Actor

Franco Zeffirelli

Directing

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Movies: 79Series: 10Crew credits: 63

TMDB ID: 24657

IMDb ID: nm0001874

Known for: Directing

Born: February 12, 1923

Died: June 15, 2019

Age: 96

Place of birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1947 - 2023

Years active: 77

Average TMDB rating: 6.94

Wikidata: Q53040

Also known as

Gianfranco Corsi

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Director (43)Production Design (5)Stage Director (5)Assistant Director (3)First Assistant Director (2)Lighting Supervisor (1)Music Director (1)Novel (1)

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Biography

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.