Piero Tosi
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Piero Tosi | |
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Born | |
Died | 10 August 2019 Rome, Italy | (aged 92)
Occupation | Costume designer |
Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer.
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.
For his personal achievements in costume design over 75 years, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award on 16 November 2013.[1]
He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.[2]
Partial filmography
References
- ^ "2013 Governors Awards". oscars.org. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "È morto il costumista Piero Tosi: lavorò con Visconti, disse no a Kubrick e vinse l'Oscar". Corriere della Sera. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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.
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