Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛlla peˈskuttʃi]; born 17 January 1941)^[1] is an Italian costume designer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, and two Emmy Awards, in addition to a nomination for a BAFTA Television Award.

Gabriella Pescucci
Born	(1941-01-17) 17 January 1941 (age 84) Rosignano Solvay, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1967–present

Pescucci gained prominence for her collaborations with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, and Neil Jordan.^[2] She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Age of Innocence (1993).^[3]

Biography

Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno. She studied Art at Accademia, Florence. In 1966, she moved to Rome with the express intention of becoming a costume designer for the cinema.^[1][4] She began her career as an assistant to Piero Tosi on the sets of Pasolini's Medea and Visconti's Death in Venice.^[5] Pescucci took her first steps in cinema with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi at the start of the 70s, designing costumes that took inspiration from paintings by Carpaccio and Leonardo.^[4]

Her international debut was in 1984 with Once Upon a Time in America, for which she won the first of her two BAFTA Awards, the second being for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by director Terry Gilliam and production designer Dante Ferretti.^[4][6]

She received many other nominations and awards, among which a David di Donatello with The Name of the Rose and an Oscar for The Age of Innocence in 1993.^[7] Some of her most popular works include costume design on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Misérables and Agora.^[8]

In addition to her film and television work, she has designed for the Opera, notably La Traviata at La Scala, Un ballo in maschera at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C.,^[2][5] and La bohème in Florence.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1967	How to Kill 400 Duponts	Steno
1968	The Seven Cervi Brothers	Gianni Puccini
1970	Many Wars Ago	Francesco Rosi
1971	'Tis Pity She's a Whore	Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
1974	The Sensual Man	Marco Vicario
	The Driver's Seat	Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
	The Murri Affair	Mauro Bolognini
1975	The Divine Nymph	Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
1976	The Inheritance	Mauro Bolognini
1977	Il gabbiano	Marco Bellocchio
1978	Orchestra Rehearsal	Federico Fellini
1980	City of Women	Federico Fellini
1981	Three Brothers	Francesco Rosi
	Passion of Love	Ettore Scola
1982	That Night in Varennes	Ettore Scola
1984	Once Upon a Time in America	Sergio Leone
	Good King Dagobert	Dino Risi
1985	L'Orfeo	Claude Goretta
1986	The Name of the Rose	Jean-Jacques Annaud
1987	The Family	Ettore Scola
1988	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Terry Gilliam
	Haunted Summer	Ivan Passer
	Splendor	Ettore Scola
1989	What Time Is It?	Ettore Scola
1992	Indochine	Régis Wargnier
1993	The Age of Innocence	Martin Scorsese
	For Love, Only for Love	Giovanni Veronesi
1995	The Night and the Moment	Anna Maria Tatò
	The Scarlet Letter	Roland Joffé
1998	Dangerous Beauty	Marshall Herskovitz
	Les Misérables	Bille August
	Cousin Bette	Des McAnuff
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Michael Hoffman
	Time Regained	Raúl Ruiz
2003	Lost Love	Franco Battiato
2004	Secret Passage	Ademir Kenović
	Van Helsing	Stephen Sommers	with Carlo Poggioli
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Tim Burton
	The Brothers Grimm	Terry Gilliam
2007	Beowulf	Robert Zemeckis
2009	Agora	Alejandro Amenábar
2010	The First Beautiful Thing	Paolo Virzì
2011	The Jewel	Andrea Molaioli
	The Wholly Family	Terry Gilliam	Short film
2019	The Burnt Orange Heresy	Giuseppe Capotondi
TBA	Switzerland	Anton Corbijn	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1984	Aurora	TV film
1985	Il trovatore	TV opera
1990	Norma
1995	Solomon and Sheba	TV film
	Slave of Dreams
1996	Cavalleria rusticana	TV opera
1998	Manon Lescaut
2011–2013	The Borgias	29 episodes
2014–2016	Penny Dreadful	27 episodes
2021–2023	Domina	16 episodes
2024	The Decameron	8 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Venue	Notes
1992	La traviata	La Scala	Opera directed by Manuela Crivelli
2001	Un ballo in maschera	Kennedy Centre	Opera directed by Carlo Battistoni
2007	La traviata	La Scala	Opera directed by Manuela Crivelli

Self-appearances

Year	Title	Notes
1994	The 66th Academy Awards	TV special
2001	Sergio Leone: Cinema, Cinema	TV documentary
2002	Lost in La Mancha	TV documentary
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate	TV documentary
2010	XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia	TV special
	Dante Ferretti: Italian Scenographer	TV documentary

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1989	Best Costume Design	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated	[10]
1993		The Age of Innocence	Won	[11]
2005		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated	[12]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1984	Best Costume Design	Once Upon a Time in America	Won	[13]
1989		The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Won	[14]
2005		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated	[15]
British Academy Television Craft Awards
2015	Best Costume Design	Penny Dreadful	Nominated	[16]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2011	Outstanding Costumes for a Series	The Borgias (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")	Won	[17]
2012		The Borgias (Episode: "The Confession")	Nominated
2013		The Borgias (Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot")	Won

Miscellaneous awards

List of Gabriella Pescucci other awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	2005	Capri Umberto Tirelli Award	The Brothers Grimm	Won
César Awards	1992	Best Costume Design	Indochine	Nominated
	1999		Time Regained	Nominated
Ciak d'oro	1987	Best Costume Design	The Family	Won
	1990		The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Won
	1997		Albergo Roma	Won
	2010		The First Beautiful Thing	Won
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2005	Excellence in Fantasy Film	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated	[18]
	2011	Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television	The Borgias	Nominated	[19]
	2013			Nominated	[20]
	2015	Excellence in Period Television	Penny Dreadful	Nominated	[21]
	2016			Nominated	[22]
David di Donatello Awards	1981	Best Costumes	Three Brothers	Nominated
	1983		That Night in Varennes	Won
	1987		The Name of the Rose	Won
			The Family	Nominated
	1989		Splendor	Nominated
	1994		For Love, Only for Love	Nominated
	2010		The First Beautiful Thing	Nominated
Goya Awards	2009	Best Costume Design	Agora	Won	[23]
Nastro d'Argento Awards	1975	Best Costume Design	The Murri Affair	Won
	1976		The Divine Nymph	Won
	1980		City of Women	Won
	1983		That Night in Varennes	Nominated
	1987		The Name of the Rose	Won
	1990		The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Won
	1994		The Age of Innocence	Won
	1996		The Night and the Moment	Nominated
	2004		Lost Love	Nominated
	2005		Van Helsing	Nominated
	2006	Special Award for costumes	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Honored
	2010	Best Costume Design	Agora and The First Beautiful Thing	Won
Saturn Awards	1989/90	Best Costume Design	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated	[24]
	2004		Van Helsing	Nominated	[25]
	2005		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated	[26]

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