Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci
Born	(1941-01-17) 17 January 1941 (age 83) Rosignano Solvay, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1967–present

Gabriella Pescucci (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛlla peˈskuttʃi]; born 17 January 1941)^[1] is an Italian costume designer. In a career spanning over five decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and two Emmy Awards.

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	aka La favola d'Orfeo
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	Co-designed 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

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[a]	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Best Costume Design	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated	[10]
1994		The Age of Innocence	Won	[11]
2006		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated	[12]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1985	Best Costume Design	Once Upon a Time in America	Won	[13]
1990		The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Won	[14]
2006		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated	[15]
British Academy Television Craft Awards
2015	Best Costume Design	Penny Dreadful	Nominated	[16]

Emmy Awards

Year[a]	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[a]	Category	Title	Result
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	2005	Capri Umberto Tirelli Award	The Brothers Grimm	Won
César Awards	1993	Best Costume Design	Indochine	Nominated
	2000		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	2006	Excellence in Fantasy Film	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated
	2012	Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television	The Borgias	Nominated
	2014			Nominated
	2016	Excellence in Period Television	Penny Dreadful	Nominated
	2017			Nominated
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	2010	Best Costume Design	Agora	Won
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	1991	Best Costume Design	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated
	2005		Van Helsing	Nominated
	2006		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated

Notes

1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

1. Ariola, Gianpiero. "Gabriella Pescucci Biografia". movieplayer (in Italian). Retrieved 9 Sep 2012.
2. Masi, Stefano (1990). Italian film costume design and the other set design. L'Aquila: Aladdin Books. pp. 15–26(2°vol).
3. Brennan, Judy (20 March 1994). "Calendar's Big Oscars Issue : Living (and Dressing) in the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
4. Massuras, Caterina. "Gabriella Pescucci for Vogue Italy". vogue. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012.
5. "Gabriella Pescucci Bio". IMDb Pro. Retrieved 6 Sep 2012.
6. "Bafta Award Best Costume Design". BAFTA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012.
7. "Tirelli Costumi: 40 years of experience serving film and theatre". Tirelli-costumi. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012.
8. "Gabriella Pescucci Filmografia". mymovies (in Italian). Retrieved 6 Sep 2012.
9. "Gabriella Pescucci References". filmreference. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012.
10. "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
11. "66th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
12. "78th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 December 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
13. "38th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
14. "43rd British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
15. "59th British Academy Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
16. "16th British Academy Television Craft Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved August 15, 2023.
17. "Gabriella Pescucci - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

• Gabriella Pescucci at IMDb