Biography

Franco Ferrara(1911-1985)

Music Department
Composer
Actor

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Franco Ferrara was born on 4 July 1911 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for La Strada (1954), The Leopard (1963) and La Dolce Vita (1960). He died on 7 September 1985 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

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Known for

La Strada (1954)

8.0

Music Department

1954

Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, and Alain Delon in The Leopard (1963)

7.9

Music Department

1963

La Dolce Vita (1960)

8.0

Music Department

1960

Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Nights of Cabiria

8.1

Music Department

1957

Credits

Music Department

Franco Ferrara - Il maestro caduto dal podio
TV Movie
- conductor
- music
- 2013
Vietnam War Without Front Lines
- conductor
- 1969
The Glass Sphinx
4.4
- conductor (international version)
- 1967
The Bible in the Beginning...
6.2
- conducted by: Orchestra Cinefonica Italiana, Chorus Carapellucci
- 1966
L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1965
The Son of Caesar and Cleopatra
5.3
- conductor
- 1964
Buffalo Bill
4.6
- conductor
- 1964
3 notti d'amore
6.3
- conductor (segment La vedova)
- 1964
Italiano brava gente
7.1
- conductor
- 1964
The Cavern
6.1
- conductor
- 1964
Before the Revolution
6.8
- conductor
- 1964
Dark Purpose
5.2
- musical director
- 1964
Bebo's Girl
6.9
- conductor
- 1964
La serva padrona
8.4
- conductor
- 1964
Il maestro di Vigevano
7.1
- conductor
- 1963

Composer

Actor

Personal details

Alternative name
- Franco Ferraro on US prints
Born
- July 4, 1911
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died
- September 7, 1985
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy(heart attack)

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