Piero Gherardi
Piero Gherardi (20 November 1909 – 8 June 1971) was an Italian costume designer, production designer and art director. He is best known to international audiences for his collaborations with directors Mario Monicelli and Federico Fellini. Gherardi has been nominated three times for both the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and the Academy Award for Best Production Design for his work on Fellini's films, and he won twice for creating the costumes for La dolce vita (1960) and 8½ (1963).
Piero Gherardi

Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France · Federico Fellini à Cinecitta · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Piero Gherardi
- Born
- 20 November 1909
- Birthplace
- Poppi, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 8 June 1971
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- * Costume designer
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design and Black-and-White · Academy Awards
- Languages
- Italian
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Piero Gherardi visse dal 20 novembre 1909 all'8 giugno 1971 e fu costumista e scenografo cinematografico.
Vita
Piero Gherardi nacque il 20 novembre 1909 a Poppi, Italia. Piero Gherardi morì l'8 giugno 1971 a Roma.
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Biography
Biography
Gherardi worked between 1909 and 1971 across architect, scenographer, costume designer and decorator. This article rests on 9 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

Costume worn by Anita Ekberg in the film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini in 1960 displayed in Cinecittà studios, Rome, Italy. Costume designer: Piero Gherardi
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Costume worn by Anita Ekberg in the film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini in 1960 displayed in Cinecittà studios, Rome, Italy. Costume designer: Piero Gherardi
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Piero Gherardi • Born — 20 November 1909 • Birthplace — Poppi, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 8 June 1971 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — * Costume designer • production designer • art director • Years Active — 1947–1971
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
List of Piero Gherardi film credits • Year — Title — Director — Credited as — Notes • Costume Designer — Production Designer • 1947 — Daniele Cortis — Mario Soldati • 1948 — Prelude to Madness — Gianni Franciolini • Without Pity — Alberto Lattuada — Also set decorator • Escape to France — Mario Soldati • Hey Boy — Luigi Comencini — Also art director • 1949 — Alarm Bells — Luigi Zampa • 1950 — My Beautiful Daughter — Duilio Coletti • Her Favourite Husband — Mario Soldati — Also art director • Side Street Story — Eduardo De Filippo — Co-designed sets with Piero Filippone • Romanzo d'amore — Duilio Coletti • 1952 — Barefoot Savage — Clemente Fracassi • Red Shirts — Goffredo Alessandrini Francesco Rosi — Co-designed sets with Camillo Del Signore and Alfredo Montori • 1953 — The Unfaithfuls — Mario Monicelli Steno — Also set decorator • The Wayward Wife — Mario Soldati • 1955 — Proibito — Mario Monicelli • 1957 — Fathers and Sons • Nights of Cabiria — Federico Fellini • Doctor and the Healer — Mario Monicelli • 1958 — Big Deal on Madonna Street • 1959 — The Great War — with Danilo Donati Gherardi only designed costumes for Silvana Mangano • 1960 — La dolce vita — Federico Fellini • Under Ten Flags — Duilio Coletti • Le pillole di Ercole — Luciano Salce — with Lucia Mirisola • The Passionate Thief — Mario Monicelli • The Hunchback of Rome — Carlo Lizzani • Crimen — Mario Camerini • 1961 — Black City — Duilio Coletti • 1962 — Boccaccio '70 — Mario Monicelli — Segment: "Renzo e Luciana" • 1963 — 8½ — Federico Fellini • La ragazza di Bube — Luigi Comencini • 1964 — High Infidelity — Mario Monicelli Elio Petri Franco Rossi Luciano Salce • Three Nights of Love — Renato Castellani Luigi Comencini Franco Rossi • 1965 — Le bambole — Luigi Comencini — Segment: "Il trattato di eugenetica" • Juliet of the Spirits — Federico Fellini — Also art director • 1966 — For Love and Gold — Mario Monicelli • Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die — Jack Pulman Dino Maiuri — with Maria De Matteis Gherardi only designed costumes for Dorothy Provine • Sex Quartet — Mario Monicelli — Segment: "Fata Armenia" • 1968 — Black on White — Jörn Donner • Bandits in Rome — Alberto De Martino — with Elio Micheli • 1969 — Nerosubianco — Tinto Brass — with Giuliana Serano • The Appointment — Sidney Lumet — Also art director • Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence — Luigi Comencini
Identity
Identity
Piero Gherardi is recorded with the occupation architect. Established in RKDartists under 282234. Recorded as having received Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White and Academy Awards.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1909
Piero Gherardi was born 20 November 1909.
1962
Receives Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
1964
Receives Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
1971
Dies at Rome.
1971
Piero Gherardi died 8 June 1971.
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Poppi.
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Rome.
Death place
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reference work
- “Piero Gherardi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q506734: Piero Gherardi
General reference · Wikidata
Awards and nominations
• Award — Year — Category — Work — Result — Ref. References • Academy Awards — 1962 — Best Art Direction – Black-and-White — La dolce vita • Best Costume Design – Black-and-White • 1964 — Best Art Direction – Black-and-White — 8½ • Best Costume Design – Black-and-White • 1967 — Best Art Direction – Color — Juliet of the Spirits • Best Costume Design – Color • Nastro d'Argento Awards — 1961 — Best Production Design — La dolce vita • 1964 — Best Costume Design — 8½ • Best Production Design • 1966 — Best Costume Design — Juliet of the Spirits • Best Production Design • 1967 — Best Costume Design — For Love and Gold • Best Production Design • 1970 — Best Costume Design — Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence • Best Production Design
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