Luigi Gervasi

Luigi Gervasi (born before 1947) is a production designer .

Life

Gervasi began his career in film crew 1947. 1950 he worked with Totò as Sheikh for the first time at a Totò - comedy . Until 1959 he worked on a total of nine Totò vehicles, including Tototarzan and Mein Allerwertester .

In 1968 he was nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Production Design for Franco Zeffirelli's literary adaptation The Taming of the Shrew, together with Lorenzo Mongiardino , John DeCuir , Elven Webb , Giuseppe Mariani and Dario Simoni , but the award went to the musical Camelot - Am Hofe that year King Arthur .

Gervasi's last film work was Osvaldo Civirani’s historical drama Lucretia Borgia - The Pope's Daughter from 1968.

Filmography (selection)

• 1949: The walls of Malapaga (Le mura di Malapaga)
• 1954: An American in Rome (Un americano a Roma)
• 1961: Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (Ursus nella valle dei leoni)
• 1967: Bang Bang Kid
• 1967: The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew)

Nominations (selection)

• 1968 : Oscar nomination for Best Production Design for The Taming of the Shrew

Web links

• Luigi Gervasi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Luigi Gervasi in the All Movie Guide (English)