Dante Ferretti (, born 26 February 1943) is an Italian

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Biography

Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both

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, including;

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, Elio Petri,

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. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator

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. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films.Fergus M. Bordewich
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'', December 2002, Accessed July 15, 2010. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing nine of his last eleven movies. In 2008, he designed the set for

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'' The Fly'', directed by

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, at the

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in Paris. Ferretti has won three

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for Best Art Direction; for '' The Aviator'', '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', and '' Hugo''. He had seven previous nominations. In addition, he was nominated for Best Costume Design for '' Kundun''. He has also won three

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. In 2012, he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, a restaurant on

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held in

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Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.

Filmography

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'' (1969) * ''Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente'' (1971) * ''

The Working Class Goes to Heaven ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (Italian: ''La classe operaia va in paradiso''), released in the US as ''Lulu the Tool'', is a 1971 political drama film directed by Elio Petri. It depicts a factory worker's realisation of his own condition as ...

'' (1971) * ''

The Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' ( enm, Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's '' magnum opus ...

'' (1972) * ''

Slap the Monster on Page One ''Slap the Monster on Page One'' (Italian: ''Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina'') is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It depicts the daily life of a fictitious Italian daily newspaper, ''Il Giornale'' (The Journal). The new ...

'' (1972) * ''

Bawdy Tales ''Storie scellerate'', internationally released as ''Bawdy Tales'', is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. Plot The film is set in 1800, in Rome. Two thieves are imprisoned and condemned to death. To pass the time, the two tel ...

'' (1973) * ''

Somewhere Beyond Love ''Somewhere Beyond Love'' ( it, Delitto d'amore) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. Cast * Giuliano Gemma - ...

'' (1974) * ''

Arabian Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...

'' (1974) * '' Till Marriage Do Us Part'' (1974) * ''

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' ( it, Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, billed on-screen ''Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom'' on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply ''Salò'' []) is a 1975 horror film, horror art film dir ...

'' (1975) * ''Todo modo'' (1976) * ''La presidentessa (1977 film), La presidentessa'' (1977) * ''Il mostro (1977 film), Il mostro'' (1977) * '' Beach House (film), Beach House'' (1977) * '' The Cat'' (1977) * '' Break Up'' (1978) * '' Bye Bye Monkey'' (1978) * ''

Orchestra Rehearsal ''Orchestra Rehearsal'' ( it, Prova d'orchestra) is a 1978 Italian-German satirical film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor. The film was shown out of competition at the 1 ...

'' (1978) * ''

City of Women ''City of Women'' ( it, La città delle donne) is a 1980 Italian fantasy comedy-drama film co-written (with Bernardino Zapponi and Brunello Rondi) and directed by Federico Fellini. Amid Fellini's characteristic combination of dreamlike, outrageo ...

'' (1980) * ''

Il minestrone ''Il minestrone'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Francesco and Giovanni are two tramps on the outskirts of Rome, forced to rummage through the trash ...

'' (1981) * ''

The Skin ''The Skin'' ( it, La pelle) is a 1981 Italian war film directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster, Ken Marshall, Carlo Giuffrè and Claudia Cardinale from Curzio Malaparte's book ''La pelle'' (''The Skin''). It ...

'' (1981) * ''

Tales of Ordinary Madness ''Tales of Ordinary Madness'' ( it, Storie di ordinaria follia, french: Contes de la folie ordinaire) is a 1981 film by Italian director Marco Ferreri. It was shot in English in the United States, featuring Ben Gazzara and Ornella Muti in the lea ...

'' (1981) * ''

That Night in Varennes ''That Night in Varennes'' ( it, Il mondo nuovo; french: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting among Restif de la B ...

'' (1982) * '' Beyond the Door'' (1982) * '' And the Ship Sails On'' (1983) * '' Pianoforte'' (1984) * '' Le bon roi Dagobert'' (1984) * ''

The Future Is Woman ''Il futuro è donna'' (internationally released as ''The Future Is Woman'') is a 1984 Italian drama film directed and written by Marco Ferreri. The film entered the competition at the 41st Venice International Film Festival. Plot At a crowded ...

'' (1984) * '' Ginger and Fred'' (1986) * ''

The Name of the Rose ''The Name of the Rose'' ( it, Il nome della rosa ) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in ficti ...

'' (1986) * ''Il segreto del Sahara'' (1988) TV miniseries * '' The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' (1988) * '' The Sleazy Uncle'' (1989) * ''

The Voice of the Moon ''The Voice of the Moon'' ( it, La voce della luna) is a 1990 Italian dramatic comedy film directed and written by Federico Fellini and starring Roberto Benigni, Paolo Villaggio, and Nadia Ottaviani. Based on the novel ''Il poema dei lunatici'' by ...

'' (1990) * '' Dr. M'' (1990) * ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' (1990) * ''La traviata'' (1992) TV * ''

The Age of Innocence ''The Age of Innocence'' is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine '' Pictorial Review''. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. App ...

'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995) * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1996) TV * '' Kundun'' (1997) * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1998) TV * '' Meet Joe Black'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''Un ballo in maschera'' (2001) TV * ''Il trovatore'' (2002) TV * ''

Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book '' The Gangs of New York''. The film stars Le ...

'' (2002) * '' Cold Mountain'' (2003) * '' The Aviator'' (2004) * '' The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha'' (2005) * '' The Black Dahlia'' (2006) * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007) * '' Shutter Island'' (2010) * '' Hugo'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Seventh Son'' (2015) * ''

Silence Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the c ...

'' (2016)

References

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