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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 48

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Gabriella Pescucci (born 1941 in Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany) is an Italian costume designer. She has worked with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Neil Jordan. In 1993 she won an Oscarfor The Age of Innocence. Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno. She studied Art at Accademia, Florence. In 1966 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 Visconti’s Medea and Death in Venice. Pescucci took her first steps in cinema withGiuseppe 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 scenographer 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.

Most Famous Work

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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7

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

(2005) Costume Design
Penny Dreadful
Average
8

Penny Dreadful

(2014) Costume Design
Domina
Average
7

Domina

(2021) Costume Designer
Once Upon a Time in America
Average
8

Once Upon a Time in America

(1984) Costume Design
Van Helsing
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6

Van Helsing

(2004) Costume Design
Beowulf
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6

Beowulf

(2007) Costume Design
The Name of the Rose
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8

The Name of the Rose

(1986) Costume Design
The Brothers Grimm
Average
6

The Brothers Grimm

(2005) Costume Design

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Self
Self
2002 Self - Costume Designer
2001 Self - Costume Designer
Year Character Movie/Tv

Costume & Make-Up

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Costume Designer
2020 Costume Design
2014 Costume Design
2011 Costume Design
2009 Costume Design
2007 Costume Design
2005 Costume Design
Costume Design
2004 Costume Design
1999 Costume Design
Costume Designer
1998 Costume Design
Costume Design
1995 Costume Design
Costume Design
Costume Design
1993 Costume Design
Costume Design
1992 Costume Design
1991 Costume Design
1989 Costume Design
Costume Design
1988 Costume Design
1987 Costume Design
1986 Costume Design
1984 Costume Design
Costume Design
1982 Costume Design
1981 Costume Design
Costume Design
1980 Costume Design
1978 Costume Design
1977 Costume Design
1976 Costume Design
1975 Costume Design
1974 Costume Design
Costume Design
1973 Assistant Costume Designer
1971 Costume Design
Assistant Costume Designer
1970 Costume Design
Assistant Costume Designer
Assistant Costume Designer
1968 Costume Design
1966 Assistant Costume Designer
1963 Assistant Costume Designer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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