Piero Tosi
Piero Tosi | |
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 Tosi in 2001 | |
| Born | 10 April 1927 Sesto Fiorentino, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 10 August 2019 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. He has received numerous accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and two David di Donatellos, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards. In 2013, he became the first costume designer to receive an Academy Honorary Award as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."
Biography
Tosi's film credits include Bellissima, Senso, 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.
He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.[1]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Bellissima | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1953 | Aida | Clemente Fracassi | Assistant costume designer |
| Musoduro | Giuseppe Bennati | ||
| 1954 | Senso | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1955 | Il padrone sono me | Franco Brusati | |
| 1956 | The Awakening | Mario Camerini | Also set decorator |
| 1957 | White Nights | Luchino Visconti | |
| Vacanze a Ischia | Mario Camerini | ||
| 1958 | Young Husbands | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1959 | Policarpo | Mario Soldati | |
| You're on Your Own | Mauro Bolognini | ||
| 1960 | Il bell'Antonio | Also set decorator | |
| Rocco and His Brothers | Luchino Visconti | ||
| Love in Rome | Dino Risi | ||
| 1961 | The Lovemakers | Mauro Bolognini | Also production designer |
| On the Tiger's Back | Luigi Comencini | ||
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70 | Luchino Visconti | Segment: "Il Lavoro" |
| Careless | Mauro Bolognini | Also set decorator | |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Luchino Visconti | |
| The Organizer | Mario Monicelli | ||
| Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Vittorio De Sica | ||
| La visita | Antonio Pietrangeli | ||
| 1964 | The Ape Woman | Marco Ferreri | |
| Marriage Italian Style | Vittorio De Sica | Tosi only designed costumes for Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni | |
| 1966 | After the Fox | ||
| 1967 | The Witches | Mauro Bolognini Vittorio De Sica Pier Paolo Pasolini Franco Rossi Luchino Visconti |
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| Matchless | Renato Castellani | ||
| The Stranger | Luchino Visconti | ||
| Arabella | Mauro Bolognini | ||
| Ghosts – Italian Style | Renato Castellani | with Enrico Sabbatini Tosi only designed costumes for Sophia Loren | |
| 1968 | Spirits of the Dead | Federico Fellini | Segment: "Toby Dammit" Also supervising production designer |
| 1969 | The Damned | Luchino Visconti | |
| Medea | Pier Paolo Pasolini | ||
| 1970 | Metello | Mauro Bolognini | Costume supervisor |
| So Long Gulliver | Carlo Tuzii | ||
| 1971 | Bubù | Mauro Bolognini | |
| Death in Venice | Luchino Visconti | ||
| 1973 | Ludwig | ||
| We Want the Colonels | Mario Monicelli | ||
| 1974 | The Night Porter | Liliana Cavani | |
| Conversation Piece | Luchino Visconti | Tosi only designed costumes for Silvana Mangano | |
| 1975 | Libera, My Love | Mauro Bolognini | Also set decorator |
| The Peaceful Age | Fabio Carpi | ||
| Down the Ancient Staircase | Mauro Bolognini | Also production designer | |
| 1976 | The Innocent | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1977 | Beyond Good and Evil | Liliana Cavani | |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles | Édouard Molinaro | Tosi only designed costumes for Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault |
| Where Are You Going on Holiday? | Mauro Bolognini | Segment: "Sarò tutta per te" | |
| 1979 | Hypochondriac | Tonino Cervi | |
| 1981 | The Lady of the Camellias | Mauro Bolognini | |
| The Skin | Liliana Cavani | ||
| 1982 | Più bello di così si muore | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Tosi only designed female disguise costumes for Enrico Montesano |
| Beyond the Door | Liliana Cavani | ||
| 1983 | La Traviata | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| 1985 | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | Georges Lautner | with Ambra Danon |
| 1993 | Sparrow | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| 2004 | The Keys to the House | Gianni Amelio |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Albert Savarus | Television film |
Awards and nominations
- Major associations
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Best Costume Design – Color | The Leopard | Nominated | [2] |
| 1972 | Best Costume Design | Death in Venice | Nominated | [3] |
| 1974 | Ludwig | Nominated | [4] | |
| 1980 | La Cage aux Folles | Nominated | [5] | |
| 1983 | La Traviata | Nominated | [6] | |
| 2014 | Academy Honorary Award | N/a | Honored | [7] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 1972 | Best Costume Design | Death in Venice | Won | [8] |
| 1984 | La Traviata | Won | [9] | |
- Miscellaneous awards
| Award | Year[a] | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2003 | President's Award | N/a | Honored |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1981 | Best Costumes | The Lady of the Camellias | Won |
| 1994 | Sparrow | Won | ||
| 2006 | 50th Anniversary David | N/a | Honored | |
| Globo d'oro Awards | 2000 | Lifetime Achievement Award | N/a | Honored |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1960 | Best Costume Design | Policarpo | Won |
| 1961 | Rocco and His Brothers | Nominated | ||
| 1962 | The Lovemakers | Won | ||
| 1963 | Careless | Won | ||
| 1964 | The Leopard | Won | ||
| The Organizer | Nominated | |||
| 1969 | Spirits of the Dead | Nominated | ||
| 1970 | The Damned | Nominated | ||
| 1971 | Metello | Nominated | ||
| 1972 | Death in Venice | Won | ||
| 1974 | Ludwig | Won | ||
| 1976 | Down the Ancient Staircase | Nominated | ||
| 1981 | The Lady of the Camellias | Won | ||
| 1983 | La Traviata | Won | ||
| 1995 | Sparrow | Won | ||
| 2014 | Lifetime Achievement Award | N/a | Honored |
Notes
- ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
References
- ^ "È morto il costumista Piero Tosi: lavorò con Visconti, disse no a Kubrick e vinse l'Oscar". Corriere della Sera. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "The 2013 Governors Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "25th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "37th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
External links
- Piero Tosi at IMDb
- L'abito e il volto. Incontro con Piero Tosi on YouTube An Italian documentary directed by Francesco Costabile
- Piero Tosi, on Instagram @pierotosiofficial, the only official IG page , created by Valentina Tosi: Piero's niece and Andrea Sorrentino : Costume Designer, Piero Tosi's student and his close friend.