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."

Biography 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.

Filmography Film YearTitleDirectorNotes 1951 Bellissima Luchino Visconti 1953 Aida Clemente Fracassi Assistant costume designer Musoduro Giuseppe Bennati 1954 Senso Luchino Visconti 1955 Il padrone sono me Franco Brusati 1956 The Awakening Mario Camerini Also set decorator 1957 White Nights Luchino Visconti Vacanze a Ischia Mario Camerini 1958 Young Husbands Mauro Bolognini 1959 Policarpo Mario Soldati You're on Your Own Mauro Bolognini 1960 Il bell'Antonio Also set decorator Rocco and His Brothers Luchino Visconti Love in Rome Dino Risi 1961 The Lovemakers Mauro Bolognini Also production designer On the Tiger's Back Luigi Comencini 1962 Boccaccio '70 Luchino Visconti Segment: "Il Lavoro" Careless Mauro Bolognini Also set decorator 1963 The Leopard Luchino Visconti The Organizer Mario Monicelli Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Vittorio De Sica La visita Antonio Pietrangeli 1964 The Ape Woman Marco Ferreri Marriage Italian Style Vittorio De Sica Tosi only designed costumes for Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni 1966 After the Fox 1967 The Witches Mauro BologniniVittorio De SicaPier Paolo PasoliniFranco RossiLuchino Visconti Matchless Renato Castellani The Stranger Luchino Visconti Arabella Mauro Bolognini Ghosts – Italian Style Renato Castellani with Enrico SabbatiniTosi only designed costumes for Sophia Loren 1968 Spirits of the Dead Federico Fellini Segment: "Toby Dammit"Also supervising production designer 1969 The Damned Luchino Visconti Medea Pier Paolo Pasolini 1970 Metello Mauro Bolognini Costume supervisor So Long Gulliver Carlo Tuzii 1971 Bubù Mauro Bolognini Death in Venice Luchino Visconti 1973 Ludwig We Want the Colonels Mario Monicelli 1974 The Night Porter Liliana Cavani Conversation Piece Luchino Visconti Tosi only designed costumes for Silvana Mangano 1975 Libera, My Love Mauro Bolognini Also set decorator The Peaceful Age Fabio Carpi Down the Ancient Staircase Mauro Bolognini Also production designer 1976 The Innocent Luchino Visconti 1977 Beyond Good and Evil Liliana Cavani 1978 La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro Tosi only designed costumes for Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault Where Are You Going on Holiday? Mauro Bolognini Segment: "Sarò tutta per te" 1979 Hypochondriac Tonino Cervi 1981 The Lady of the Camellias Mauro Bolognini The Skin Liliana Cavani 1982 Più bello di così si muore Pasquale Festa Campanile Tosi only designed female disguise costumes for Enrico Montesano Beyond the Door Liliana Cavani 1983 La Traviata Franco Zeffirelli 1985 La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding Georges Lautner with Ambra Danon 1993 Sparrow Franco Zeffirelli 2004 The Keys to the House Gianni Amelio

Television YearTitleNotes 1990 Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride 3 episodes 1993 Albert Savarus Television film

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1964 Best Costume Design – Color The Leopard 1972 Best Costume Design Death in Venice 1974 Ludwig 1980 La Cage aux Folles 1983 La Traviata 2014 Academy Honorary Award

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1972 Best Costume Design Death in Venice 1984 La Traviata

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Costume Designers Guild Awards 2003 President's Award David di Donatello Awards 1981 Best Costumes The Lady of the Camellias 1994 Sparrow 2006 50th Anniversary David Globo d'oro Awards 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award Nastro d'Argento Awards 1960 Best Costume Design Policarpo 1961 Rocco and His Brothers 1962 The Lovemakers 1963 Careless 1964 The Leopard The Organizer 1969 Spirits of the Dead 1970 The Damned 1971 Metello 1972 Death in Venice 1974 Ludwig 1976 Down the Ancient Staircase 1981 The Lady of the Camellias 1983 La Traviata 1995 Sparrow 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award