Question: What is the birthdate of this Italian director and producer of operas, films, and television, who released a theatrical version of Romeo and Juliet in 1968?
Context: Romeo.Juliet is the title of a 1990 film version of William Shakespeare's classic play "Romeo and Juliet".  It was made by American producer, director and cinematographer, Armando Acosta (also credited as Armondo Linus Acosta and Armand Acosta) using the feral cats of Venice, New York City, and Ghent as actors, with the voices dubbed by some of the greats of the English theatre including Ben Kingsley, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Powell, Francesca Annis, Victor Spinetti, Quentin Crisp, and John Hurt.  The score of the film features Serge Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet Ballet' as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn conducting and an original theme composed by Armando Acosta and Emanuel Vardi, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet may be one of the most-screened plays of all time.  The most notable theatrical releases were George Cukor's multi-Oscar-nominated 1936 production "Romeo and Juliet", Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet", and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 MTV-inspired "Romeo + Juliet".  The latter two were both, at the time, the highest-grossing Shakespeare films.  Cukor featured the mature actors Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard as the teenage lovers while Zeffirelli populated his film with beautiful young people, and Baz Luhrmann produced a heavily cut fast-paced version aimed at teenage audiences. Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二 , Tsuburaya Eiji ) (Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷 英一 , Tsumuraya Eiichi ) ; July 10, 1901 – January 25, 1970, in Sukagawa, Fukushima) was a Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction films and television series, being one of the co-creators of the "Godzilla" series, as well as the main creator of the "Ultra Series".  During his rise to post-war fame in the wake of "Godzilla" (1954), many press accounts gave Tsuburaya's birthdate as July 7, which falls on the high day of the star festival, "Tanabata", a sign of good fortune.  This is akin to an American saying that they were born on the Fourth of July.  Tsuburaya's actual birthdate of July 10 has been verified by his last surviving son, Akira, and the company Eiji founded, Tsuburaya Productions, as the official entry in the Tsuburaya Family Register, in researching the official English-language biography on this important figure of cinema, "Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters", Chronicle Books, 2007. Franco Zeffirelli, KBE Grande Ufficiale OMRI (] ; born 12 February 1923) is an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television.  He is also a former senator (1994–2001) for the Italian centre-right "Forza Italia" party.  Recently, Italian researchers have found that he is one of the few distant relatives of Leonardo da Vinci. Three the Hard Way is a 1974 action blaxploitation film starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly, written by Eric Bercovici and Jerrold L. Ludwig and directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. The film features the three biggest black action stars of the 1970s in their first movie together.  According to The New York Times, the theatrical version ran 93 minutes.  A PG version distributed to television (and released on Xenon VHS tape) runs 105 minutes.  The Warner DVD ("4 Film Favorites: Urban Action") runs 89 minutes and is missing a song (cut from the theatrical version) and some footage of boats, cars, etc.(cut from the TV version) but includes the language and nudity.  The theatrical version contains scenes of three topless women, but these scenes were re-shot with them clothed for the TV version. Romeo and Juliet is a 2013 Broadway theatrical production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", which was produced as a 2014 film.  It was the first Broadway production of the play since 1977.  The play ran on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre from September 19 to December 8, 2013 for 93 regular performances after 27 previews starting on August 24 with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashād in the starring roles.  On November 27, two performances of the production were filmed with nine cameras in high definition, and these performances were scheduled to be released in 2000 theatres on February 13 for the Valentine's Day week in 2014 in the United States.  The United Kingdom theatrical release date was April 1. Romeo × Juliet (ロミオ×ジュリエット , Romio to Jurietto ) is an anime television series, loosely based on William Shakespeare's classical play, "Romeo and Juliet", along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearean plays.  Though the anime borrows mostly from Shakespeare's story, the manga adaptation differs extensively from the original.  "Romeo × Juliet" was broadcast in Japan on Chubu-Nippon, broadcasting from April 4, 2007 to September 26, 2007.  In 2009, "Romeo × Juliet" was dubbed into English and released by Funimation Entertainment. "Romeo × Juliet" (ロミオ×ジュリエット , Romio to Jurietto ) is a 24-episode anime television adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet", a 16th-century tragedy originally written by William Shakespeare.  The English playwright himself makes a cameo appearance in the series as a minor character.  The series was produced jointly by Gonzo and SKY Perfect Well Think, with Fumitoshi Oizaki as the main director.  It was first broadcast in Japan on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting between April 4, 2007 and September 26, 2007.  It was later broadcast by other Japanese television networks such as TBS, KBS Kyōto and SUN-TV.  It was broadcast in Hungary by Animax and in Italy by Rai 4.  The chief screenwriter for the series was Reiko Yoshida.  The music was composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and performed by Eminence Symphony Orchestra with Tomohiro Yoshida as sound director.  The series used three pieces of theme music.  The opening theme was "Inori (You Raise Me Up)" (祈り 〜You Raise Me Up〜 ) by Lena Park.  "Cyclone" (サイクロン) ) by 12012 was the ending theme for the first 14 episodes.  "Good Bye, Yesterday" by Mizrock was the ending theme for episodes 15 to 23.  "Inori: You Raise Me Up" by Lena Park was used as a special ending for episode 24.  The anime is licensed in North America by Funimation.  The complete series was released in two sections, with the first half of the series, the "Romeo Collection" being released June 23, 2009 and the second half of the series, the "Juliet Collection" being released August 11, 2009. Maria is the leading female character in the film and theatrical version of "West Side Story", the award winning adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". Giulietta e Romeo ("Juliet and Romeo") is an opera in two acts by the Italian composer Nicola Vaccai.  The libretto, by Felice Romani, is based on the tragedy of the same name by Luigi Scevola and, ultimately, on the 1530 novella of the same name by Luigi da Porto.  It was first performed at the Teatro alla Canobbiana, Milan on 31 October 1825.  It was Vaccai's last major success, although he wrote another nine operas, and is rarely performed in its full version today.
Answer: 12 February 1923