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Dante Ferretti

Art · Born 1943-02-26 · Macerata, Marche, Italy

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dante Ferretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdante ferˈretti], born 26 February 1943) is an Italian production designer, art director and costume designer. Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many great directors, both American and Italian, including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing seven of his last eight movies. In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Ferretti has won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction; for The Aviator, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Hugo. He had seven previous nominations. In addition, he was nominated for Best Costume Design for Kundun. He has also won three BAFTA Awards. In 2012, he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, a restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side. For the 2015 Expo held in Milan, Italy Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept ""Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.

Known for

Filmography

2025Quelli che il cinemaSelf
2025Juliet & RomeoProduction Design
2025WertherDirector
2024Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American MasterSelf - art director
2022An Oral History of: The Name of the RoseSelf (archive footage)
2021Fellini ForwardSelf
2021FellinopolisSelf - Production Designer
2017Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But NecessarySelf
2016SilenceProduction Design
2016The Isle of MedeaSelf
2015CinderellaProduction Design
2015Pasolini maestro corsaro
2014Seventh SonProduction Design
2013Sur les traces de Fellini
2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'Self
2012AidaSet Designer
2012Handmade CinemaSe stesso
2011HugoProduction Design
2010Dante Ferretti: Production DesignerSelf
2010Shutter IslandProduction Design
2008Valentino: The Last EmperorSelf
2008The Madness and Misadventures of MunchausenSelf - Production Designer
2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetProduction Design
2006The Black DahliaProduction Design
2005The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-HaProduction Design
2005Elio Petri: Notes About a FilmmakerSelf
2004Medea: On-Set Memories
2004The AviatorProduction Design
2003Cold MountainProduction Design
2003Fellini: I'm a Born LiarSelf - Chef décorateur
2002Gangs of New YorkProduction Design
1999TitusProduction Design
1999Bringing Out the DeadProduction Design
1998Meet Joe BlackProduction Design
1998In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin ScorseseSelf
1997KundunProduction Design
1995CasinoProduction Design
1994Interview with the VampireProduction Design
1993The Age of InnocenceProduction Design
1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'Self
1990HamletProduction Design
1990Dr. MProduction Design
1990The Voice of the MoonProduction Design
1989The Sleazy UncleProduction Design
1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenProduction Design
1988The Secret of the SaharaProduction Design
1987La rosa dei nomiSelf
1986The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'Self
1986The Name of the RoseProduction Design
1986Ginger and FredProduction Design
1985PianoforteProduction Design
1984The Future Is WomanProduction Design
1984Good King DagobertProduction Design
1983And the Ship Sails OnProduction Design
1982MoraPropriétaire
1982Beyond the DoorProduction Design
1982That Night of VarennesProduction Design
1981Tales of Ordinary MadnessProduction Design
1981The SkinProduction Design
1981The SoupProduction Design
1980City of WomenProduction Design
1979Orchestra RehearsalProduction Design
1978Break UpProduction Design
1978Bye Bye MonkeyProduction Design
1977The CatProduction Design
1977La PresidentessaProduction Design
1977Beach HouseProduction Design
1977The FiendProduction Design
1976One Way or AnotherProduction Design
1976Salò, or the 120 Days of SodomProduction Design
1974Till Marriage Do Us PartProduction Design
1974Arabian NightsProduction Design
1974Somewhere Beyond LoveProduction Design
1973Bawdy TalesProduction Design
1972Slap the Monster on Page OneProduction Design
1972The Canterbury TalesProduction Design
1971The Working Class Goes to HeavenProduction Design
1971The DecameronArt Direction
1971I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't HearProduction Design
1970The VoyeurProduction Design
1970Ciao, Federico!Self (uncredited)
1969MedeaProduction Design
1969Blow Hot, Blow ColdAssistant Production Design
1968Torture Me But Kill Me with KissesAssistant Set Designer
1968AnzioAssistant Art Director
1967Oedipus RexAssistant Production Design
1967Soldier's GirlAssistant Production Design
1966The Treasure of San GennaroAssistant Production Design
1966The WitchAssistant Production Design
1966The Hawks and the SparrowsAssistant Production Design
1965Kiss the Other SheikSet Decoration
1965Don Camillo in MoscowAssistant Production Design
1965The PossessedAssistant Production Design
1965The Gospel According to St. MatthewAssistant Production Design
1963The SwindlersSet Decoration
1963The Girl from ParmaAssistant Production Design
1953The OscarsSelf
1951German Film AwardSelf
—The Year of WondersProduction Design
—Midnight VendettaProduction Design
—Diabolik - La serieSet Designer

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