Franco Zeffirelli (Actor)

Reviews of Franco Zeffirelli Movies

Looking for reviews of Franco Zeffirelli movies? Cinafilm has a total of 72 reviews across 2 movies.

Movies starring Franco Zeffirelli have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 70%.

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films - released in 2014 - is Franco Zeffirelli's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 70 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Franco Zeffirelli is The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films - released in 2014 - with a score of 65% based on 2 reviews.

Actor Biography

Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli KBE, Grand Officer OMRI (12 March 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.

To Grand Officer 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 Prize for the Colosseum in 2009 by the city of Rome.

Franco Zeffirelli has acted in films with Michael Dudikoff, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bo Derek and Dolph Lundgren.

Franco Zeffirelli has worked with these film directors: Mark Hartley and Hilla Medalia.