Piero Gherardi
Born: 1909-11-20 in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 1971-06-08
Known For: Art
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Piero Gherardi (20 November 1909 – 8 June 1971) was the Costume and Set Designer of Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita and 8½, winning an Oscar for each film in the category of Best Costume Design. Born in Poppi, Tuscany, Piero Gherardi began his artistic collaboration with Fellini during the 1953 production of I vitelloni. The director recognized his talent for scouting locations and extras and his deep knowledge of the region of Lazio. Gherardi soon proved his skills in set design by building Cabiria's shack in Fellini's Le notti di Cabiria (1957).[1] Gherardi had studied to become an architect but started working in film production in Italy, in the late 1940s.[2] Beside his two Academy Awards, he was nominated an additional four times: three times for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for La Dolce Vita, 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits and another in the category of Costume Design for Juliet of the Spirits. Before his death in Rome in 1971, Gherardi had mastered numerous roles as Costume Designer, Production Designer, Art Director, and Set Decorator.
Filmography
2025
- Quelli che il cinema as Self
2002
- The Magic of Fellini as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Mina in Barilla commercials ... (Director)
1972
- The Adventures of Pinocchio ... (Costume Design)
1969
- Attraction ... (Costume Design)
- Burn! ... (Production Design)
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence ... (Set Decoration)
- The Appointment ... (Art Direction)
1968
- Danger: Diabolik ... (Costume Design)
- Bandits in Rome ... (Costume Design)
- Garter Colt ... (Costume Design)
1966
- For Love and Gold ... (Production Design)
- The Queens ... (Production Design)
- L'Estate ... (Production Design)
1965
- Juliet of the Spirits ... (Production Design)
- The Dolls ... (Costume Design)
- La Fuga ... (Production Design)
1964
- My Wife ... (Costume Design)
- Bebo's Girl ... (Production Design)
- High Infidelity ... (Production Design)
- Three Nights of Love ... (Costume Design)
1963
- 8½ ... (Costume Design)
1962
- Boccaccio '70 ... (Production Design)
- Roaring Years ... (Costume Supervisor)
1961
- The Policeman on Horseback ... (Costume Design)
- Black City ... (Production Design)
1960
- La Dolce Vita ... (Production Design)
- Kapo ... (Production Design)
- ...And Suddenly It's Murder! ... (Production Design)
- The Hunchback ... (Costume Design)
- The Passionate Thief ... (Costume Design)
- Fellini on “Second Look” as Self
1959
- The Great War ... (Costume Design)
1958
- Big Deal on Madonna Street ... (Costume Design)
1957
- Nights of Cabiria ... (Costume Design)
- Doctor and the Healer ... (Costume Design)
- This Angry Age ... (Set Decoration)
- Fathers and Sons ... (Production Design)
- The Wide Blue Road ... (Art Direction)
1956
- War and Peace ... (Set Decoration)
- Donatella ... (Set Decoration)
1955
- Toto and Carolina ... (Set Decoration)
- Forbidden ... (Production Design)
1953
- The Unfaithfuls ... (Set Decoration)
- Man, Beast and Virtue ... (Set Decoration)
- Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair ... (Set Decoration)
- Easy Years ... (Production Design)
- The Wayward Wife ... (Costume Design)
- Cinema of yesteryear ... (Production Design)
1952
- Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi ... (Costume Design)
- I tre corsari ... (Set Decoration)
- Hello Elephant ... (Production Design)
- Sensualità ... (Production Design)
1950
- Her Favourite Husband ... (Costume Design)
- All for Love ... (Production Design)
- Miss Italia ... (Production Design)
- Side Street Story ... (Set Decoration)
1949
- Campane a martello ... (Costume Design)
1948
- Without Pity ... (Production Design)
- Escape to France ... (Production Design)
- Guaglio ... (Production Design)
- Lovers Without Love ... (Costume Design)
1947
- Daniele Cortis ... (Production Design)
1946
- Notte di tempesta ... (Art Direction)