Franco Zeffirelli Biography (1923-)

Also known as G. Franco Zeffirelli; born February 12, 1923, in Florence, Italy; son of Ottorino Corsi (a textile importer) and Alaide Cipriani. Addresses: Office: Via due Macelli 31, Rome, Italy.; Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

Nationality
Italian
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, production designer, actor
Birth Details
February 12, 1923
Florence, Italy

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • Crime and Punishment, Morelli Stoppa Company, Italy, 1946
  • Eurydice, Morelli Stoppa Company, Italy, 1947
  • Stage Work
  • (With Salvador Dali) Scenic designer, A Streetcar Named Desire andTroilus and Cressida, Morelli Stoppa Company, Italy, 1949
  • The Three Sisters, 1951
  • Director and designer, Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic Theatre, London,1960
  • Director and designer, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1961
  • Director and designer, Romeo and Juliet, City Center, 1962
  • Director and designer, The Lady of the Camelias, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1963
  • Director, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Festival delTeatro, Venice and Paris, 1963
  • Director, After the Fall, 1964
  • Director and designer, Amleto, Proclemer-Albertazzi Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1964
  • Director and designer, Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1965
  • Director, A Delicate Balance, 1966
  • Director, Black Comedy, 1967
  • Director, Venti Zecchini D'Oro, 1968
  • Director, Due Piu Due Non Fanno Quattro, 1969
  • Director, La Lupa, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1969
  • Director and designer, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, National TheatreCompany, Old Vic Theatre, 1973 , then New York City, 1974
  • Director, The Dead City, Italy, 1975
  • Director, Lorenzaccio, Comedie Francaise, Paris, 1976
  • Director, Filumena, Lyric Theatre, London, 1977 , then St. James Theatre, New York City, 1980
  • Opera Director
  • Cenerentola, La Scala, Italy, 1954
  • I Pagliacci, 1959
  • Cavalleria Rusticana, 1959
  • Lucia Di Lammermoor, Covent Garden, London, 1959
  • La Boheme, La Scala, 1963
  • Falstaff, Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York City, 1964
  • Tosca, Covent Garden, 1965
  • Norma, Paris Opera, 1965
  • Anthony and Cleopatra, Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1966
  • Otello, Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1972
  • Don Giovanni, Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria, 1972
  • Un Ballo in Maschera, La Scala, 1972
  • Otello, La Scala, 1975
  • Carmen, Staatsoper, 1978
  • La Traviata, 1979
  • Turandot, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Lincoln Center, New York City,1987
  • Also directed a production of La Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera.
  • Major Tour Work
  • Director
  • Romeo and Juliet, Verona, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Milan, Moscow, andLeningrad, 1964
  • La Lupa, Florence, Rome, Vienna, Zurich, Paris, and Moscow, 1965
  • Film Appearances
  • Filippo Carrone, L'Onorevole Angelina (also known as Angelina), 1947
  • Un Amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota, 1999
  • Luchino Visconti, RaiTrade, 1999
  • Film Work
  • Director, Except Where Indicated
  • Assistant director, La Terra trema (also known as The Earth Trembles, The Earth Will Tremble, and La terra trema: Episodio delmare), 1948
  • Assistant director, Bellissima, 1951
  • Assistant director, Senso (also known as The Wanton Contessa and The Wanton Countess), 1954
  • Assistant director, Lo Scapolo (also known as Alberto il conquistatore and El Soltero), 1955
  • Art director, Andrea Chenier (also known as Le Souffle de la liberte), 1955
  • Camping, 1957
  • Production designer and opera director, La Boheme, 1965
  • Per Firenze, 1966
  • The Taming of the Shrew (also known as La Bisbetica domata), Columbia/Royal Films, 1967
  • Romeo and Juliet (also known as Giulietta e Romeo), Paramount, 1968
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon (also known as Fratello sole, sorellaluna), Paramount, 1973
  • The Champ, 1979
  • Endless Love, Universal, 1981
  • (And production designer) La Traviata, 1982
  • Pagliacci, 1982
  • Cavalleria rusticana, 1982
  • Otello, 1986
  • Il Giovane Toscanini (also known as Young Toscanini), 1988
  • Hamlet, 1990
  • Storia di una capinera (also known as Sparrow), 1993
  • Jane Eyre, Miramax, 1996
  • Tea with Mussolini (also known as Un Te con Mussolini), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • Maria Callas: An Operatic Biography, PBS, 1988
  • The Power of the Past with Bill Moyers: Florence, PBS, 1990
  • The Siskel & Ebert Special, syndicated, 1990
  • Classic Mel: The Making of Mel Gibson's Hamlet, HBO, 1991
  • Placido Domingo: A Musical Life, PBS, 1995
  • Television Work
  • Movies
  • Director, Much Ado About Nothing, 1967
  • Stage director, production designer, and costume designer, Otello,1976
  • Director and opera director, Carmen, 1979
  • Production designer, stage director, and opera director, La Boheme, 1982
  • Stage director, Tosca, 1985
  • Production designer and opera director, Turandot, 1987
  • Director, opera director, and production designer, Don Carlo, 1992
  • Specials
  • Director, Giorni De Distruzione, 1966
  • Director, Fidelio of Beethoven, 1970
  • Director, Missa Solemnis of Beethoven, 1970
  • Director, I Pagliacci, PBS, 1984
  • Set designer and stage director, Turandot, PBS, 1988
  • Stage producer, production designer, and stage director, Don Giovanni, PBS, 1990
  • Production designer and set designer, The Metropolitan Opera Silver Anniversary, PBS, 1992
  • Stage director and production designer, Falstaff, PBS, 1993
  • Set designer, costume designer, and production designer, "Pagliacci," Il Tabarro and Pagliacci, PBS, 1994
  • Stage production, Carmen, PBS, 1997
  • Stage director and set designer, The Washington Opera Production of "Pagliacci," PBS, 1998
  • Production designer and set designer, "La Boheme," Luciano Pavarotti 30th Anniversary Gala Performance, PBS, 1999
  • Television Director
  • Miniseries
  • Jesus of Nazareth (also known as Gesu di Nazareth), 1977
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • (Dialogue) Camping, 1957
  • La Bisbetica domata (also known as The Taming of the Shrew), 1967
  • Romeo and Juliet (also known as Giulietta e Romeo), 1968
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon (also known as Fratello sole, sorellaluna), 1973
  • La Traviata, 1982
  • (Adaptation) Otello, 1986
  • Il Giovane Toscanini (also known as Young Toscanini), 1988
  • Hamlet, 1990
  • Storia di una capinera (also known as Sparrow), 1993
  • Jane Eyre, Miramax, 1996
  • Tea with Mussolini (also known as Un Te Con Mussolini), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
  • Television Miniseries
  • Jesus of Nazareth (also known as Gesu di Nazareth), 1977