Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci (* 1941 or 1943 in Rosignano Solvay ) is an Italian costume designer . Pescucci has been nominated three times in her career for the Oscar for “ Best Costume Design ”; in 1994 she received it for Time of Innocence .

life and work

Pescucci received her training at the Istituto Statale d'Arte di Firenze and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence . After graduation, Pescucci worked as an assistant for Pierluigi Pizzi , Ezio Frigerio and Piero Tosi in Rome . Pescucci has been active in film and television since the late 1960s, but also works for theater productions. Among other things, she designed the costumes for Luca Ronconi's production of Il trovatore at the Bavarian State Opera in 1992.

Filmography (selection)

• 1970: Battalion of the Lost ( Uomini contro )
• 1975: A divine creature ( Divina creatura )
• 1979: Orchestra rehearsal ( Prova d'orchestra )
• 1980: Fellini's City of Women ( La città delle donne )
• 1984: Once Upon a Time in America ( Once Upon a Time in America )
• 1986: The name of the rose ( Il nome della rosa )
• 1987: The family ( La famiglia )
• 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( The Adventures of Baron Munchausen )
• 1992: Indochine
• 1993: The Age of Innocence ( The Age of Innocence )
• 1995: The Scarlet Letter ( The Scarlet Letter )
• 1998: Dangerous Beauty - The courtesan of Venice ( Dangerous Beauty )
• 1998: Les Misérables
• 1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream ( A Midsummer Night's Dream )
• 1999: Time found again ( Le temps retrouvé )
• 2004: Van Helsing
• 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( Charlie and the Chocolate Factory )
• 2005: Brothers Grimm ( The Brothers Grimm )
• 2007: The Legend of Beowulf ( Beowulf )
• 2009: Agora - The Pillars of Heaven ( Agora )
• 2011-2013: The Borgias ( The Borgias , TV series, 29 episodes)
• 2014-2016: Penny Dreadful (TV series, 27 episodes)

Awards

• Nastro d'Argento 1980: Award for Fellini's City of Women
• Academy Awards 1990 : Nomination for The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen
• César 1993 : nomination for Indochine
• Academy Awards 1994 : Oscar for Time of Innocence
• César 2000 : nomination for Time Recovered
• Academy Awards 2006 : Nomination for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• British Academy Film Awards 2006 : Nomination for Best Costumes for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Emmy 2011: Award for The Borgias (episode The Bartered Bride )

Web links

• Gabriella Pescucci in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefano Beccastrini: Vista nova: il cinema in Toscana, la Toscana nel cinema , 2002.
2. ^ Roberto Nepoti: Gabriella Pescucci ; in: Guido Vergani: Dizionario della moda , Milan 2009, p. 924. ISBN 88-6073-608-0
3. ↑ Il Trovatore  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the Bavarian State Opera, accessed on January 12, 2012.  
4. ↑ Gabriella Pescucci on emmys.com, accessed January 12, 2012.