Piero Tosi
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image
Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. His accolades include 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 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.
He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.[1]
Partial filmography
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 | — | Template: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 | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2003 | President's Award | — | Template:Honored |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1981 | Best Costumes | The Lady of the Camellias | Won |
| 1994 | Sparrow | Won | ||
| 2006 | 50th Anniversary David | — | Template:Honored | |
| Italian Golden Globe | 2000 | Career Golden Globe | — | Template: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 | — | Template:Honored |
Notes
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Template:Trim/ Template:PAGENAMEBASE at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". An Italian documentary directed by Francesco Costabile
Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:Academy Honorary Award Template:BAFTA Award for Best Costume DesignScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- 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.