Franco Zeffirelli
Directing
Born February 12, 1923 in 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 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.
Filmography
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
Turandot
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
The Opera House
Self (archive footage)
Zeffirelli's Inferno
Don Giovanni
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Director
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
The Mystery of Dante
Self
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
Carmen
Puccini: Turandot
Puccini: La Bohème
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
Verdi: Aida
Legends
Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Self
La Boheme
Madama Butterfly
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Self
Bizet: Carmen
Callas Forever
Luchino Visconti
Self
La Traviata
Aida
Don Giovanni
Tea with Mussolini
Vivement dimanche
Self
Carmen
Jane Eyre
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
Self
Sparrow
Falstaff
Don Carlo
The King of Ads
Hamlet
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Young Toscanini
Pagliacci
Turandot
Otello
Tosca
Television
La traviata
Cavalleria rusticana
Puccini: La bohème
Endless Love
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self
The Champ
La Bohème
Carmen
Otello - The Met
Callas: A Documentary
Narrator
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Lorenzaccio
Jesus of Nazareth
Verdi: Otello
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Apostrophes
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
Self - Documentary host
Who's Afraid of Opera?
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Romeo and Juliet
Our World
Self
The Taming of the Shrew
Much Ado About Nothing
For Florence
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Self
La Bohème
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Tempo
Self
Camping
The Bachelor
Senso
Empty Eyes
Bellissima
La Terra Trema
Angelina
Filippo Garrone