About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1927-02-08
Place of birth:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website:
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Silvio Narizzano

Overview

Silvio Narizzano is among the vanguard of early English Canadian filmmakers that also included Sidney J. Furie, Ted Kotcheff, Norman Jewison, Lindsay Shonteff, and Arthur Hiller. Born in Montreal, his first theatrical work was with the city's Mountain Playhouse before joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the first among the aforementioned Canadian filmmakers to emigrate to England to work in British television, and was creatively instrumental in the formation of Granada Television. In transitioning to cinema later than Furie, Kotcheff, and Jewison, he made his debut with the Hammer Studios classic Die! Die! My Darling (1965), before scoring his greatest acclaim as director of Georgy Girl (1966). He followed that up with Blue (1968), a misunderstood critical and commercial flop, but a film that remained, to him, the most personal film of his career. He continued making films in mainland Europe throughout the 70's, before returning to Canada to make Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977) and England to make The Class of Miss Macmichael (1978). Narizzano spent his twilight years in relative seclusion, having immersed himself in religious studies.

Known for

Acting
2024 Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano Actor Himself N/A
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1992 Granada: From the North Actor Self N/A
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1974 The Public's Right to Know Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1984 Miss Marple Directing Director 70
Good
1984 Miss Marple: The Body in the Library Directing Director 71
Good
1984 Young Shoulders Directing Director 58
Average
1981 Choices Directing Director 58
Average
1980 Staying On Directing Director 59
Average
1979 The Class Of Miss MacMichael Directing Director 59
Average
1977 Come Back, Little Sheba Directing Director N/A
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1977 Why Shoot the Teacher? Directing Director 59
Average
1975 Bloodbath Directing Director 58
Average
1974 The Cafeteria Directing Director N/A
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1974 The Public's Right to Know Directing Director N/A
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1973 Redneck Directing Director 58
Average
1972 Poet Game Directing Director N/A
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1971 Pal Directing Director N/A
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1970 Loot Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Blue Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Georgy Girl Directing Director 59
Average
1965 Fanatic Directing Director 59
Average
1961 24 Hours in a Woman's Life Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Trial of Oscar Wilde Directing Director N/A
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1957 Thunder on Sycamore Street Directing Director N/A
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Production
1973 Fade-In Production Producer 58
Average