Franco Zeffirelli
Known for: Directing
Born: February 12, 1923
Died: June 15, 2019
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
88 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2025NR
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2024
7.5
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
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Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022
5.5
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
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Turandot
2022NR
La Traviata
2022NR
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022
7.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022
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Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020
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La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper
2019
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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019
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La Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019
9.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018
8.3
The Opera House
2017
6.0
Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017
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Don Giovanni
2015
6.4
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
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Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014
9.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2014
5.2
The Mystery of Dante
2014
7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011
8.0
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
2011
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Carmen
2010
5.8
Puccini: Turandot
2009NR
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008
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Puccini: La Bohème
2008
6.5
Callas Assoluta
2007
6.0
Verdi: Aida
2006
5.0
Legends
2006
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Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006
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La Boheme
2004
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Madama Butterfly
2004
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Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004
6.5
Bizet: Carmen
2003
6.5
Callas Forever
2002
7.0
Luchino Visconti
2002
10.0
La Traviata
20026.3
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
8.0
Aida
2001
8.5
Don Giovanni
2000
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999NR
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
9.0
Carmen
1997
6.9
Jane Eyre
1996
6.5
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
1994
7.4
Sparrow
1994
7.5
Falstaff
1993
9.0
Don Carlo
1992
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
6.6
Hamlet
19907.1
Don Giovanni
1990
5.6
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989
6.7
Young Toscanini
1988
4.8
Pagliacci
1987
7.1
Turandot
1987
6.2
Otello
1986
7.3
Tosca
1985
8.0
Television
19856.0
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
1983
7.1
La traviata
1982
7.7
Cavalleria rusticana
1982
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Puccini: La bohème
1982
5.7
Endless Love
1981
8.7
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
7.0
The Champ
1979
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La Bohème
1979
6.5
Carmen
1978
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Otello - The Met
1978
7.0
Callas: A Documentary
1978
9.3
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
1978
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Lorenzaccio
1977
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
8.0
Verdi: Otello
1976
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
8.5
Apostrophes
1975
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
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Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973
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Who's Afraid of Opera?
1972
7.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
19725.1
Film '72
1971
7.4
Romeo and Juliet
1968
10.0
Our World
1967
6.9
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
6.3
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
7.7
For Florence
1966
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The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
19668.5
aspekte
1965
7.7
La Bohème
1965
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Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
1964
8.5
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962
8.0
Tempo
1961
8.0
Camping
1958
6.4
The Bachelor
1955
7.2
Senso
1954
7.0
Empty Eyes
1953
7.7
Bellissima
1952
7.7
La Terra Trema
1949
6.4
Angelina
1947