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Franco Zeffirelli
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Italian director and politician (1923-2019)
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Franco Zeffirelli, born Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli on February 12, 1923, in Florence, was an Italian theatrical director, film director, screenwriter, and politician. He was educated at the University of Florence and worked primarily in Rome, Italy. A member of the Catholic Church, he was also affiliated with the Forza Italia and Christian Democracy political parties.
Zeffirelli received several awards, including the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the David di Donatello for Best Director, the Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film, and the National Board of Review Award for Best Director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director, an Academy Award for Best Production Design, a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design, and a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director. He died of disease in Rome on June 15, 2019, and was buried at the Cimitero delle Porte Sante.
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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…
Known for
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)2023
- Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist — Self2022
- The Opera House — Self (archive footage)2017
- The Mystery of Dante — Self2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Self - Director2014
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films — Self2014
- Discovering Hamlet — Self2011
- Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel — Self2008
- Callas Assoluta — Self (archive footage)2007
- Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema — Self2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Florence
- Place of death
- Rome
- Educated at
- University of Florence
- Political party
- Christian Democracy
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Award
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Field of work
- film direction
- Official website
- www.francozeffirelli.it
- Image
- Zeffirelli (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Rome
- Residence
- Rome
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- Commons category
- Franco Zeffirelli
- date of birth
- 1923-02-12
- birth name
- Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
- name in native language
- Franco Zeffirelli
- date of death
- 2019-06-15
- cause of death
- disease
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Franco Zeffirelli
- place of burial
- Cimitero delle Porte Sante
- pseudonym
- Franco Zeffirelli
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- P10632
- Franco Zeffirelli
- end of work period
- 1999-01-01
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko ddzeffiˈrɛlli]; 12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post–World War II era, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for his lavish stagings of classical works, as well as his film adaptations of the same.
Films he directed included the Shakespearean adaptations The Taming of the Shrew (1967), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; Romeo and Juliet (1968), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director; and Hamlet (1990), starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. His Biblical television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown at Christmas and Easter in many countries.
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