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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.
As director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Turandot
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Don Giovanni
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Carmen
Puccini: La Bohème
Verdi: Aida
Madama Butterfly
La Boheme
Callas Forever
La Traviata
Aida
Don Giovanni
Tea with Mussolini
Carmen
Jane Eyre
Sparrow
Falstaff
Don Carlo
The King of Ads
Hamlet
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Young Toscanini
Pagliacci
As actor
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
The Opera House
The Mystery of Dante
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Discovering Hamlet
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Callas Assoluta
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Luchino Visconti
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Callas: A Documentary
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
Our World
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Angelina