Piero Tosi
Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. He has received numerous accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and two David di Donatellos, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards. In 2013, he became the first costume designer to receive an Academy Honorary Award as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."
Piero Tosi
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- 1927
- Died
- 2019
- Nationality
- Italy
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- costume designer · artist · fashion designer
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Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. He has received numerous accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and two David di Donatellos, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards. In 2013, he became the first costume designer to receive an Academy Honorary Award as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."
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Tosi's film credits include Bellissima, Senso, The Leopard, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Death in Venice, The Night Porter, and La Traviata. He was particularly known for his exhaustively researched and intricately detailed historical costumes. He won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes twice, as well as the 50th Anniversary David in 2006. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design twice, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times. He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.
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1927
Piero Tosi was born on 10 April 1927.
2019
Piero Tosi died on 10 August 2019.
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- 1.Corriere della Sera. È morto il costumista Piero Tosi: lavorò con Visconti, disse no a Kubrick e vinse l'Oscar. 10 August 2019.
- 2.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners. 5 October 2014.
- 3.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners. 5 October 2014.
- 4.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners. 4 October 2014.
- 5.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners.
- 6.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners. 5 October 2014.
- 7.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 2013 Governors Awards. 8 October 2014.
- 8.British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 25th British Academy Film Awards.
- 9.British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). 37th British Academy Film Awards.
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