Franco Zeffirelli
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday12 February 1923
Died15 June 2019 (age 96)
Place of birthFlorence, Tuscany, Italy
Known credits102
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 Ta…
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2025 · Stage Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2025 · Director
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2024 · Stage Director
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022 · Director
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022 · Self
Turandot
2022 · Director
La Traviata
2022 · Stage Director
La Traviata
2022 · Production Design
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022 · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022 · Director
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020 · Director
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020 · Set Designer
La Bohème - Wiener Staatsoper
2019 · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019 · Production Design
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019 · Set Designer
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019 · Director
La Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019 · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018 · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018 · Production Design
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018 · Set Designer
The Opera House
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017 · Director
Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017 · Writer
Don Giovanni
2015 · Director
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self - Director
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014 · Director
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2014 · Production Design
The Mystery of Dante
2014 · Self
Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Self
Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
2011 · Director
Carmen
2010 · Director
Puccini: Turandot
2009 · Production Design
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008 · Self
Puccini: La Bohème
2008 · Director
Puccini: La Bohème
2008 · Stage Director
Callas Assoluta
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Verdi: Aida
2006 · Director
Legends
2006 · Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006 · Self
La Boheme
2004 · Director
Madama Butterfly
2004 · Director
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004 · Self
Bizet: Carmen
2003 · Stage Director
Callas Forever
2002 · Director
Callas Forever
2002 · Screenplay
Callas Forever
2002 · Original Story
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