
Franco Zeffirelli
Directing
Born: 1923-02-12 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 2019-06-15
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 versio
🎬 Movies (30)
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2024
Stage Director

Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
Self

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2022
Director
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022
Director

Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022
Director

Turandot
2022
Director
La Traviata
2022
Stage Director

Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020
Director

La Traviata - Arena di Verona
2019
Director

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
2019
Production Design

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2018
Director

The Opera House
2017
Self (archive footage)

Zeffirelli's Inferno
2017
Director

Don Giovanni
2015
Director

The Mystery of Dante
2014
Self

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Self - Director

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014
Self

Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014
Director

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème
2014
Production Design

Discovering Hamlet
2011
Self

Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona
2011
Stage Director

Carmen
2010
Director

Puccini: Turandot
2009
Production Design
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008
Self

Puccini: La Bohème
2008
Director

Callas Assoluta
2007
Self (archive footage)

Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006
Self

Verdi: Aida
2006
Director

Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004
Self

Madama Butterfly
2004
Director
📺 TV Shows (13)

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Self (archive footage)

Legends
2006
Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
Self
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
Self

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Director

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Self

Apostrophes
1975
Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Self

Who's Afraid of Opera?
1972
Costume Designer
Film '72
1971
Self
aspekte
1965
Self

Tempo
1961
Self