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&quest;, 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

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