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Silvio Narizzano was born in Montral grew up there and attended Bishops University in Lennoxville Qubec After graduation he joined the Mountain Playhouse in Montral which was run by Joy Thompson a leading figure in Englishlanguage theatre in Qubec and a great influence on Narizzano He went on to work at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC working first as an assistant to a hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscajewisonnormanNorman Jewisona and a hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscahillerarthurArthur Hillera As a director he worked on what were in essence madefortelevision 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 emITV Television Playhouseem 195660 a series of Saki tales 1962 and emITV Play of the Weekem 195663 His feature debut was emFanaticem 1965 a Hammer horror film notable for being Tallulah Bankheads last movie He is undoubtedly best knowm for his swinging London romantic comedy emGeorgy Girlem 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 a hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscasilvionarizzanoreminiscencesthat letter can be found hereabrbrbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
All My Sons (TV-1952, General Motors Theatre)
The Moneymakers (TV-1952, General Motors Theatre)
The Apple (TV-1953, Ford Theatre Playbill)
Operation North Star (TV-1953, General Motors Theatre)
Roman Gesture (TV-1954, General Motors Theatre)
Garden in the Sea (TV-1955, General Motors Theatre)
A Touch of Light (TV-1955, General Motors Theatre)
The Closing Door (TV-1955, General Motors Theatre)
The Glass Empire (TV-1955, General Motors Theatre)
Approach to Theatre (1956, short, documentary)
The Lion’s Share One Bright Day (TV-1956, ITV Television Playhouse)
Shooting Star (TV-1956, ITV Play of the Week)
Look Back in Anger (co-director, TV-1956, ITV Play of the Week)
Home of the Brave (TV-1957, ITV Play of the Week)
An Enemy of the People (TV-1957, ITV Play of the Week)
Boy Meets Girl (TV-1957, ITV Play of the Week)
Death of a Salesman (TV-1957, ITV Play of the Week)
Guest in the House (TV-1957, ITV Television Playhouse)
Thunder on Sycamore Street (TV-1957, ITV Television Playhouse)
Cry Silence (TV-1958, ITV Television Playhouse)
The Myth Makers (TV-1958, ITV Play of the Week)
The Troublemakers (TV-1958, ITV Play of the Week)
Mary Broome (TV-1958, ITV Play of the Week)
Ebb Tide (TV-1958, ITV Play of the Week)
Doomsday for Dyson (TV-1958)
A Memory of Two Mondays (TV-1959, ITV Television Playhouse)
Sugar in the Morning (TV-1959, ITV Play of the Week)
Shadow of a Pale Horse (TV-1959, ITV Play of the Week)
The Fallen Idol (TV-1959, DuPont Show of the Month)
The Shrike (TV-1960, ITV Play of the Week)
The Protest (TV-1960, ITV Play of the Week)
Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman’s Life (TV-1961)
War and Peace (TV-1963, ITV Play of the Week)
The Glass Menagerie (TV-1964, ITV Play of the Week)
Better Luck Next Time (TV-1964, Drama 61-67)
The Old Boys (TV-1965, The Story Parade)
The Baby Sitter (TV-1965, The Wednesday Thriller)
Georgy Girl (1965)
Blue (1968)
Loot (1970)
Poet Game (TV-1971)
Pal (TV-1971, Play for Today)
Senza ragione (1973)
The Cafeteria (TV-1974, BBC2 Playhouse)
Las flores del vicio (1975)
Why Shoot the Teacher (1977)
Come Back, Little Sheba (TV-1977)
The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978)
Staying On (1980)
Choices (1981)
Young Shoulders (TV-1984, Play for Today)
TV Series:
Chelsea at Nine (1959)
On Trial (196)
Family Solicitor (1961)
Saki (1962, mini-series)
Zero One (1962, 1963, 1965)
Maupassant (1963)
Paris 1900 (1964, mini-series)
Court Martial (1966)
Thirteen against Fate (1966)
Country Matters (1973)
Miss Marple (1984, mini-series)
Mystery! (1986)
Alleyn Mysteries (1990, 1993)
Space Precinct (1995)
Credits as a Producer:
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