Maria De Matteis
Maria De Matteis (6 March 1898 – 9 December 1988) was an Italian costume designer. Her accolades include a BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award.
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Maria De Matteis
- Name
- Maria De Matteis
- Born
- 6 March 1898
- Birthplace
- Florence, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 9 December 1988
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Costume designer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy · Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Maria De Matteis (6 March 1898 – 9 December 1988) was an Italian costume designer. Her accolades include a BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award.
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Maria De Matteis was an Italian and Italian art director, costume designer and illustrator, among other activities. Born in Florence, the art director died in Rome. Languages used include Italian.
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Key facts
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• Name — Maria De Matteis • Born — 6 March 1898 • Birthplace — Florence, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 9 December 1988 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Costume designer • Years Active — 1937–1985
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Notes • 1985 — Christopher Columbus — 4 episodes
Identity
Identity
Maria De Matteis is recorded with the occupation production designer. Recorded as costume designer, production designer, art director, illustrator and theatre designer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1898
Maria De Matteis was born on 6 March 1898.
1988
Maria De Matteis died on 9 December 1988.
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Maria De Matteis was born at Florence.
Birthplace
Maria De Matteis died at Rome.
Deathplace
Florence.
Birth place
Rome.
Death place
Film
• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1939 — The Marquis of Ruvolito — Raffaello Matarazzo • The Boarders at Saint-Cyr — Gennaro Righelli • 1940 — The Birth of Salome — Jean Choux • Don Pasquale — Camillo Mastrocinque • 1941 — Piccolo mondo antico — Mario Soldati • Pirates of Malaya — Enrico Guazzoni • 1942 — Yes, Madam — Ferdinando Maria Poggioli • A Pistol Shot — Renato Castellani • Don Cesare di Bazan — Riccardo Freda • Malombra — Mario Soldati • 1943 — Ossessione — Luchino Visconti • 1946 — The Ways of Sin — Giorgio Pastina • Professor, My Son — Renato Castellani • 1947 — Vanity — Giorgio Pastina • The Captain's Daughter — Mario Camerini • The Two Orphans — Mario Mattoli • 1948 — Cab Number 13 — Mario Mattoli Raoul André • 1949 — William Tell — Giorgio Pastina Michał Waszyński • The Flame That Will Not Die — Vittorio Cottafavi • The Mill on the Po — Alberto Lattuada • The Iron Swordsman — Riccardo Freda • Sicilian Uprising — Giorgio Pastina • 1950 — Guarany — Riccardo Freda • Pact with the Devil — Luigi Chiarini • Figaro Here, Figaro There — Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia • Romanzo d'amore — Duilio Coletti • 1951 — I'm the Capataz — Giorgio Simonelli • La grande rinuncia — Aldo Vergano • The Young Caruso — Giacomo Gentilomo • I due derelitti — Flavio Calzavara • Othello — Orson Welles • Lorenzaccio — Raffaello Pacini • 1952 — The City Stands Trial — Luigi Zampa • The Secret of Three Points — Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia • At Sword's Edge • The Flame — Alessandro Blasetti • The Golden Coach — Jean Renoir • Red Love — Aldo Vergano • 1953 — The Blind Woman of Sorrento — Giacomo Gentilomo • Aida — Clemente Fracassi • Cavallina storna — Giulio Morelli • 1954 — Neapolitan Carousel — Ettore Giannini • House of Ricordi — Carmine Gallone • Too Bad She's Bad — Alessandro Blasetti • The Art of Getting Along — Luigi Zampa • Casta Diva — Carmine Gallone • 1955 — Sins of Casanova — Steno • Golden Vein — Mauro Bolognini • 1956 — War and Peace — King Vidor • Tosca — Carmine Gallone • 1957 — This Angry Age — René Clément • 1958 — Fortunella — Eduardo De Filippo • Tempest — Alberto Lattuada • 1959 — The Son of the Red Corsair — Primo Zeglio • 1960 — Gastone — Mario Bonnard • Five Branded Women — Martin Ritt • Son of Samson — Carlo Campogalliani • 1961 — Ghosts of Rome — Antonio Pietrangeli • The Story of Joseph and His Brethren — Irving Rapper • Barabbas — Richard Fleischer • 1962 — The Reluctant Saint — Edward Dmytryk • The Captive City — Joseph Anthony • 1966 — Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die — Henry Levin • The Bible: In the Beginning... — John Huston • 1967 — The Girl and the General — Pasquale Festa Campanile — with Piero Gherardi • 1969 — Fräulein Doktor — Alberto Lattuada • Bootleggers — Alfio Caltabiano • 1970 — Waterloo — Sergei Bondarchuk — with Ugo Pericoli De Matteis designed civilian costumes, whereas Pericoli designed military uniform
Awards and nominations
• Award — Year — Category — Work — Result — Ref. References • Academy Awards — 1957 — Best Costume Design – Color — War and Peace • British Academy Film Awards — 1971 — Best Costume Design — Waterloo • Nastro d'Argento Awards — 1953 — Best Costume Design — The Golden Coach • 1961 — Gastone • 1962 — Barabbas • 1967 — The Bible: In the Beginning... • Primetime Emmy Awards — 1985 — Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special — Christopher Columbus
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