Lorenzo Baraldi

Gianlorenzo Baraldi (born 30 October 1940 in Parma) is an Italian costume designer and film producer. He won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Scenography and a David di Donatello for Best Production Design for the film Il Marchese del Grillo by Mario Monicelli in 1982.

Biography Lorenzo Baraldi studied at the faculty of set design of the Istituto d'Arte Paolo Toschi in Parma, Italy, and attended set decoration classes at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. He taught set decoration at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Viterbo from 1993 to 1995, at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from 1994 to 1995, at the Accademia di Costume e Moda in Rome from 1995 to 1998, at the Associazione Scenografi Costumisti e Arredatori from 1998 to 1999, at the Istituto Europeo di Design (I.E.D.) during the academic year 2005–2006, and at the campus for arts students of the Sannio Film Festival in the years 2008 and 2009. He made a series of lectures on scenography and scenotechnics at the Istituto d'Arte Paolo Toschi in Parma in the winter of 1996 and in 2000–2001.

Baraldi began his career in cinema as a set decorator for the film Tepepa (1968), directed by Giulio Petroni. He created the sets of various films and television productions, including The Roses of the Desert, The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal, Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno, All My Friends Part 2, Il Marchese del Grillo, Hurricane Rosy, Lovers and Liars, An Average Little Man, Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen, My Friends (film), and many others.

Baraldi has also worked for directors outside Italy, such as French director Georges Lautner, on the film Le Guignolo (1980), and Michael Radford, on Il Postino: The Postman (1994).

Baraldi was involved in the creation of the 43 columns of the atrium of the Cultural Centre of the Alhóndiga Bilbao in Spain. The history of this project is the subject of a 2010 documentary film.

Filmography Production 43 Colonne in scena a Bilbao (2010), documentary by Leonardo Baraldi and Eleonora Sarasin

Production design

La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba (1971), by Emilio Miraglia I due assi del guantone (1971), by Mariano Laurenti La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972), by Emilio P. Miraglia Tony Arzenta – Big Guns (1973), by Duccio Tessari Sessomatto (1973), by Dino Risi Romanzo popolare (1974), by Mario Monicelli Profumo di donna (1974), by Dino Risi Amici miei (1975), by Mario Monicelli Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976), by Mario Monicelli Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977), by Mario Monicelli Dove vai in vacanza? (1978), in three episodes, by Mauro Bolognini, segments "Le vacanze intelligenti" and "Sarò tutta per te" Viaggio con Anita (1979), by Mario Monicelli Temporale Rosy (1980), by Mario Monicelli I seduttori della domenica (1980), in four episodes, segment 4 "Roma (Armando's Notebook)", by Dino Risi Io e Caterina (1980), by Alberto Sordi Nudo di donna (1981), by Nino Manfredi Il marchese del Grillo (1981), by Mario Monicelli Amici miei atto II (1982), by Mario Monicelli Grog (1982), by Francesco Laudadio Io so che tu sai che io so (1982), by Alberto Sordi Storia di Piera (1983), by Marco Ferreri Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984), by Mario Monicelli Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985), by Mario Monicelli Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì (1985), by Adriano Celentano La coda del diavolo (1986), by Giorgio Treves I giorni randagi (1988), by Filippo Ottoni Musica per vecchi animali (1989), by Stefano Benni together with Umberto Angelucci Errore fatale (1991), TV film, by Filippo De Luigi Caldo soffocante (1991), by Giovanna Gagliardo Piedipiatti (1991), by Carlo Vanzina Condannato a nozze (1993), by Giuseppe Piccioni Il Postino: The Postman (1994), by Michael Radford Palla di neve (1995), by Maurizio Nichetti Carogne (1995), by Enrico Caria Bruno aspetta in macchina (1996), by Duccio Camerini Gli eredi (Les héritiers) (1997), TV, by Josée Dayan Trenta righe per un delitto (1998), miniseries, by Lodovico Gasparini Frigidaire - Il film (1998), by Giorgio Fabris Baci e abbracci (1999), by Paolo Virzì Amore a prima vista (1999), by Vincenzo Salemme Rosa e Cornelia (2000), by Giorgio Treves I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (2001), by Pupi Avati Resurrezione (2001), miniseries, by Paolo e Vittorio Taviani La guerra è finita (2002), miniseries, by Lodovico Gasparini Luisa Sanfelice (2004), miniseries, by Paolo e Vittorio Taviani Al di là delle frontiere (2004), TV, by Maurizio Zaccaro Il bell'Antonio (2005), miniseries, by Maurizio Zaccaro Le rose del deserto (2006), by Mario Monicelli Fuga sul Kenya (2008), by Gabriele Iacovone Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia (2013), by Lodovico Gasparini

Art direction

La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba (1971), by Emilio Miraglia Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973), by Mario Monicelli Tony Arzenta – Big Guns (1973), by Duccio Tessari Romanzo popolare (1974), by Mario Monicelli L'anatra all'arancia (1975), by Luciano Salce Pummarò (1990), by Michele Placido Baci e abbracci (1999), by Paolo Virzì Honolulu Baby (2001), by Maurizio Nichetti Il bell'Antonio (2005), miniseries, by Maurizio Zaccaro Volesse il cielo! (2002), by Vincenzo Salemme

Set decoration Tepepa (1968), by Giulio Petroni T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio (1968), by Osvaldo Civirani La moglie del prete (1971), by Dino Risi I due assi del guantone (1971), by Mariano Laurenti L'uccello migratore (1972), by Steno Tony Arzenta – Big Guns (1973), by Duccio Tessari Caro Michele (1976), by Mario Monicelli Le Guignolo (1980), by Georges Lautner

Costume design La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba (1971), by Emilio Miraglia Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo (1972), by Mariano Laurenti La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972), by Emilio P. Miraglia Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976), by Mario Monicelli