# Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci (Italian pronunciation:; born 17 January 1941) is an Italian costume designer. In a career spanning over five decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and two Emmy Awards.
Pescucci gained prominence for her collaborations with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, and Neil Jordan. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for The Age of Innocence (1993).

## Biography

Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno. She studied Art at Accademia, Florence. In 1966, she moved to Rome with the express intention of becoming a costume designer for the cinema. She began her career as an assistant to Piero Tosi on the sets of Pasolini's Medea and Visconti's Death in Venice. Pescucci took her first steps in cinema with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi at the start of the 70s, designing costumes that took inspiration from paintings by Carpaccio and Leonardo.
Her international debut was in 1984 with Once Upon a Time in America, for which she won the first of her two BAFTA Awards, the second being for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by director Terry Gilliam and production designer Dante Ferretti.
She received many other nominations and awards, among which a David di Donatello with The Name of the Rose and an Oscar for The Age of Innocence in 1993. Some of her most popular works include costume design on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Misérables and Agora.
In addition to her film and television work, she has designed for the Opera, notably La Traviata at La Scala, Un ballo in maschera at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C., and La bohème in Florence.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1967 | How to Kill 400 Duponts | Steno | |
| 1968 | The Seven Cervi Brothers | Gianni Puccini | |
| 1970 | Many Wars Ago | Francesco Rosi | |
| 1971 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | |
| 1974 | The Sensual Man | Marco Vicario | |
| 1974 | The Driver's Seat | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | |
| 1974 | The Murri Affair | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1975 | The Divine Nymph | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | |
| 1976 | The Inheritance | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1977 | Il gabbiano | Marco Bellocchio | |
| 1978 | Orchestra Rehearsal | Federico Fellini | |
| 1980 | City of Women | Federico Fellini | |
| 1981 | Three Brothers | Francesco Rosi | |
| 1981 | Passion of Love | Ettore Scola | |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes | Ettore Scola | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Sergio Leone | |
| 1984 | Good King Dagobert | Dino Risi | |
| 1985 | L'Orfeo | Claude Goretta | aka La favola d'Orfeo |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| 1987 | The Family | Ettore Scola | |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | |
| 1988 | Haunted Summer | Ivan Passer | |
| 1988 | Splendor | Ettore Scola | |
| 1989 | What Time Is It? | Ettore Scola | |
| 1992 | Indochine | Régis Wargnier | |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Martin Scorsese | |
| 1993 | For Love, Only for Love | Giovanni Veronesi | |
| 1995 | The Night and the Moment | Anna Maria Tatò | |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Roland Joffé | |
| 1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Marshall Herskovitz | |
| 1998 | Les Misérables | Bille August | |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette | Des McAnuff | |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Michael Hoffman | |
| 1999 | Time Regained | Raúl Ruiz | |
| 2003 | Lost Love | Franco Battiato | |
| 2004 | Secret Passage | Ademir Kenović | |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Stephen Sommers | with Carlo Poggioli |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam | |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Robert Zemeckis | |
| 2009 | Agora | Alejandro Amenábar | |
| 2010 | The First Beautiful Thing | Paolo Virzì | |
| 2011 | The Jewel | Andrea Molaioli | |
| 2011 | The Wholly Family | Terry Gilliam | Short film |
| 2019 | The Burnt Orange Heresy | Giuseppe Capotondi | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1984 | Aurora | TV film |
| 1985 | Il trovatore | TV opera |
| 1990 | Norma | TV opera |
| 1995 | Solomon and Sheba | TV film |
| 1995 | Slave of Dreams | TV film |
| 1996 | Cavalleria rusticana | TV opera |
| 1998 | Manon Lescaut | TV opera |
| 2011–2013 | The Borgias | 29 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Penny Dreadful | 27 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Domina | 16 episodes |
| 2024 | The Decameron | 8 episodes |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Venue | Notes |
| 1992 | La traviata | La Scala | Opera directed by Manuela Crivelli |
| 2001 | Un ballo in maschera | Kennedy Centre | Opera directed by Carlo Battistoni |
| 2007 | La traviata | La Scala | Opera directed by Manuela Crivelli |
Self-appearances :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1994 | The 66th Academy Awards | TV special |
| 2001 | Sergio Leone: Cinema, Cinema | TV documentary |
| 2002 | Lost in La Mancha | TV documentary |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate | TV documentary |
| 2010 | XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia | TV special |
| 2010 | Dante Ferretti: Italian Scenographer | TV documentary |

## Awards and nominations
### Major associations

Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1989 | Best Costume Design | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Costume Design | The Age of Innocence | Won |
| 2005 | Best Costume Design | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1984 | Best Costume Design | Once Upon a Time in America | Won |
| 1989 | Best Costume Design | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Won |
| 2005 | Best Costume Design | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Nominated |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards |||||
| 2015 | Best Costume Design | Penny Dreadful | Nominated |
Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2011 | Outstanding Costumes for a Series | The Borgias (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding") | Won |
| 2012 | Outstanding Costumes for a Series | The Borgias (Episode: "The Confession") | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Costumes for a Series | The Borgias (Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot") | Won |

### Miscellaneous awards

List of Gabriella Pescucci other awards and nominations :
| Award | Year | Category | Title | Result |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2005 | Capri Umberto Tirelli Award | The Brothers Grimm | Won |
| César Awards | 1992 | Best Costume Design | Indochine | Nominated |
| César Awards | 1999 | Best Costume Design | Time Regained | Nominated |
| Ciak d'oro | 1987 | Best Costume Design | The Family | Won |
| Ciak d'oro | 1990 | Best Costume Design | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Won |
| Ciak d'oro | 1997 | Best Costume Design | Albergo Roma | Won |
| Ciak d'oro | 2010 | Best Costume Design | The First Beautiful Thing | Won |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2005 | Excellence in Fantasy Film | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2011 | Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television | The Borgias | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2013 | Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television | The Borgias | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2015 | Excellence in Period Television | Penny Dreadful | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2016 | Excellence in Period Television | Penny Dreadful | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1981 | Best Costumes | Three Brothers | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1983 | Best Costumes | That Night in Varennes | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1987 | Best Costumes | The Name of the Rose | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1987 | Best Costumes | The Family | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1989 | Best Costumes | Splendor | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | 1994 | Best Costumes | For Love, Only for Love | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards | 2010 | Best Costumes | The First Beautiful Thing | Nominated |
| Goya Awards | 2009 | Best Costume Design | Agora | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1975 | Best Costume Design | The Murri Affair | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1976 | Best Costume Design | The Divine Nymph | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1980 | Best Costume Design | City of Women | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1983 | Best Costume Design | That Night in Varennes | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1987 | Best Costume Design | The Name of the Rose | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1990 | Best Costume Design | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1994 | Best Costume Design | The Age of Innocence | Won |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 1996 | Best Costume Design | The Night and the Moment | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 2004 | Best Costume Design | Lost Love | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 2005 | Best Costume Design | Van Helsing | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 2006 | Special Award for costumes | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Honored |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 2010 | Best Costume Design | Agora and The First Beautiful Thing | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 1989/90 | Best Costume Design | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2004 | Best Costume Design | Van Helsing | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2005 | Best Costume Design | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Nominated |