Piero Gherardi

Piero Gherardi
Born	(1909-11-20)20 November 1909 Poppi, Kingdom of Italy
Died	8 June 1971(1971-06-08) (aged 61) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Costume designer production designer art director
Years active	1947–1971

Piero Gherardi (20 November 1909 – 8 June 1971) was an Italian costume designer, production designer and art director. He is best known to international audiences for his collaborations with directors Mario Monicelli and Federico Fellini. Gherardi has been nominated three times for both the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and the Academy Award for Best Production Design for his work on Fellini's films, and he won twice for creating the costumes for La dolce vita (1960) and 8½ (1963).

Born in Poppi, Tuscany, Gherardi studied to become an architect but went into the budding Italian film industry instead after World War II.^[1] He began his artistic collaboration with Fellini during the production of I Vitelloni (1953); it all started when the director recognized Gherardi's talent for scouting locations and extras as well as his deep knowledge of the Lazio region. Gherardi then proved his designing skills with providing the sets and costumes for Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (1957).^[2]

Gherardi died in Rome on 8 June 1971, at the age of 61.

Selected filmography

List of Piero Gherardi film credits

Year	Title	Director	Credited as		Notes
			Costume Designer	Production Designer
1947	Daniele Cortis	Mario Soldati	No	Yes
1948	Prelude to Madness	Gianni Franciolini	Yes	Yes
	Without Pity	Alberto Lattuada	Yes	No	Also set decorator
	Escape to France	Mario Soldati	Yes	No
	Hey Boy	Luigi Comencini	Yes	No	Also art director
1949	Alarm Bells	Luigi Zampa	Yes	Yes
1950	My Beautiful Daughter	Duilio Coletti	Yes	No
	Her Favourite Husband	Mario Soldati	Yes	No	Also art director
	Side Street Story	Eduardo De Filippo	Yes	Yes	Co-designed sets with Piero Filippone
	Romanzo d'amore	Duilio Coletti	No	Yes
1952	Barefoot Savage	Clemente Fracassi	Yes	Yes
	Red Shirts	Goffredo Alessandrini Francesco Rosi	Yes	Yes	Co-designed sets with Camillo Del Signore and Alfredo Montori
1953	The Unfaithfuls	Mario Monicelli Steno	Yes	No	Also set decorator
	The Wayward Wife	Mario Soldati	Yes	No
1955	Proibito	Mario Monicelli	No	Yes
1957	Fathers and Sons		Yes	Yes
	Nights of Cabiria	Federico Fellini	Yes	Yes
	Doctor and the Healer	Mario Monicelli	Yes	Yes
1958	Big Deal on Madonna Street		Yes	Yes
1959	The Great War		Yes	No	with Danilo Donati Gherardi only designed costumes for Silvana Mangano
1960	La dolce vita	Federico Fellini	Yes	Yes
	Under Ten Flags	Duilio Coletti	Yes	No
	Le pillole di Ercole	Luciano Salce	Yes	No	with Lucia Mirisola
	The Passionate Thief	Mario Monicelli	Yes	Yes
	The Hunchback of Rome	Carlo Lizzani	Yes	No
	Crimen	Mario Camerini	Yes	Yes
1961	Black City	Duilio Coletti	Yes	Yes
1962	Boccaccio '70	Mario Monicelli	No	Yes	Segment: "Renzo e Luciana"
1963	8½	Federico Fellini	Yes	Yes
	La ragazza di Bube	Luigi Comencini	Yes	No
1964	High Infidelity	Mario Monicelli Elio Petri Franco Rossi Luciano Salce	Yes	Yes	Co-designed costumes with Lucia Mirisola Designed sets (Segment: "Peccato nel Pomeriggio")
	Three Nights of Love	Renato Castellani Luigi Comencini Franco Rossi	Yes	No
1965	Le bambole	Luigi Comencini	Yes	No	Segment: "Il trattato di eugenetica"
	Juliet of the Spirits	Federico Fellini	Yes	No	Also art director
1966	For Love and Gold	Mario Monicelli	Yes	Yes
	Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die	Jack Pulman Dino Maiuri	Yes	No	with Maria De Matteis Gherardi only designed costumes for Dorothy Provine
	Sex Quartet	Mario Monicelli	No	Yes	Segment: "Fata Armenia"
1968	Black on White	Jörn Donner	Yes	No
	Bandits in Rome	Alberto De Martino	Yes	No	with Elio Micheli
1969	Nerosubianco	Tinto Brass	Yes	No	with Giuliana Serano
	The Appointment	Sidney Lumet	Yes	No	Also art director
	Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence	Luigi Comencini	Yes	Yes

Awards and nominations

Award	Year[a]	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	1962	Best Art Direction – Black-and-White	La dolce vita	Nominated	[3]
		Best Costume Design – Black-and-White		Won
	1964	Best Art Direction – Black-and-White	8½	Nominated	[4]
		Best Costume Design – Black-and-White		Won
	1967	Best Art Direction – Color	Juliet of the Spirits	Nominated	[5]
		Best Costume Design – Color		Nominated
Nastro d'Argento Awards	1961	Best Production Design	La dolce vita	Won
	1964	Best Costume Design	8½	Nominated
		Best Production Design		Nominated
	1966	Best Costume Design	Juliet of the Spirits	Won
		Best Production Design		Won
	1967	Best Costume Design	For Love and Gold	Won
		Best Production Design		Nominated
	1970	Best Costume Design	Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence	Nominated
		Best Production Design		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. "Piero Gherardi, 61, Winner of Oscars for Fellini Films". The New York Times. 9 June 1971.
2. Tullio Kezich, Federico Fellini: His Life and Work, New York: Faber and Faber, 2006, p. 177.
3. "34th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
4. "36th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
5. "39th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved February 4, 2023.

External links

• Piero Gherardi at IMDb