Vincenzo Labella, who wrote and produced the Emmy-winning miniseries “Marco Polo” and produced the miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth,’ died in Los Angeles on July 28. He was 93.
Labella was born in Vatican City, where his father was the dean of the Pontifical Halls. Having spent his childhood with access to the Apostolic Library of the Vatican, he started out as a historian, journalist and documentarian.
Producer Dino De Laurentiis asked him to serve as advisor on the 1961 film “Barabbas,” a job which led to many other history-based projects.
Franco Zeffirelli directed the 1977 NBC mini “Jesus of Nazareth,” which starred Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft and Christopher Plummer, and was Emmy-nommed as outstanding special drama.
He also produced “Moses the Lawgiver,” starring Burt Lancaster, which started as a six-hour series and was also released as a feature film.
NBC’s 1982 “Marco Polo” was the first Western production to film in the...
Labella was born in Vatican City, where his father was the dean of the Pontifical Halls. Having spent his childhood with access to the Apostolic Library of the Vatican, he started out as a historian, journalist and documentarian.
Producer Dino De Laurentiis asked him to serve as advisor on the 1961 film “Barabbas,” a job which led to many other history-based projects.
Franco Zeffirelli directed the 1977 NBC mini “Jesus of Nazareth,” which starred Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft and Christopher Plummer, and was Emmy-nommed as outstanding special drama.
He also produced “Moses the Lawgiver,” starring Burt Lancaster, which started as a six-hour series and was also released as a feature film.
NBC’s 1982 “Marco Polo” was the first Western production to film in the...
- 8/4/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Vincenzo Labella, an Emmy-winning producer behind the epic miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, Marco Polo and Moses the Lawgiver, has died. He was 93.
Labella died peacefully on July 28 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Jennifer De Maio, announced.
Born in 1925 in Vatican City, where his father was the dean of the Pontifical Halls in the service of six popes, Labella began his professional career as an historian, journalist and documentarian. Early on, he had free access to the Apostolic Library of the Vatican where, he said, "I learned to dream back across history."
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Labella died peacefully on July 28 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Jennifer De Maio, announced.
Born in 1925 in Vatican City, where his father was the dean of the Pontifical Halls in the service of six popes, Labella began his professional career as an historian, journalist and documentarian. Early on, he had free access to the Apostolic Library of the Vatican where, he said, "I learned to dream back across history."
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Vincenzo Labella, an Emmy-winning producer behind the epic miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, Marco Polo and Moses the Lawgiver, has died. He was 93.
Labella died peacefully on July 28 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Jennifer De Maio, announced.
Born in 1925 in Vatican City, where his father was the dean of the Pontifical Halls in the service of six popes, Labella began his professional career as an historian, journalist and documentarian. Early on, he had free access to the Apostolic Library of the Vatican where, he said, "I learned to dream back across history."
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Labella died peacefully on July 28 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Jennifer De Maio, announced.
Born in 1925 in Vatican City, where his father was the dean of the Pontifical Halls in the service of six popes, Labella began his professional career as an historian, journalist and documentarian. Early on, he had free access to the Apostolic Library of the Vatican where, he said, "I learned to dream back across history."
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