Dante Ferretti
Date of birth: 1943-02-26
Place of birth: Macerata, Marche, Italy
Known for: Art
Also known as: Dante Feretti
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Movie Credits
The Isle of Medea
2016-08-31
On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never seen b
Fellini Forward
2021-09-07
Investigating the last years of the famous filmmaker in Rome, combining the history of Italian cinem
Pasolini maestro corsaro
2015-01-01
Medea: On-Set Memories
2004-12-31
A documentary on the making of Pier Paolo Pasolini's MEDEA (1969) features rare behind-the-scenes fo
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012-02-28
The cast and crew of "Hugo" discuss the process of adapting the book to screen, the work of director
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003-04-02
A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his backgro
Fellinopolis
2021-06-10
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Ital
Ciao, Federico!
1970-10-28
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
1998-10-07
In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans hi
Valentino: The Last Emperor
2008-09-07
Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valent
Handmade Cinema
2012-02-01
Sur les traces de Fellini
2013-01-01
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005-09-03
A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmma
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017-05-09
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary is a trip through the auteur's singular cosmos - at once supe
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993-09-01
A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008-04-08
This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with th
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010-09-10
The Documentary Dante Ferretti – Production Designer retraces the life and the career of Dante Ferre
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986-10-11
A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the sce
La rosa dei nomi
1987-01-01
Mora
1982-12-29
A reporter travelling to Latin America witnesses a murder through the lens of his camera.
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022-07-25
An oral history of the 1986 film adaptation of "The Name of the Rose", gathering together the memori