Dante Ferretti

Dante Ferretti

Dante Ferretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdante ferˈretti], born 26 February 1943) is an Italian production designer, art director and costume designer. Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many great directors, both American and Italian, including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing seven of his last eight movies. In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Ferretti has won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction; for The Aviator, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Hugo. He had seven previous nominations. In addition, he was nominated for Best Costume Design for Kundun. He has also won three BAFTA Awards. In 2012, he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, a restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side. For the 2015 Expo held in Milan, Italy Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept ""Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.

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Movies Made by Dante Ferretti (71)

Juliet & Romeo (2025)

Production Design

Silence (2016)

Costume Design

Cinderella (2015)

Production Design

Seventh Son (2014)

Production Design

Aida (2012)

Set Designer

Hugo (2011)

Production Design

Shutter Island (2010)

Production Design

The Black Dahlia (2006)

Production Design

The Aviator (2004)

Production Design

Cold Mountain (2003)

Production Design

Gangs of New York (2002)

Production Design

Titus (1999)

Production Design

Meet Joe Black (1998)

Production Design

Kundun (1997)

Costume Design

Casino (1995)

Production Design

Hamlet (1990)

Production Design

Dr. M (1990)

Production Design

The Sleazy Uncle (1989)

Production Design

Ginger and Fred (1986)

Production Design

Pianoforte (1985)

Production Design

Good King Dagobert (1984)

Production Design

The Skin (1981)

Production Design

The Soup (1981)

Production Design

City of Women (1980)

Production Design

Break Up (1978)

Production Design

Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

Production Design

The Cat (1977)

Production Design

La Presidentessa (1977)

Production Design

Beach House (1977)

Production Design

The Fiend (1977)

Production Design

One Way or Another (1976)

Production Design

Arabian Nights (1974)

Production Design

Bawdy Tales (1973)

Production Design

The Voyeur (1970)

Production Design

Medea (1969)

Production Design

Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1969)

Assistant Production Design

Anzio (1968)

Assistant Art Director

Oedipus Rex (1967)

Assistant Production Design

Soldier's Girl (1967)

Assistant Production Design

The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)

Assistant Production Design

The Witch (1966)

Assistant Production Design

The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

Assistant Production Design

Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)

Assistant Production Design

The Possessed (1965)

Assistant Production Design

The Swindlers (1963)

Set Decoration

The Girl from Parma (1963)

Assistant Production Design

Movies starring Dante Ferretti (22)

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