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Piero Gherardi is a Production Designer, Production Design and Costume Design Italien born on 20 november 1909 at Poppi (Italie)

Piero Gherardi

Piero Gherardi
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Nationality Italie
Birth 20 november 1909 at Poppi (Italie)
Death 8 june 1971 (at 61 years) at Rome (Italie)

Piero Gherardi, né le 20 novembre 1909 à Poppi (Province d'Arezzo, Toscane), mort le 8 juin 1971 à Rome (Province de Rome, Latium), est un architecte, costumier, décorateur et directeur artistique italien.

Biography

Diplômé en architecture, Piero Gherardi est d'abord architecte professionnel avant de s'orienter vers le cinéma. Son premier film comme chef-décorateur est Notte di tempesta de Gianni Franciolini, sorti en 1946. Se tournant aussi vers la création de costumes, son premier film à ce titre est Amanti senza amore du même Franciolini, sorti en 1948. En tout, jusqu'en 1969, il contribue à quarante films comme costumier et à quarante-quatre comme décorateur (ou directeur artistique), cumulant souvent les deux fonctions. Il s'agit majoritairement de films italiens ou parfois de coproductions (ex. : Barrage contre le Pacifique en 1958, film américano-italien de René Clément). S'y ajoutent deux films américains, Guerre et Paix de King Vidor (1956) et Le Rendez-vous de Sidney Lumet (1969, un de ses derniers films).

Il est connu en particulier pour sa collaboration avec Federico Fellini sur quatre films (aux costumes et aux décors), Les Nuits de Cabiria (1957), La dolce vita (1960), Huit et demi (1963) et Juliette des esprits (1965), sur un segment (aux décors) du film à sketches Histoires extraordinaires (1968), et enfin sur un documentaire (aux costumes et aux décors) tourné pour la télévision, Bloc-notes d'un cinéaste (1969). La dolce vita et Huit et demi lui valent chacun de gagner un Oscar de la meilleure création de costumes, sans compter quatre autres nominations (dont trois à l'Oscar de la meilleure direction artistique, y compris pour les deux mêmes films de Fellini). De plus, il gagne un Ruban d'argent des meilleurs costumes et deux autres du meilleur décor (voir détails ci-dessous).

Durant sa carrière, Piero Gherardi assiste également les réalisateurs Alberto Lattuada (Sans pitié en 1948), Duilio Coletti (ex. : Toselli en 1950), Mario Soldati (ex. : Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero en 1952), Mario Monicelli (onze films, dont Le Pigeon en 1958), Carlo Lizzani (ex. : Le Bossu de Rome en 1960), Gillo Pontecorvo (ex. : Kapò en 1961), ou encore Luigi Comencini (ex. : Casanova, un adolescent à Venise en 1969), entre autres.

Sa dernière contribution est pour les costumes de la mini-série Les Aventures de Pinocchio de Luigi Comencini, diffusé en 1972 (l'année suivant sa mort).

Best films

La Dolce Vita (1960)
(Production Designer)
War and Peace (1956)
(Set Decoration)
8½ (1963)
(Production Design)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
(Production Design)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
(Production Design)

Usually with

Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli
(14 films)
Nino Rota
Nino Rota
(21 films)
Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Piero Gherardi (59 films)

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Producer

La Dolce Vita, 2h47
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about religion
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
Roles Production Designer
Rating80% 4.0010654.0010654.0010654.0010654.001065
Based on the most common interpretation of the storyline, the film can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue (see also Structure, below). If the evenings of each episode were joined with the morning of the respective preceding episode together as a day, they would form seven consecutive days, which may not necessarily be the case.

Art

Burn!
Burn! (1969)
, 2h12
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Political films
Actors Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Giampiero Albertini, Dana Ghia
Roles Production Design
Rating70% 3.544683.544683.544683.544683.54468
The British government sends Sir William Walker (Brando), an agent provocateur, to the fictional island of Queimada, a Portuguese possession in the Lesser Antilles. Britain seeks to open the island to exploitation by the fictional Antilles Royal Sugar Company. Walker's task is to organize an uprising of African slaves against the Portuguese regime, which the British intend to replace with a government dominated by pliable white planters.
The Appointment, 1h55
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Omar Sharif, Anouk Aimée, Didi Perego, Fausto Tozzi, Lotte Lenya, Paola Barbara
Roles Art Direction
Rating53% 2.657282.657282.657282.657282.65728
Federico, un jeune avocat riche à Rome, rencontre un ancien ami de collège Renzo et sa fiancée Carla, un modèle de mode. Renzo lui dit qu'il n'est plus content avec Carla, car il soupçonne qu'elle travaille aussi comme prostituée. Federico se sent attiré par la beauté et la réserve de Carla et enfin il l'épouse. Puis Renzo ranime dans l'esprit de Federico le soupçon qu'elle rencontre des hommes pendant la journée et lui propose qu'il approche l'entremetteuse Emma. Celle-ci lui demande cent mille lire pour un rendez-vous, prix que Federico accepte, mais deux fois la belle anonyme n'arrive pas. La jalousie obsessionnelle de Federico a conduit Carla, fragile et fidèle, à se suicider.
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence, 2h5
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Leonard Whiting, Maria Grazia Buccella, Lionel Stander, Tina Aumont, Raoul Grassilli, Wilfrid Brambell
Roles Set Decoration
Rating75% 3.754073.754073.754073.754073.75407
In 1742 in Venice, the young Giacomo Casanova is in a great trouble. A few years ago, in the seminary in Padua, Giacomo has experienced his first love, though he is destined to be a priest. While Giacomo now follows the seminary, the young noble is to sneak into his palace of beautiful girls that spends the night. One day, Giacomo falls in love with a beautiful countess, and so he decides to abandon his studies to become a priest for being a daring libertine.
For Love and Gold, 2h8
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Gian Maria Volonté, Catherine Spaak, Carlo Pisacane, Folco Lulli, Ugo Fangareggi
Roles Production Design
Rating76% 3.8471153.8471153.8471153.8471153.847115
The movie opens with a small Italian village being stormed by a band of Hungarian pillagers. When the murders and rapes are over, a German knight arrives and bravely kills the bandits. However, as he is healing his wounds he is attacked by two of the surviving villagers and one of the thieves. They throw the wounded knight into a river.
The Queens
The Queens (1966)
, 1h54
Directed by Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Antonio Pietrangeli
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gastone Moschin, Alberto Sordi, Jean Sorel
Roles Production Design
Rating59% 2.998612.998612.998612.998612.99861
Comédie en quatre parties.
Juliet of the Spirits, 2h17
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, Caterina Boratto, José Luis de Vilallonga
Roles Production Design
Rating74% 3.7474153.7474153.7474153.7474153.747415
Giulietta explores her subconscious and the odd lifestyle of her sexy neighbour, Suzy, as she attempts to deal with her mundane life and her philandering oppressive husband, Giorgio. As she increasingly taps into her desires (and her demons) she slowly gains greater self-awareness leading to independence although, according to Fellini's wife, the real-life Giulietta, this end result may be interpretable.
Bebo's Girl, 1h46
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Claudia Cardinale, George Chakiris, Marc Michel, Carla Calò, Monique Vita, Gabriella Giorgelli
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.4180353.4180353.4180353.4180353.418035
En 1945 en Toscane, Mara fait la connaissance de Bube, un partisan qui vient rendre visite à son père. Ils tombent amoureux et se fiancent mais ne peuvent se voir qu'épisodiquement. Bube qui a tué un brigadier et son fils est contraint de s'enfuir à l'étranger. Le temps passe et Mara rencontre Stefano qui un jour lui demande de l'épouser. Elle hésite puis apprend que Bube vient d'être expulsé de son pays d'accueil et arrêté à la frontière...
High Infidelity, 1h30
Directed by Mario Monicelli, Elio Petri, Franco Rossi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Nino Manfredi, John Phillip Law, Charles Aznavour, Claire Bloom, Monica Vitti, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Roles Production Design
Rating65% 3.2661853.2661853.2661853.2661853.266185
Francesco Mangini est un mari jaloux et excessivement protecteur de son épouse Raffaella, mais un jour il découvre être l'objet du désir de l'amant de sa femme.
8½
(1963)
, 2h18
Directed by Giulio Paradisi, Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmüller
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about films, Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
Roles Production Design
Rating80% 4.001214.001214.001214.001214.00121
Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a famous Italian film director, is suffering from "director's block". Stalled on his new science fiction film that includes veiled autobiographical references, he has lost interest amid artistic and marital difficulties. As Guido struggles half-heartedly to work on the film, a series of flashbacks and dreams delve into his memories and fantasies; they are frequently interwoven with reality.
Boccaccio '70, 2h30
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren, Peppino De Filippo, Polidor, Tomás Milián
Roles Production Design
Rating69% 3.497593.497593.497593.497593.49759
In Renzo e Luciana, a young couple tries to hide their marriage and the wife’s supposed pregnancy from the draconian book-keeper of their employer, who has banned female employees from getting married and having children but does not mind a few cheap thrills at their expense himself.
Black City
Black City (1961)
, 1h30
Directed by Duilio Coletti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Ernest Borgnine, Lino Ventura, Keenan Wynn, David Opatoshu, Cristina Gaioni, Giacomo Furia
Roles Production Design
Rating73% 3.6626053.6626053.6626053.6626053.662605
En 1943 à Naples, sous le regard bienveillant du Colonel américain à qui il a sauvé la vie, Peppino Navarra est le Robin des bois du quartier de Poggioreale. Il vole les riches pour donner aux pauvres de son quartier. L'Archevêque va le charger d'une mission.
The Policeman on Horseback, 1h35
Directed by Carlo Lizzani
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Nino Manfredi, Peppino De Filippo, Maurizio Arena, Annette Stroyberg, Aldo Giuffrè, Clelia Matania
Roles Production Design
Rating61% 3.083613.083613.083613.083613.08361
A couple of women nomads in Rome steal a horse named Rutilio. The horse belongs to a mounted carabiniere, a member of the Italian national police force. The officer must look throughout the capitol on the same day that he is to wed his fianceè Letizia.
La Dolce Vita, 2h47
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about religion
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
Roles Production Design
Rating80% 4.0010654.0010654.0010654.0010654.001065
Based on the most common interpretation of the storyline, the film can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue (see also Structure, below). If the evenings of each episode were joined with the morning of the respective preceding episode together as a day, they would form seven consecutive days, which may not necessarily be the case.