
Franco Zeffirelli
Biography
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.
Acting (16 movies)

A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
1994

Luchino Visconti
2002

Angelina
1947

Our World
1967

Discovering Hamlet
2011

The Mystery of Dante
2014

Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014

Callas Assoluta
2007

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014

The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
1966

My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980

Callas: A Documentary
1978

The Opera House
2017

Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006

Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973
Directing (49 movies)

Hamlet
1990

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972

Tea with Mussolini
1999

The Champ
1979

Romeo and Juliet
1968

The Taming of the Shrew
1967

Sparrow
1994

Jane Eyre
1996

Callas Forever
2002

La traviata
1982

Endless Love
1981

Camping
1958

12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989

Pagliacci
1987

Otello
1986

Aida
2001

La Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019

Young Toscanini
1988

La Bohème
1965

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022

Puccini: La Bohème
2008

Don Carlo
1992

Verdi: Aida
2006

Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017

Turandot
1987

Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022

Carmen
1978

Carmen
2010

Carmen
1997

Madama Butterfly
2004

Cavalleria rusticana
1982

For Florence
1966

La Traviata
2002

The King of Ads
1991

La Boheme
2004

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018

Puccini: La bohème
1982

Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
1978

Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020

Falstaff
1993

Tosca
1985

Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964

Don Giovanni
2015

Don Giovanni
2000

Otello - The Met
1978

Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022

La Bohème
1979

Turandot
2022
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Camping | 1958 | Screenplay |
| The Taming of the Shrew | 1967 | Screenplay |
| The Taming of the Shrew | 1967 | Producer |
| Romeo and Juliet | 1968 | Screenplay |
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon | 1972 | Screenplay |
| Hamlet | 1990 | Screenplay |
| Sparrow | 1994 | Screenplay |
| Jane Eyre | 1996 | Screenplay |
| Callas Forever | 2002 | Screenplay |
| Zeffirelli's Inferno | 2017 | Writer |