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Franco Zeffirelli

Miscellaneous Crew | Production Designer | Director

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Received a Special 1962 Tony Award "for designs and direction of the Old Vic's 'Romeo and Juliet'." The following year, in 1963, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Scenic Designer for "The Lady of the Camellias." See more trivia »

Born:

Gianfranco Corsi
in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Filmography

Hide HideMiscellaneous Crew (23 titles)
2010 Carmen (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
2010 Turandot (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (directed for stage: Opera production - 1 episode, 2008) (production by - 1 episode, 2009) (production: stage - 1 episode, 2008)
– Puccini: Turandot (2009) (production by)
– Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming (2008) (directed for stage: Opera production - segment "La Traviata, Act II")
– Puccini: La Bohème (2008) (production: stage)
 
2006/I Aida (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
2004/II Madama Butterfly (TV movie) (stage director)
 
2003 Carmen (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
2003 La Bohème (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
2002 La traviata (TV movie) (stage director: opera)
 
2000 Don Giovanni (TV movie) (directed for stage: Production)
 
1998 Pagliacci (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1997 Carmen (TV movie) (production)
 
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV series) (stage director - 2 episodes, 1979-1985) (directed for stage: Production by - 1 episode, 1994) (directed for stage: original production - 1 episode, 1978) (production - 1 episode, 1979) (production: "Otello" - 1 episode, 1991) (production: stage - 1 episode, 1978) (stage director: opera - 1 episode, 1982)
– Il Tabarro/Pagliacci (1994) (directed for stage: Production by)
– The Metropolitan Opera Silver Anniversary Gala (1991) (production: "Otello")
– Tosca (1985) (stage director)
– La Bohème (1982) (stage director: opera)
– Otello (1979) (production, stage director)
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1992 Falstaff (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1992 Don Carlo (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1990/II Don Giovanni (TV movie) (production: stage)
 
1987 Turandot (TV movie) (stage production by)
 
1979 La bohème (TV movie) (staged by)
 
1978 Carmen (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1977 Lorenzaccio (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
1976 Otello (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1967 Much Ado About Nothing (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1965 La Bohème (stage production)
 
1964 Maria Callas at Covent Garden (TV special documentary) (stage director: opera)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (23 titles)
2010 Carmen (TV movie)
 
2008-2009 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
– Puccini: Turandot (2009)
– Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming (2008) (segment "La Traviata, Act II")
– Puccini: La Bohème (2008)
 
2006/I Aida (TV movie)
 
2004/II Madama Butterfly (TV movie)
 
2003 Carmen (TV movie)
 
2003 La Bohème (TV movie)
 
2002 La traviata (TV movie)
 
2000 Don Giovanni (TV movie)
 
1998 Pagliacci (TV movie)
 
1997 Carmen (TV movie)
 
1996 La figlia del reggimento (TV movie)
 
1978-1994 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV series)
– Il Tabarro/Pagliacci (1994)
– Tosca (1985)
– La Bohème (1982)
– Otello (1979)
– Otello (1978)
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1992 Falstaff (TV movie)
 
1992 Don Carlo (TV movie)
 
1990/II Don Giovanni (TV movie)
 
1987 Turandot (TV movie)
 
1986 Otello
 
1982 La traviata
 
1979 La bohème (TV movie)
 
1978 Carmen (TV movie)
 
1976 Otello (TV movie)
 
1965 La Bohème
 
1964 Maria Callas at Covent Garden (TV special documentary)
 
Show ShowDirector (22 titles)
2009 Omaggio a Roma (short)
 
2002 Callas Forever
 
1999 Tea with Mussolini
 
1996 Jane Eyre
 
1993 Sparrow
 
1992 Don Carlo (TV movie)
 
1990 Hamlet
 
1989 12 registi per 12 città (documentary) (segment "Firenze")
 
1988 Il giovane Toscanini
 
1986 Otello
 
1982 La traviata
 
1982 Pagliacci (TV movie)
 
1982 Cavalleria rusticana
 
1981 Endless Love
 
1979 The Champ
 
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)
– Part 2 (1977)
– Part 1 (1977)
 
1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
 
1968 Romeo and Juliet
 
1967 The Taming of the Shrew
 
1966 Per Firenze (TV documentary)
 
1964 Maria Callas at Covent Garden (TV special documentary)
 
1957 Camping
 
Show ShowWriter (14 titles)
2009 Omaggio a Roma (short) (screenwriter)
 
2002 Callas Forever (original idea / scenario)
 
1999 Tea with Mussolini (autobiography)
 
1996 Jane Eyre (screenplay)
 
1993 Sparrow (screenplay and adaptation)
 
1990 Hamlet (screenplay)
 
1988 Il giovane Toscanini (original idea)
 
1986 Otello (adaptation)
 
1982 La traviata (written by)
 
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)
 
1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon
 
1968 Romeo and Juliet (screenplay)
 
1967 The Taming of the Shrew (screenplay)
 
1957 Camping (dialogue)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (4 titles)
1998 Pagliacci (TV movie)
 
1996 La figlia del reggimento (TV movie)
 
1992 Falstaff (TV movie)
 
1976 Otello (TV movie)
 
1955 The Bachelor (assistant director)
 
1954 Senso (assistant director)
 
1952 Bellissima (assistant director)
 
1948 La terra trema (assistant director)
 
Show ShowArt Department (3 titles)
2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (set: Grand Final Concert from Franco Zeffirelli's Met production of "La Traviata" - 1 episode)
– The Audition (2008) (set: Grand Final Concert from Franco Zeffirelli's Met production of "La Traviata")
 
2002 La traviata (TV movie) (art supervisor)
 
1983 The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala (TV special) (design: scenery for Act II of La Bohème)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1967 The Taming of the Shrew (producer - as A Burton-Zeffirelli Poduction)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
1955 Andrea Chenier
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1947 Angelina
Filippo Garrone
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1990 The Godfather: Part III (thanks - as F. Zeffirelli)
 
Show ShowSelf (35 titles)
2013 Six Days in the Life of the Genius (documentary) (post-production)
Franco Zeffirelli
 
2013 Il Mistero di Dante
Himself (rumored)
 
2010 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Joan Sutherland: The Reluctant Prima Donna (2010) … Himself
 
2009 L'abito e il volto (documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2008 Quelli che... il calcio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #15.35 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #15.13 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #14.34 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Joan Sutherland: The Reluctant Prima Donna (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Sartoria Tirelli: Dressing the Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 A proposito di... 'Bellissima' (video short)
Himself
 
2004 Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 La Bohème (TV movie)
Himself - Regia
 
2002 Visconti (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
1999 Luchino Visconti (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Works (TV series documentary)
Himself
– A Death in Venice (1997) … Himself
 
1987 The Annual National Board of Review Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1987 Maria Callas: Life and Art (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Maria Callas: La Divina - A Portrait (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Omnibus: The Last Moguls (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The Holywood Reporter Salutes Radie Harris (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Franco Zeffirelli/Political Plays (1983) … Himself
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1980 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 My Name Is Anna Magnani (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 A fondo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Clapper Board (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 December 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 On Location with the Champ (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1978 Callas: A Documentary (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1975 Anno Domini (TV series)
Himself
– The Greatest Story Ever Retold (1975) … Himself
 
1972 Io e... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Zeffirelli e... le 'Storie di San Francesco' di Giotto (1972) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.245 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Commenting on New Freedom and Trends in Film: Pre-Recorded
 
1961-1964 Tempo (TV series)
– The Prince Maker (1964)
– A Wind of Change: The Art of Franco Zeffirelli (1964)
– Episode dated 15 October 1961 (1961)
 
1952 Il mercato delle facce (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2007 Callas assoluta (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(September 1978) He directed Eduardo De Filippo's play, "Filumena," at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Dame Joan Plowright CBE, Frank Finlay CBE, Sydney Bromley, Susan Richards, Bobbie Brown, Felicity Steel, Stuart Fox, Robert O'Mahoney, Pierce Brosnan OBE, Hugh Fraser, and Carol Sandy in the cast. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 3 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

A Burton-Zeffirelli Poduction | F. Zeffirelli
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Personal Quote:

[About Toto Who Lived Twice] I must confess, from the bottom of my heart, my sadness and my discomfort to such a film devoid of any form of sentiment and values. In what society do we live? Why do you thus these films? Should be the heart of the matter. This is something that is deeply against humanity, society and the fundamental values of man and I think that in a case like this... See more »

Trivia:

Received a Special 1962 Tony Award "for designs and direction of the Old Vic's 'Romeo and Juliet'." The following year, in 1963, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Scenic Designer for "The Lady of the Camellias." See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius