Gabriella Pescucci
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- January 17, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany, Italy
Biography
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
Filmography
L'Inverno
Movie · Costume Design
A Talent for Murder
Movie · Costume Design
The Decameron
TV · Costume Designer · 8 eps
Pantafa
Movie · Costume Design
Domina
TV · Costume Designer · 16 eps
The Burnt Orange Heresy
Movie · Costume Design
a Jacket
Movie · Costume Design
Penny Dreadful
TV · Costume Design · 18 eps
The Jewel
Movie · Costume Design
The Borgias
TV · Costume Designer · 29 eps
The First Beautiful Thing
Movie · Costume Design
Agora
Movie · Costume Design
Rien Va
Movie · Costume Assistant
Beowulf
Movie · Costume Design
Don Pasquale
Movie · Costume Design
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie · Costume Design
The Brothers Grimm
Movie · Costume Design
Van Helsing
Movie · Costume Design
Lost Love
Movie · Costumer
Time Regained
Movie · Costume Design
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · Costume Designer
Les Misérables
Movie · Costume Design
Manon Lescaut
Movie · Costume Design
Cousin Bette
Movie · Costume Design
Dangerous Beauty
Movie · Costume Design
Solomon & Sheba
Movie · Costume Design
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · Costume Design
The Night and the Moment
Movie · Costume Design
Slave of Dreams
Movie · Costume Design
Per amore, solo per amore
Movie · Costume Design
The Age of Innocence
Movie · Costume Design
Indochine
Movie · Costume Design
The Last Days of Humanity
Movie · Costume Design
What Time Is It?
Movie · Costume Design
Splendor
Movie · Costume Design
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · Costume Design
The Family
Movie · Costume Design
The Name of the Rose
Movie · Costume Design
Once Upon a Time in America
Movie · Costume Design
Good King Dagobert
Movie · Costume Design
Aurora
Movie · Costume Designer
That Night of Varennes
Movie · Costume Design
Three Brothers
Movie · Costume Design
Passion of Love
Movie · Costume Design
City of Women
Movie · Costume Design
Orchestra Rehearsal
Movie · Costume Design
The Seagull
Movie · Costume Design
The Inheritance
Movie · Costume Design
The Divine Nymph
Movie · Costume Design
Identikit
Movie · Costume Design
The Murri Affair
Movie · Costume Design
Ludwig
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer
Death in Venice
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Movie · Costume Design
Many Wars Ago
Movie · Costume Design
Medea
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer
The Year of the Cannibals
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Movie · Costume Design
Mademoiselle de Maupin
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer
I cuori infranti
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer
The Attic
Movie · Assistant Costume Designer