Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti (born February 26, 1943 in Macerata , Italy ) is an Italian production designer .
Life
He studied stage design and architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. He gained his first film experience as an assistant to the architect Aldo Tomassini. In the early 1960s he became an assistant in the team of Luigi Scaccianoce , one of the most influential designers in Italian film. Eight years later he started to work independently.
Dante Ferretti has designed films for well-known directors such as Jean-Jacques Annaud , Federico Fellini , Pier Paolo Pasolini and Martin Scorsese . He has been working with his wife Francesca Lo Schiavo since the early 1980s : Ferretti takes over the management of the production design department, while his wife looks after the individual sets as a set decorator during the shoot.
Together they have been nominated nine times for an Oscar in the Best Production Design category since 1990 and won the Academy Award at the 2005 and 2012 Academy Awards for the production design for Martin Scorsese's Aviator and Hugo Cabret . Ferretti was also the only production designer to date to win the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in the Best Production Design category twice (2002 and 2004) . In 2004 he received Festival Honors at the eDIT Filmmaker's Festival for his services to the art of film. In 2008 Ferretti received an Oscar for his production design for "Sweeney Todd"
Dante Ferretti about his work: “I try to put my thoughts and reflections into the period in question, to absorb it and to live the past that is at stake. Perhaps similar to what actors do, ... When I try to live an era, it is very important for me to also think about and incorporate many small 'mistakes' (note: broken, uncontrolled additions, ...) . ... I try to design sets that are living spaces. "
In 2007 he again designed the exterior facade of the Palazzo del Cinema for the 64th Venice International Film Festival .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: The Bastard ( I bastardi )
- 1975: The 120 days of Sodom ( Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma )
- 1986: The Name of the Rose ( Il Nome della rosa )
- 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( The Adventures of Baron Munchause ) - AAN 1990
- 1990: Hamlet - AAN 1991
- 1993: The Age of Innocence ( The Age of Innocence ) - AAN 1994
- 1994: Interview with the Vampire ( Interview with the Vampire ) - AAN 1995
- 1997: Kundun - AAN 1998
- 2002: Gangs of New York - AAN 2003
- 2004: Aviator - Oscar for Best Production Design 2005
- 2006: The Black Dahlia
- 2007: Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street - Oscar for Best Production Design in 2008
- 2010: Shutter Island
- 2011: Hugo Cabret ( Hugo ) - Oscar and BAFTA Award for Best Production Design 2012
- 2014: Seventh Son
- 2015: Cinderella
Web links
- Dante Ferretti at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Eue, Gabriele Jatho (Ed.): Schauplätze, Drehorte, Spielräume - Production Design & Film , pp. 45f. Berlin 2005, Bertz + Fischer Verlag, ISBN 3-86505-162-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferretti, Dante |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian scene and stage designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Macerata , Italy |