Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci (; born 17 January 1941) is an Italian costume designer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, and two Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Television Award and five Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Pescucci gained prominence for her collaborations with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, and Neil Jordan. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Age of Innocence (1993).

Biography Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno. She studied art at Accademia, Florence. In 1966, she 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 Pasolini's Medea and Visconti's Death in Venice. Pescucci took her first steps in cinema with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi at the start of the 70s, designing costumes that took inspiration from paintings by Carpaccio and Leonardo.

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.,

Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 1967 How to Kill 400 Duponts Steno 1968 The Seven Cervi Brothers Gianni Puccini 1970 Many Wars Ago Francesco Rosi 1971 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giuseppe Patroni Griffi 1974 The Sensual Man Marco Vicario The Driver's Seat Giuseppe Patroni Griffi The Murri Affair Mauro Bolognini 1975 The Divine Nymph Giuseppe Patroni Griffi 1976 The Inheritance Mauro Bolognini 1977 Il gabbiano Marco Bellocchio 1978 Orchestra Rehearsal Federico Fellini 1980 City of Women Federico Fellini 1981 Three Brothers Francesco Rosi Passion of Love Ettore Scola 1982 That Night in Varennes Ettore Scola 1984 Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone Good King Dagobert Dino Risi 1985 L'Orfeo Claude Goretta 1986 The Name of the Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud 1987 The Family Ettore Scola 1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Terry Gilliam Haunted Summer Ivan Passer Splendor Ettore Scola 1989 What Time Is It? Ettore Scola 1992 Indochine Régis Wargnier 1993 The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese For Love, Only for Love Giovanni Veronesi 1995 The Night and the Moment Anna Maria Tatò The Scarlet Letter Roland Joffé 1998 Dangerous Beauty Marshall Herskovitz Les Misérables Bille August Cousin Bette Des McAnuff 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream Michael Hoffman Time Regained Raúl Ruiz 2003 Lost Love Franco Battiato 2004 Secret Passage Ademir Kenović Van Helsing Stephen Sommers with Carlo Poggioli 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam 2007 Beowulf Robert Zemeckis 2009 Agora Alejandro Amenábar 2010 The First Beautiful Thing Paolo Virzì 2011 The Jewel Andrea Molaioli The Wholly Family Terry Gilliam Short film 2019 The Burnt Orange Heresy Giuseppe Capotondi Switzerland Anton Corbijn Post-production

Television YearTitleNotes 1984 Aurora TV film 1985 Il trovatore TV opera 1990 Norma 1995 Solomon and Sheba TV film Slave of Dreams 1996 Cavalleria rusticana TV opera 1998 Manon Lescaut 2011–2013 The Borgias 29 episodes 2014–2016 Penny Dreadful 27 episodes 2021–2023 Domina 16 episodes 2024 The Decameron 8 episodes

Stage Year Title Venue Notes 1992 La traviata La Scala Opera directed by Manuela Crivelli 2001 Un ballo in maschera Kennedy Centre Opera directed by Carlo Battistoni 2007 La traviata La Scala Opera directed by Manuela Crivelli

+ Self-appearances Year Title Notes 1994 The 66th Academy Awards TV special 2001 Sergio Leone: Cinema, Cinema TV documentary 2002 Lost in La Mancha TV documentary 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate TV documentary 2010 XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia TV special Dante Ferretti: Italian Scenographer TV documentary

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1990 Best Costume Design The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1994 The Age of Innocence 2006 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1985 Best Costume Design Once Upon a Time in America 1990 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 2006 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory British Academy Television Craft Awards 2015 Best Costume Design Penny Dreadful

Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 Outstanding Costumes for a Series The Borgias 2012 The Borgias 2013 The Borgias

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2005 Capri Umberto Tirelli Award The Brothers Grimm César Awards 1993 Best Costume Design Indochine 2000 Time Regained Ciak d'oro 1987 Best Costume Design The Family 1990 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1997 Albergo Roma 2010 The First Beautiful Thing Costume Designers Guild Awards 2006 Excellence in Fantasy Film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2012 Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television The Borgias 2014 2016 Excellence in Period Television Penny Dreadful 2017 David di Donatello Awards 1981 Best Costumes Three Brothers 1983 That Night in Varennes 1987 The Name of the Rose The Family 1989 Splendor 1994 For Love, Only for Love 2010 The First Beautiful Thing Goya Awards 2010 Best Costume Design Agora Nastro d'Argento Awards 1975 Best Costume Design The Murri Affair 1976 The Divine Nymph 1980 City of Women 1983 That Night in Varennes 1987 The Name of the Rose 1990 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1994 The Age of Innocence 1996 The Night and the Moment 2004 Lost Love 2005 Van Helsing 2006 Special Award for costumes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2010 Best Costume Design Agora / The First Beautiful Thing Saturn Awards 1991 Best Costume Design The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 2005 Van Helsing 2006 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory