Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Ferdinando " Nando " Scarfiotti ( born March 6, 1941 in Potenza Picena, Macerata Province, Italy, † April 30, 1994 in Los Angeles, California ) was an Italian art director and production designer, the Oscar, the British Academy Film Awards ( BAFTA Film Award ), the David di Donatello and Nastro d' Argento twice the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ( SNGCI ) won.
Life
Scarfiotti began his career as an art director and production designer in the film industry in 1965 with the movie Oggi, domani, dopodomani and worked until his death in the production of 25 films.
For the scene image in the staged based on the eponymous novel by Luchino Visconti film Death in Venice (1971 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen and Silvana Mangano in the lead roles, he won the 1972 BAFTA Film Award, and for the first time the silver band, the Nastro d Argento of SNGCI.
At the ceremony of the César 1977, he was nominated for the César for Best Production Design, and indeed for the thriller Barocco (1976 ) by André Téchiné with Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie -France Pisier.
At the Academy Awards in 1988 he won along with Osvaldo Desideri and Bruno Cesari the Oscar for Best Production Design in the directed by Bernardo Bertolucci film The Last Emperor (1987 ) with John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O'Toole in the lead roles. For the production design he won, Scarfiotti Cesari and also the 1988 David di Donatello. In addition, he won for the second time, the Nastro d' Argento and was still nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for the production design of this film in 1989.
Last Scarfiotti was nominated in 1993 with Linda DeScenna for the Academy Award for Best Production Design in Toys ( 1992) by Barry Levinson starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon and Joan Cusack.