# Piero Tosi

Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times. In 2013, he was 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 Senso, Bellissima, 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.

## Partial filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1951 | Bellissima | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1954 | Senso | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1957 | White Nights | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1959 | Policarpo | Mario Soldati | |
| 1960 | Rocco and His Brothers | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1960 | Love in Rome | Dino Risi | |
| 1960 | Il bell'Antonio | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1961 | On the Tiger's Back | Luigi Comencini | aka Jailbreak |
| 1961 | The Lovemakers | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1962 | Careless | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1963 | The Organizer | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Vittorio De Sica | |
| 1964 | The Ape Woman | Marco Ferreri | |
| 1967 | The Stranger | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1968 | Ghosts – Italian Style | Renato Castellani | |
| 1968 | Spirits of the Dead | Federico Fellini Louis Malle Roger Vadim | aka Tales of Mystery and Imagination and Tales of Mystery |
| 1969 | The Damned | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1969 | Medea | Pier Paolo Pasolini | |
| 1970 | Metello | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1971 | Bubù | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1971 | Death in Venice | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1973 | Ludwig | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1973 | We Want the Colonels | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1974 | The Night Porter | Liliana Cavani | |
| 1975 | Down the Ancient Staircase | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1976 | The Innocent | Luchino Visconti | |
| 1977 | Beyond Good and Evil | Liliana Cavani | |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles | Édouard Molinaro | with Ambra Danon |
| 1981 | The Lady of the Camellias | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1981 | The Skin | Liliana Cavani | |
| 1982 | Beyond the Door | Liliana Cavani | |
| 1983 | La Traviata | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| 1993 | Sparrow | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| 2004 | The Keys to the House | Gianni Amelio | |

## Awards and nominations
### Major associations

Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1964 | Best Costume Design – Color | The Leopard | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Costume Design | Death in Venice | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Costume Design | Ludwig | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Costume Design | La Cage aux Folles | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Costume Design | La Traviata | Nominated |
| 2014 | Academy Honorary Award | — | Honored |
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1972 | Best Costume Design | Death in Venice | Won |
| 1984 | Best Costume Design | La Traviata | Won |

### Miscellaneous awards

List of Piero Tosi other awards and nominations :
| Award | Year | Category | Title | Result |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2003 | President's Award | — | Honored |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1981 | Best Costumes | The Lady of the Camellias | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1994 | Best Costumes | Sparrow | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards | 2006 | 50th Anniversary David | — | Honored |
| Italian Golden Globe | 2000 | Career Golden Globe | — | Honored |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1960 | Best Costume Design | Policarpo | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1961 | Best Costume Design | Rocco and His Brothers | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1962 | Best Costume Design | The Lovemakers | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1963 | Best Costume Design | Careless | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1964 | Best Costume Design | The Leopard | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1964 | Best Costume Design | The Organizer | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1969 | Best Costume Design | Spirits of the Dead | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1970 | Best Costume Design | The Damned | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1971 | Best Costume Design | Metello | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1972 | Best Costume Design | Death in Venice | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1974 | Best Costume Design | Ludwig | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1976 | Best Costume Design | Down the Ancient Staircase | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1981 | Best Costume Design | The Lady of the Camellias | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1983 | Best Costume Design | La Traviata | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1995 | Best Costume Design | Sparrow | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 2014 | Honorary Ribbon | — | Honored |