Dante Ferretti

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Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti in his workshop
Born
OccupationProduction designer
Years active1964–present
SpouseFrancesca Lo Schiavo

Dante Ferretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdante ferˈretti]) is an Italian production designer, art director, and costume designer.

Biography

Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both American and Italian, including; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elio Petri, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton.[citation needed]

He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo.[citation needed]

Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films.[1] He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing nine of his last eleven movies.[citation needed]

In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.[citation needed]

Ferretti has won three

BAFTA Awards.[citation needed
]

In 2012, he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, a restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side.[2][3]

For the

Milan, Italy Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".[4]

Other activities and roles

Ferretti is a member of the

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As of 2023[update], he is a vice-president on the board of the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, an international film festival held on the Italian island of Ischia.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. Smithsonian Magazine
    , December 2002, Accessed July 15, 2010.
  2. ^ "Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto Il Ristorante | 903 Madison Ave | Restaurants". Time Out New York. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ^ Adam Platt. "Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto – Upper East Side". New York Magazine Restaurant Guide. Nymag.com. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Ortolino arrives in Buenos Aires: The Ferretti Statue as Symbol of the Expo Milano 2015 Theme | Expo Milano 2015". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  5. ^ "About Us". Ischia Global Fest. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

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