- Born
- Died
- 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.- IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis
- He was the original director on 'The Man Who Had Power Over Women' (1970). and was replaced by John Krish (QV).
- Win Wells was Narizzano's longtime life partner, and also wrote two of his films, Le Salopard (1973) and Las flores del vicio (1975).
- Retired early from directing and cloistered himself away in religious communities, where he died a semi-recluse.
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