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Silvio Narizzano
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Silvio Narizzano is among the vanguard of early English Canadian filmmakers that also included Sidney J. Furie, Ted Kotcheff, Norman Jewison, Lindsay Shonteff, and Arthur Hiller.…
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Silvio Narizzano is among the vanguard of early English Canadian filmmakers that also included Sidney J. Furie, Ted Kotcheff, Norman Jewison, Lindsay Shonteff, and Arthur Hiller. Born in Montreal, his first theatrical work was with the city's Mountain Playhouse before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the first among the aforementioned Canadian filmmakers to emigrate to England to work in British television, and was creatively instrumental in the formation of Granada Television. In transitioning to cinema later than Furie, Kotcheff, and Jewison, he made his debut with the Hammer Studios classic Die! Die! My Darling (1965), before scoring his greatest acclaim as director of Georgy Girl (1966). He followed that up with Blue (1968), a misunderstood critical and commercial flop, but a film that remained, to him, the most personal film of his career. He continued making films in mainland Europe throughout the 70's, before returning to Canada to make Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977) and England to make The Class of Miss Macmichael (1978). Narizzano spent his twilight years in relative seclusion, having immersed himself in religious studies.
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2024
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
Movie Himself
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1994
Space Precinct
TV show Director
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1992
Granada: From the North
Movie Self
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1984
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
TV show Director
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1984
Miss Marple
TV show Director
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1984
Young Shoulders
Movie Director
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1981
Choices
Movie Director
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1980
Staying On
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1978
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Movie Director
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1977
Come Back, Little Sheba
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1977
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Movie Director
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1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV show Director
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1975
The Sky is Falling
Movie Director
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1974
The Cafeteria
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1974
Playhouse
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1974
The Public's Right to Know
Movie Self
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1973
Fade In
Movie Producer
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1973
Redneck
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1973
The Little Farm
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1972
Country Matters
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1972
Poet Game
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1971
Pal
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1970
Play for Today
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1970
Loot
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1968
Blue
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1966
Georgy Girl
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1965
The Wednesday Thriller
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1965
Fanatic
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1964
Story Parade
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1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
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1961
Drama 61-67
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1960
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
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1960
On Trial
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1957
Thunder on Sycamore Street
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The Simple Life
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