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Franco Zeffirelli
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…
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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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2025
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Movie Stage Director
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2024
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Movie Stage Director
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2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2022
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Movie Director
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2022
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Movie Self
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2022
Turandot
Movie Director
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2022
La Traviata
Movie Stage Director
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2022
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Movie Director
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2022
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Movie Director
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2020
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Movie Director
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2019
La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Director
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2019
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Movie Set Designer
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2019
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
Movie Director
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2018
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Movie Director
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2017
The Opera House
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Movie Director
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2015
Don Giovanni
Movie Director
- 2014
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2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie Self - Director
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2014
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Movie Director
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2014
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Movie Production Design
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2014
The Mystery of Dante
Movie Self
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2011
Discovering Hamlet
Movie Self
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2011
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Movie Director
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2010
Carmen
Movie Director
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2009
Puccini: Turandot
Movie Production Design
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2008
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Movie Self
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2008
Puccini: La Bohème
Movie Director
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2007
Callas Assoluta
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Verdi: Aida
Movie Director
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2006
Legends
TV show Self
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2006
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Movie Self
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2004
La Boheme
Movie Director
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2004
Madama Butterfly
Movie Director
- 2004
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2003
Bizet: Carmen
Movie Stage Director
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2002
Callas Forever
Movie Director
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2002
Luchino Visconti
Movie Self
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2002
La Traviata
Movie Director
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2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Movie Self
