound
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Art
La Boheme
Directing
For Florence
Directing
Verdi: Otello
Directing
Puccini: La bohème
Directing
Don Carlo
Directing
Puccini: La Bohème
Directing
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
Self - Documentary host
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Directing
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
Directing
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Art
Madama Butterfly
Directing
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Directing
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Directing
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Self
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Directing
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
self
Callas: A Documentary
Narrator
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Directing
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Directing
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Directing
La Traviata
Directing
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Directing