Franco Zeffirelli
Italian director and politician (1923-2019)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 12, 1923 · Florence
- Died
- June 15, 2019 · Rome
- Nationality
- Italy
- Work
- theatre director, film director, screenwriter, politician
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1968 · United Kingdom / Italy · romance, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1968 #2 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1968 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
1.696 citations - 2
1948 · Italy · drama
Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.513 citations - 3Brother Sun, Sister MoonFratello sole, sorella luna
1972 · Italy / United Kingdom / United States · biography, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1973 #3
0.501 citation - 40.181 citation
Complete filmography
All 34 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1948La Terra Trema
- 1957Camping
- 1966Florence: Days of Destruction
- 1967The Taming of the Shrew
- 1968Romeo and Juliet
- 1972Brother Sun, Sister Moon
- 1977Born For Us
- 1977Bread Of Eternal Life
- 1977Friend Of Sinners
- 1977He Who Calls
- 1977Liberator Of The Oppressed
- 1977Messiah Of Love
- 1977Prophet Of Truth
- 1977Sent By God
- 1977The Awaited Messiah
- 1977The Forgiving Lord
- 1977The Innocent Condemned
- 1977The Man Of The Beatitudes
- 1977The Risen Lord Living Forever
- 1979The Champ
- 1981Endless Love
- 1982Cavalleria rusticana
- 1982La Traviata
- 1982Pagliacci
- 1986Otello
- 1988Young Toscanini
- 198912 registi per 12 città
- 1990Hamlet
- 1992Don Carlo
- 1993Sparrow
- 1996Jane Eyre
- 1999Tea with Mussolini
- 2002Callas Forever
- 2009Omaggio a Roma