B: February 8, 1927 in Montréal, Québec
D: July 26, 2011 in London, England
Silvio Narizzano was born in Montréal, grew up there and attended Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Québec. After graduation, he joined the Mountain Playhouse in Montréal, which was run by Joy Thompson, a leading figure in English-language theatre in Québec and a great influence on Narizzano. He went on to work at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), working first as an assistant to Norman Jewison and Arthur Hiller. As a director he worked on what were in essence made-for-television dramas, most of them live broadcasts, during the Golden Age of Television, the 1950s. He did much the same in England and became an important director, earning plaudits for his work on ITV Television Playhouse (1956-60), a series of Saki tales (1962) and ITV Play of the Week (1956-63). His feature debut was Fanatic (1965), a Hammer horror film notable for being Tallulah Bankhead’s last movie. He is undoubtedly best knowm for his swinging London romantic comedy Georgy Girl (1966), with Lynn Redgrave in the title role, Charlotte Rampling as her sexy and amoral flatmate, Alan Bates and James Mason. Narizzano was 84 when he died in London, England in 2011. He wrote a highly personal letter to Northernstars in 2006, five years before his passing and an edited version of that letter can be found here. |
Features & TV Movies: All My Sons (TV-1952, General Motors Theatre) The Shrike (TV-1960, ITV Play of the Week) Loot (1970) Staying On (1980) TV Series: Country Matters (1973) Miss Marple (1984, mini-series) Alleyn Mysteries (1990, 1993) Credits as a Producer: |
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