Dante Ferretti

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Dante Ferretti Italian pronunciation ˌdante ferˈretti born 26 February 1943 is an Italian production designer art director and costume designer Throughout his career Ferretti has worked with many great directors both American and Italian including Pier Paolo Pasolini Federico Fellini Terry Gilliam Franco Zeffirelli Martin Scorsese Francis Ford Coppola Anthony Minghella and Tim Burton He frequently collaborates with his wife set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini and worked under him for five films He also had a fivefilm collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese designing seven of his last eight movies In 2008 he designed the set for Howard Shores opera The Fly directed by David Cronenberg at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris Ferretti has won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for The Aviator Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Hugo He had seven previous nominations In addition he was nominated for Best Costume Design for Kundun He has also won three BAFTA Awards In 2012 he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto a restaurant on Manhattans Upper East Side For the 2015 Expo held in Milan Italy Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept Feeding the Planet Energy for Life He is member of the ItalyUSA Foundation