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person_profile-Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli Died at age: 96

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Franco Zeffirelli

Date of Birth:

Feb 12, 1923

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Jun 15, 2019

Biography of

Franco Zeffirelli

    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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Franco Zeffirelli

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Filmography of

Franco Zeffirelli

Found 14 Movies in total

... 2022

The Opera House

Self ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2014

... 2014

The Mystery of Dante

Self ( Actor )

... 2014

Discovering Hamlet

Self ( Actor )

... 2011

Callas Assoluta

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

Luchino Visconti

Self ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1994

... 1980

Callas: A Documentary

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1978

Our World

Self ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1966

Angelina

Filippo Garrone ( Actor )

... 1947