Osvaldo Desideri

Osvaldo Desideri (16 February 1939 – 18 October 2023) was an Italian art director, production designer, and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Last Emperor.

Life and career Born in Rome, Desideri graduated as an industrial technician. For his work in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor he was awarded an Academy Award, a David di Donatello and a Ciak D'Oro.

Selected filmography

The Conformist (1970) Death in Venice (1971) Avanti! (1972) Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974) The Night Porter (1974) The Passenger (1975) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Fantozzi (1975) The Messiah (1975) Todo modo (1976) Strange Occasion (1976) Beyond Good and Evil (1977) They Called Him Bulldozer (1978) City of Women (1980) Flatfoot in Egypt (1980) Buddy Goes West (1981) Bomber (1982) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984) Secrets Secrets (1985) The Professor (1986) The Last Emperor (1987) Fair Game (1988) Young Toscanini (1988) Towards Evening (1990) The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990) Fantozzi 2000 – La clonazione (1999) The Good War (2002) Forever (2003)