About
Gabriella Pescucci
Overview
Gabriella Pescucci (born 1941 in Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany) is an Italian costume designer. She has worked with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Neil Jordan. In 1993 she won an Oscarfor The Age of Innocence. Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno. She studied Art at Accademia, Florence. In 1966 moved to Rome with the express intention of becoming a costume designer for the cinema. She began her career as an assistant to Piero Tosi on the sets of Visconti’s Medea and Death in Venice. Pescucci took her first steps in cinema withGiuseppe Patroni Griffi at the start of the 70s, designing costumes that took inspiration from paintings by Carpaccio and Leonardo. Her international debut was in 1984 with Once Upon a Time in America, for which she won the first of her two BAFTA Awards, the second being for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by director Terry Gilliam and scenographer Dante Ferretti. She received many other nominations and awards, among which a David di Donatello with The Name of the Rose and an Oscar for The Age of Innocence in 1993. Some of her most popular works include costume design on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Misérables and Agora. In addition to her film and television work she has designed for the Opera, notably La Traviata at La Scala, Un ballo in maschera at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C., and La bohème in Florence.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2016 | The Isle of Medea | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Lost in La Mancha | Actor | Self - Costume Designer | 62 Fair |
| 2001 | Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema | Actor | Self - Costume Designer | 59 Average |
Costume & Make-Up |
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| 2024 | The Decameron | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Designer | 63 Fair |
| 2020 | The Burnt Orange Heresy | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 2011 | The Jewel | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The First Beautiful Thing | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 65 Fair |
| 2009 | Agora | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 66 Fair |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 70 Good |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 63 Fair |
| 1999 | Time Regained | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Designer | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Manon Lescaut | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Les Misérables | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 66 Fair |
| 1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 63 Fair |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Night and the Moment | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Solomon & Sheba | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Per amore, solo per amore | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 66 Fair |
| 1992 | Indochine | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 62 Fair |
| 1989 | What Time Is It? | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 62 Fair |
| 1989 | Splendor | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 65 Fair |
| 1987 | The Family | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 61 Fair |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 72 Good |
| 1984 | Good King Dagobert | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 57 Average |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 81 Very good |
| 1982 | The Night of Varennes | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 60 Fair |
| 1981 | Passion of Love | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Three Brothers | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1980 | City of Women | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 62 Fair |
| 1978 | Orchestra Rehearsal | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 60 Fair |
| 1977 | The Seagull | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 1976 | The Inheritance | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1975 | The Divine Nymph | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 1974 | The Murri Affair | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Identikit | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1973 | Ludwig | Costume & Make-Up | Assistant Costume Designer | 62 Fair |
| 1971 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Death in Venice | Costume & Make-Up | Assistant Costume Designer | 65 Fair |
| 1970 | Many Wars Ago | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 62 Fair |
| 1970 | The Year of the Cannibals | Costume & Make-Up | Assistant Costume Designer | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Medea | Costume & Make-Up | Assistant Costume Designer | 60 Fair |
| 1968 | The Seven Cervi Brothers | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Mademoiselle de Maupin | Costume & Make-Up | Assistant Costume Designer | 59 Average |
| 1963 | I cuori infranti | Costume & Make-Up | Assistant Costume Designer | 59 Average |
| L'Inverno | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design | N/A N/A |
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