Piero Gherardi

Piero Gherardi ( born November 20, 1909 in Poppi, Tuscany, † June 8, 1971 in Rome ) was an Italian art director, costume and set designers, who won the Oscar for Best Costume Design twice.

Biography

Gherardi, who worked as an architect after studying architecture, began in the mid 1940s as a costume and set designers, and was involved until his death at the facilities of around 40 films such as The Nights of Cabiria (1957).

For The Sweet Life (1960 ) he received in 1961, first the Nastro d' Argento Italian Film Journalists ' Association ( Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ( SNGCI ) ) for Best Production Design, and was nominated for the Academy Awards in 1962 for the Academy Award for Best Production Design in a black and white film and on the other hand won the Oscar for best costume design in black and white film.

In 1964 he was awarded for Eight and a Half (1963 ) his second Oscar for Best Costume Design in a black and white film and was nominated for the second year for the Academy Award for Best Production Design in a black and white film.

For color film Juliet of the Spirits (1965 ) he again received the Nastro d' Argento the SNGCI for Best Production Design ( Migliore Scenografia ) and was for this movie at the Academy Awards 1967 for both the Academy Award for Best Costume Design as well as for best Production Design nomination.

Most recently, he won in 1967 for the third time a Nastro d' Argento, this time for Best Costume Design ( Migliori Costumi ) in The Amazing Adventures of highly praiseworthy knight Brancaleone ( 1966).

Gherardi, whose mediation Lea Massari came to the film, worked throughout his career especially with Federico Fellini together, but also with film directors such as Mario Monicelli.