Silvio Narizzano(1927-2011)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Of Italian-American ancestry, Narizzano was educated at Bishop's
University, Quebec. His first theatrical work was with the Mountain
Playhouse in Montreal, before joining the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation as assistant to
Norman Jewison,
Arthur Hiller,
Sidney J. Furie and
Ted Kotcheff. From the
mid-1950's, he worked in British television in a variety of genres ranging from thrillers and horror to serious dramatic works by J.B. Priestley,
John Mortimer and
William Inge.
Influenced by the French New Wave, he achieved his greatest cinematic acclaim as director of Georgy Girl (1966), a romantic comedy (considered risqué at the time) set in swinging 60's London, starring Lynn Redgrave and James Mason. Narizzano spent his twilight years in relative seclusion, having immersed himself in religious studies.
Influenced by the French New Wave, he achieved his greatest cinematic acclaim as director of Georgy Girl (1966), a romantic comedy (considered risqué at the time) set in swinging 60's London, starring Lynn Redgrave and James Mason. Narizzano spent his twilight years in relative seclusion, having immersed himself in religious studies.
