Franco Scepi
Franco Scepi (born 1941 in Piacenza, Italy) is an Italian artist, graphic designer and film director. Scepi attended the Brera Academy in Milan where he was a student of Gianfilippo Usellini. After a spell like set designer at La Scala Theatre in Milan, he replaced Fortunato Depero as Art Director at Campari, where he worked for over ten years.
Franco Scepi
- Born
- 1941 · Lucera.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- film director · graphic designer
- Education
- Brera Academy
- Known for
- Man of Peace
- Languages
- Italian
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Franco Scepi (born 1941 in Piacenza, Italy) is an Italian artist, graphic designer and film director. Scepi attended the Brera Academy in Milan where he was a student of Gianfilippo Usellini. After a spell like set designer at La Scala Theatre in Milan, he replaced Fortunato Depero as Art Director at Campari, where he worked for over ten years.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Franco Scepi. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
wikipedia incomplete · checked 25 September 2026
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q3751592 · wikipedia · Franco Scepi
In this article
Biography
He directed the films Can Cannes (1980) and Packaging (1982). In 1999, Mikhail Gorbachev and the Nobel Peace Laureates added their signatures to Scepi's work Man for Peace. Originally created in 1977 for the poster of the Andrzej Wajda film Man of Marble, Man for Peace was inspired by Karol Wojtyła as a symbol that foresaw the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Franco Scepi studied at Brera Academy. The recorded working language is Italian. Works named in the authority record are Man of Peace.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 02 September 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,225 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Franco RossettiPerson
- Franco RossiPerson
- Franco RossoPerson
- Franco SacchiPerson
- Franco SolinasPerson
- Franco TrentalancePerson
- Franco ZeffirelliPerson
- François ArnaudPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Franco Scepi?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.