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)
- The Appointment ... (Art Direction)
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence ... (Costume Design)
1968
- Danger: Diabolik ... (Costume Design)
- Garter Colt ... (Costume Design)
- Bandits in Rome ... (Costume Design)
1966
- For Love and Gold ... (Production Design)
- The Queens ... (Production Design)
- L'Estate ... (Costume Design)
1965
- Juliet of the Spirits ... (Production Design)
- The Dolls ... (Costume Design)
- La Fuga ... (Production Design)
1964
- My Wife ... (Costume Design)
- High Infidelity ... (Production Design)
- Bebo's Girl ... (Production Design)
- Three Nights of Love ... (Costume Design)
1963
- 8½ ... (Production Design)
1962
- Boccaccio '70 ... (Production Design)
- Roaring Years ... (Costume Supervisor)
1961
- Black City ... (Production Design)
- The Policeman on Horseback ... (Costume Design)
1960
- La Dolce Vita ... (Production Design)
- ...And Suddenly It's Murder! ... (Costume Design)
- Kapo ... (Production Design)
- The Passionate Thief ... (Production Design)
- Fellini on “Second Look” as Self
- The Hunchback ... (Costume Design)
1959
- The Great War ... (Costume Design)
1958
- Big Deal on Madonna Street ... (Production Design)
1957
- Nights of Cabiria ... (Production Design)
- Fathers and Sons ... (Production Design)
- The Wide Blue Road ... (Art Direction)
- Doctor and the Healer ... (Production Design)
- This Angry Age ... (Set Decoration)
1956
- War and Peace ... (Set Decoration)
- Donatella ... (Set Decoration)
1955
- Toto and Carolina ... (Production Design)
- Forbidden ... (Production Design)
1953
- Easy Years ... (Production Design)
- The Unfaithfuls ... (Set Decoration)
- The Wayward Wife ... (Costume Design)
- Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair ... (Set Decoration)
- Cinema of yesteryear ... (Production Design)
- Man, Beast and Virtue ... (Set Decoration)
1952
- I tre corsari ... (Set Decoration)
- Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi ... (Costume Design)
- Sensualità ... (Production Design)
- Hello Elephant ... (Production Design)
1950
- Miss Italia ... (Production Design)
- Side Street Story ... (Set Decoration)
- All for Love ... (Production Design)
- Her Favourite Husband ... (Costume Design)
1949
- Campane a martello ... (Production Design)
1948
- Without Pity ... (Production Design)
- Escape to France ... (Production Design)
- Guaglio ... (Production Design)
- Lovers Without Love ... (Production Design)
1947
- Daniele Cortis ... (Production Design)
1946
- Notte di tempesta ... (Art Direction)