Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer.
Franco Zeffirelli was a friend
of Tosi since school.Queer Places:
Cimitero Monumentale Delle Porte Sante
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer.
Franco Zeffirelli was a friend
of Tosi since school.
Tosi's film credits include Senso, Bellissima, The Leopard, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Death in Venice, The Night Porter, and La Traviata. He was particularly known for his exhaustively researched and intricately detailed historical costumes. He won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes twice, as well as the 50th Anniversary David in 2006. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design twice, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times.
His partial filmography includes: Bellissima (1951) by Luchino Visconti, Senso (1954) by Luchino Visconti, White Nights (1957) by Luchino Visconti, Policarpo (1959) by Mario Soldati, Rocco and His Brothers (1960) by Luchino Visconti, Love in Rome (1960) by Dino Risi, Il bell'Antonio (1960) by Mauro Bolognini, On the Tiger's Back (1961) by Luigi Comencini, The Lovemakers (1961) by Mauro Bolognini, Careless (1962) by Mauro Bolognini, The Leopard (1963) by Luchino Visconti (Nominated - Academy Award for Best Costume Design), The Organizer (1963) by Mario Monicelli, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) by Vittorio De Sica, The Ape Woman (1964) by Marco Ferreri, The Stranger (1967) by Luchino Visconti, Ghosts – Italian Style (1968) by Renato Castellani, Spirits of the Dead (1968) by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim, The Damned (1969) by Luchino Visconti, Medea (1969) by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Metello (1970) by Mauro Bolognini, Bubù (1971) by Mauro Bolognini, Death in Venice (1971) by Luchino Visconti (BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, Nominated - Academy Award for Best Costume Design), Ludwig (1973) by Luchino Visconti (Nominated - Academy Award for Best Costume Design), We Want the Colonels (1973) by Mario Monicelli, The Night Porter (1974) by Liliana Cavani, Down the Ancient Staircase (1975) by Mauro Bolognini, The Innocent (1976) by Luchino Visconti, Beyond Good and Evil (1977) by Liliana Cavani, La Cage aux Folles (1978) by Édouard Molinaro (Nominated - Academy Award for Best Costume Design), The Lady of the Camellias (1981) by Mauro Bolognini (David di Donatello Award for Best Costume Design), The Skin (1981) by Liliana Cavani, Beyond the Door (1982) by Liliana Cavani, La Traviata (1983) by Franco Zeffirelli (BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, Nominated - Academy Award for Best Costume Design), Sparrow (1993) by Franco Zeffirelli (David di Donatello Award for Best Costume Design), The Keys to the House (2004) by Gianni Amelio.
For his personal achievements in costume design over 75 years, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award on 16 November 2013.[1] He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.[2] He is buried in the Cappella Franco Zeffirelli.
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