FILM DIRECTOR

Franco Zeffirelli

1923 - 2019

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Zeffirelli has received more than 1,969,460 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Franco Zeffirelli is the 80th most popular film director (down from 69th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Italy (down from 589th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Film Director.

Franco Zeffirelli is most famous for his work on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and La Traviata.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Franco Zeffirelli ranks 80 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Resnais, Sydney Pollack, William Wyler, Elia Kazan, and Terry Gilliam. After him are Costa-Gavras, Dario Argento, Carlos Saura, F. W. Murnau, Peter Brook, and Fred Zinnemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Franco Zeffirelli ranks 22. Before him are Nadine Gordimer, Mas Oyama, György Ligeti, Val Logsdon Fitch, Roy Lichtenstein, and Carroll Shelby. After him are Jack Kilby, Richard Attenborough, Yma Sumac, Lee Teng-hui, Bert Trautmann, and Alan Shepard. Among people deceased in 2019, Franco Zeffirelli ranks 20. Before him are Peter Fonda, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Karel Gott, I. M. Pei, Alexei Leonov, and Anna Karina. After him are Immanuel Wallerstein, Gordon Banks, Beji Caid Essebsi, Zhores Alferov, João Gilberto, and Bert Hellinger.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Zeffirelli ranks 675 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Baresi (1960), Pope Romanus (850), Henry of Germany (1211), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Gianni Rivera (1943), and Pietro da Cortona (1596). After him are Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510), Euhemerus (-330), Silvio Piola (1913), and Joanna I of Naples (1326).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Franco Zeffirelli ranks 11. Before him are Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Tinto Brass (1933), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Roberto Rossellini (1906), and Frank Capra (1897). After him are Dario Argento (1940), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Francesco Rosi (1922).

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Filmography

Romeo and Juliet
Director
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Apr 2o 19687.395 / 10
Jesus of Nazareth
Director
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
7.7 / 10
Hamlet
Director
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Dec 19o 19906.6 / 10