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Piero Tosi

{{Short description|Italian costume designer (1927–2019)}}

{{for|the castrato singer|Pier Francesco Tosi}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Piero Tosi

| image = Piero_Tosi_-_2001_-_no_watermark.jpg

| caption = Tosi in 2001

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|4|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sesto Fiorentino, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|8|10|1927|4|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| othername =

| occupation = Costume designer

}}

Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times. In 2013, he was the first costume designer to receive an Academy Honorary Award as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."

Biography

Tosi's film credits include Senso, Bellissima, The Leopard, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Death in Venice, The Night Porter, and La Traviata.

He was particularly known for his exhaustively researched and intricately detailed historical costumes.

He won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes twice, as well as the 50th Anniversary David in 2006. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design twice, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times.

He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/19_agosto_10/morto-costumista-piero-tosi-lavoro-visconti-disse-no-kubrick-vinse-l-oscar-8122d486-bb50-11e9-9f76-c4a17a124b8d.shtml|title=È morto il costumista Piero Tosi: lavorò con Visconti, disse no a Kubrick e vinse l'Oscar|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=10 August 2019|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925162302/https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/19_agosto_10/morto-costumista-piero-tosi-lavoro-visconti-disse-no-kubrick-vinse-l-oscar-8122d486-bb50-11e9-9f76-c4a17a124b8d.shtml|url-status=live}}

Partial filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1951

|Bellissima

| rowspan="3"|Luchino Visconti

|

1954

|Senso

|

1957

|White Nights

|

1959

|Policarpo

|Mario Soldati

|

rowspan="3"|1960

|Rocco and His Brothers

|Luchino Visconti

|

Love in Rome

|Dino Risi

|

Il bell'Antonio

|Mauro Bolognini

|

rowspan="2"|1961

|On the Tiger's Back

|Luigi Comencini

|aka Jailbreak

The Lovemakers

| rowspan="2"|Mauro Bolognini

|

1962

|Careless

|

rowspan="3"|1963

|The Leopard

|Luchino Visconti

|

The Organizer

|Mario Monicelli

|

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

|Vittorio De Sica

|

1964

|The Ape Woman

|Marco Ferreri

|

1967

|The Stranger

|Luchino Visconti

|

rowspan="2"|1968

|Ghosts – Italian Style

|Renato Castellani

|

Spirits of the Dead

|Federico Fellini
Louis Malle
Roger Vadim

|aka Tales of Mystery and Imagination and Tales of Mystery

rowspan="2"|1969

|The Damned

|Luchino Visconti

|

Medea

|Pier Paolo Pasolini

|

1970

|Metello

| rowspan="2"|Mauro Bolognini

|

rowspan="2"|1971

|Bubù

|

Death in Venice

| rowspan="2"|Luchino Visconti

|

rowspan="2"|1973

|Ludwig

|

We Want the Colonels

|Mario Monicelli

|

1974

|The Night Porter

|Liliana Cavani

|

1975

|Down the Ancient Staircase

|Mauro Bolognini

|

1976

|The Innocent

|Luchino Visconti

|

1977

|Beyond Good and Evil

|Liliana Cavani

|

1978

|La Cage aux Folles

|Édouard Molinaro

| with Ambra Danon

rowspan="2"|1981

|The Lady of the Camellias

|Mauro Bolognini

|

The Skin

| rowspan="2"|Liliana Cavani

|

1982

|Beyond the Door

|

1983

|La Traviata

| rowspan="2"|Franco Zeffirelli

|

1993

|Sparrow

|

2004

|The Keys to the House

|Gianni Amelio

|

Awards and nominations

= Major associations =

Academy Awards

class=wikitable
scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! Ref.

style="text-align:center;"| 1964

| Best Costume Design – Color

| The Leopard

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964|title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners|date=5 October 2014|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003742/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1972

| rowspan="4" | Best Costume Design

| Death in Venice

| {{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972|title=The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners|date=5 October 2014|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1974

| Ludwig

| {{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners|date=4 October 2014|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003953/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1980

| La Cage aux Folles

| {{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980|title=The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002939/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1983

| La Traviata

| {{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983|title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners|date=5 October 2014|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|archive-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/55th-winners.html|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2014

| Academy Honorary Award

| {{n/a}}

| {{honored}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/governors/ceremonies/2013|title=The 2013 Governors Awards|date=8 October 2014|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|archive-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413201924/https://www.oscars.org/governors/ceremonies/2013|url-status=live}}

BAFTA Awards

class=wikitable
scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! Ref.

colspan="5"|British Academy Film Awards
style="text-align:center;"| 1972

| rowspan="2" | Best Costume Design

| Death in Venice

| {{won}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1972/film |title=25th British Academy Film Awards |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823205018/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1972/film |url-status=live }}

style="text-align:center;"| 1984

| La Traviata

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1984/film |title=37th British Academy Film Awards |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529062633/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1984/film |url-status=live }}

=== Miscellaneous awards ===

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{sronly|List of Piero Tosi other awards and nominations}}

scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Result

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designers Guild Awards

| style="text-align:center;"| 2003

| President's Award

| {{n/a}}

| {{honored}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| David di Donatello Awards

| style="text-align:center;"| 1981

| rowspan="2" | Best Costumes

| The Lady of the Camellias

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1994

| Sparrow

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2006

| 50th Anniversary David

| {{n/a}}

| {{honored}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Italian Golden Globe

| style="text-align:center;"| 2000

| Career Golden Globe

| {{n/a}}

| {{honored}}

rowspan="16" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Nastro d'Argento Awards

| style="text-align:center;"| 1960

| rowspan="15" | Best Costume Design

| Policarpo

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1961

| Rocco and His Brothers

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1962

| The Lovemakers

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1963

| Careless

| {{won}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1964

| The Leopard

| {{won}}

The Organizer

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1969

| Spirits of the Dead

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1970

| The Damned

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1971

| Metello

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1972

| Death in Venice

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1974

| Ludwig

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1976

| Down the Ancient Staircase

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1981

| The Lady of the Camellias

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1983

| La Traviata

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1995

| Sparrow

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2014

| Honorary Ribbon

| {{n/a}}

| {{honored}}

Notes

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References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0869200}}
  • {{YouTube|5y2Lr7EbqGA|L'abito e il volto. Incontro con Piero Tosi}} An Italian documentary directed by Francesco Costabile

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  • Piero Tosi, on Instagram [https://instagram.com/pierotosiofficial?igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg%3D%3D @pierotosiofficial], the only official IG page , created by Valentina Tosi: Piero's niece and [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1340007/?ref_=ext_shr Andrea Sorrentino] : Costume Designer, Piero Tosi's student and his close friend.