Dante Ferretti (born February 26, 1943) is an Italian Academy Award-winning production designer, art director and costume designer for films.
In his career, Ferretti has worked with many great directors, both American and Italian, such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton.
Ferretti has developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, de...
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Dante Ferretti (born February 26, 1943) is an Italian Academy Award-winning production designer, art director and costume designer for films.
In his career, Ferretti has worked with many great directors, both American and Italian, such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton.
Ferretti has developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing seven of his last eight movies. In the past he had two other long collaborations with Pier Paolo Pasolini and Federico Fellini, both with five films.
In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
Ferretti won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for The Aviator and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He had seven previous nominations. In addition, he was nominated for Best Costume Design for Kundun. He has also won three BAFTA Awards.
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