Franco Zeffirelli
Directing
1923-02-12 · Florence, 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.
Filmography
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2025 · Movie
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2024 · Movie
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Series
Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022 · Movie
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022 · Movie
Turandot
2022 · Movie
La Traviata
2022 · Movie
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022 · Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022 · Movie
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020 · Movie
La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper
2019 · Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019 · Movie
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019 · Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018 · Movie
The Opera House
2017 · Movie
Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017 · Movie
Don Giovanni
2015 · Movie
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014 · Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2014 · Movie
The Mystery of Dante
2014 · Movie
Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Movie
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
2011 · Movie
Carmen
2010 · Movie
Puccini: Turandot
2009 · Movie
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008 · Movie
Puccini: La Bohème
2008 · Movie
Callas Assoluta
2007 · Movie
Verdi: Aida
2006 · Movie
Legends
2006 · Series
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006 · Movie
La Boheme
2004 · Movie
Madama Butterfly
2004 · Movie
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004 · Movie
Bizet: Carmen
2003 · Movie
Callas Forever
2002 · Movie
Luchino Visconti
2002 · Movie
La Traviata
2002 · Movie
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001 · Movie
Aida
2001 · Movie
Don Giovanni
2000 · Movie
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Movie
Sternstunde Kunst
1998 · Series
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Series
Carmen
1997 · Movie
Jane Eyre
1996 · Movie
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
1994 · Movie
Sparrow
1994 · Movie
Falstaff
1993 · Movie
Don Carlo
1992 · Movie
The King of Ads
1991 · Movie
Hamlet
1990 · Movie
Don Giovanni
1990 · Movie
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · Movie
Young Toscanini
1988 · Movie
Pagliacci
1987 · Movie
Turandot
1987 · Movie
Otello
1986 · Movie
Tosca
1985 · Movie
Television
1985 · Series
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
1983 · Movie
La traviata
1982 · Movie
Cavalleria rusticana
1982 · Movie
Puccini: La bohème
1982 · Movie
Endless Love
1981 · Movie
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Movie
The Champ
1979 · Movie
La Bohème
1979 · Movie
Carmen
1978 · Movie
Otello - The Met
1978 · Movie
Callas: A Documentary
1978 · Movie
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
1978 · Movie
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
Lorenzaccio
1977 · Movie
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Series
Verdi: Otello
1976 · Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Series
Apostrophes
1975 · Series
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Series
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973 · Movie
Who's Afraid of Opera?
1972 · Series
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Series
Film '72
1971 · Series
Romeo and Juliet
1968 · Movie
Our World
1967 · Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
1967 · Movie
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 · Movie
For Florence
1966 · Movie
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
1966 · Movie
aspekte
1965 · Series
La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
1965 · Movie
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964 · Movie
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962 · Movie
Tempo
1961 · Series
Camping
1958 · Movie
The Bachelor
1955 · Movie
Senso
1954 · Movie
Empty Eyes
1953 · Movie
Bellissima
1952 · Movie
La Terra Trema
1949 · Movie
Angelina
1947 · Movie
L'ACCADEMIA MUSICALE CHIGIANA
1947 · Movie
Omaggio a Roma
Movie