Francesca Lo Schiavo

Francesca Lo Schiavo ( born January 11, 1948 in Rome) is an Italian set decorator.

Schiavo began her career in the early 1980s as a set decorator for Italian film productions, such as Very normal crazy, And the Ship Sails and The Name of the Rose.

In her career she was eight times nominated Best Production Design for an Oscar in the category. With their participation in the films The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Hamlet, Interview with the Vampire, Kundun and Gangs of New York, it remained in the nomination.

Only in 2005 it was the first time win the award together with Dante Ferretti for the production design of Aviator and a second time in 2008, again with Ferretti, for Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The third Oscar followed again in 2012 together with Ferretti for Hugo Cabret.