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Franco Zeffirelli
🎂 Feb 12, 1923 — 🕯️ Jun 15, 2019 (96 years)
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Franco Zeffirelli, born in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, is an director. Made their debut in 1947 with Angelina. Best known for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, playing Self - Director. Their filmography spans 20 movies and 10 TV shows over 79 years.
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Romeo and Juliet
1968
Endless Love
1981
Hamlet
1990
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
The Champ
1979
Jane Eyre
1996
Tea with Mussolini
1999
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Callas Forever
2002
Young Toscanini
1988
Otello
1986
Sparrow
1994
La traviata
1982
Camping
1958
Pagliacci
1987
Turandot
1987
La Bohème
1965
Tosca
1985
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
1978
Falstaff
1993
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Franco Zeffirelli
1923-02-12 · 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.
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.