Italian costume designer
Gabriella Pescucci
Born (1941-01-17 ) 17 January 1941 (age 83) Occupation Costume designer Years active 1963–present
Gabriella Pescucci (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛlla peˈskuttʃi] ; born 17 January 1941)[ 1] is an Italian costume designer . In a career spanning over six decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award , two BAFTA Awards , and two Emmy Awards .
Pescucci gained prominence for her collaborations with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini , Federico Fellini , Sergio Leone , Terry Gilliam , Martin Scorsese , Tim Burton , and Neil Jordan .[ 2] She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Age of Innocence (1993).[ 3]
Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno . She studied Art at Accademia, Florence . In 1966, she moved to Rome with the express intention of becoming a costume designer for the cinema.[ 1] [ 4] She began her career as an assistant to Piero Tosi on the sets of Pasolini's Medea and Visconti's Death in Venice .[ 5] Pescucci took her first steps in cinema with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi at the start of the 70s, designing costumes that took inspiration from paintings by Carpaccio and Leonardo .[ 4]
Her international debut was in 1984 with Once Upon a Time in America , for which she won the first of her two BAFTA Awards , the second being for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by director Terry Gilliam and production designer Dante Ferretti .[ 4] [ 6]
She received many other nominations and awards, among which a David di Donatello with The Name of the Rose and an Oscar for The Age of Innocence in 1993.[ 7] Some of her most popular works include costume design on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Les Misérables and Agora .[ 8]
In addition to her film and television work, she has designed for the Opera , notably La Traviata at La Scala , Un ballo in maschera at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C. ,[ 2] [ 5] and La bohème in Florence .[ 9]
Self-appearances
Year
Title
Notes
1994
The 66th Academy Awards
TV special
2001
Sergio Leone: Cinema, Cinema
TV documentary
2002
Lost in La Mancha
TV documentary
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
TV documentary
2010
XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia
TV special
Dante Ferretti : Italian Scenographer
TV documentary
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
Key
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Indicates non-competitive categories
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Miscellaneous awards [ edit ]
^ a b Ariola, Gianpiero. "Gabriella Pescucci Biografia" . movieplayer (in Italian). Retrieved 9 Sep 2012 .
^ a b Masi, Stefano (1990). Italian film costume design and the other set design . L'Aquila: Aladdin Books. pp. 15–26(2°vol).
^ Brennan, Judy (20 March 1994). "Calendar's Big Oscars Issue : Living (and Dressing) in the Past" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 20 January 2021 .
^ a b c Massuras, Caterina. "Gabriella Pescucci for Vogue Italy" . vogue . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012 .
^ a b "Gabriella Pescucci Bio" . IMDb Pro . Retrieved 6 Sep 2012 .
^ "Bafta Award Best Costume Design" . BAFTA . Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012 .
^ "Tirelli Costumi: 40 years of experience serving film and theatre" . Tirelli-costumi . Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012 .
^ "Gabriella Pescucci Filmografia" . mymovies (in Italian). Retrieved 6 Sep 2012 .
^ "Gabriella Pescucci References" . filmreference . Retrieved 9 Sep 2012 .
^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
^ "66th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "78th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 December 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "38th British Academy Film Awards" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "43rd British Academy Film Awards" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "59th British Academy Film Awards" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "16th British Academy Television Craft Awards" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "Gabriella Pescucci - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
Awards for Gabriella Pescucci
1948–1956 1957–1958 1959–1960 1961–1966 1967–1980 1981–2000 2001–2020 2021–present
Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
2010: Tatiana Hernández
2011: Clara Bilbao
2012: Paco Delgado
2013: Paco Delgado
2014: Fernando García
2015: Clara Bilbao
2016: Paola Torres
2017: Saioa Lara
2018: Clara Bilbao
2019: Sonia Grande
2020s
2020: Nerea Torrijos
2021: Vinyet Escobar
2022: Fernando García
2023: Julio Suárez
International National Artists