Alessandro Lai (born 22 January 1970) is an Italian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costum ...

Life and career

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

, Lai graduated in letters from the

University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari () is a public research university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old ...

with a thesis about the reletionship between Piero Tosi and

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; later he moved to Rome, where he became a pupil of Tosi at Sartoria Tirelli. He made his professional debut as assistant of Maurizio Millenotti in

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's ''

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''. He debuted as custume designer in 2000, in Giorgio Treves' '' Rosa and Cornelia''. Starting with '' Saturn in Opposition,'' Lai began a long professional association with director

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, and among the directors with whom he has collaborated are

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. He also worked on television, mostly in Lux Vide productions such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and on stage, where he collaborated with Chiara and

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. During his career he was awarded two Nastro d'Argento Awards, in 2002 for ''

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'', and in 2012 for Ozpetek's '' Magnificent Presence''. In 2018, he won a

Ciak D'Oro ''Ciak'' is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ''ciac'') for a film clapperboard. History and profile ''Ciak'' was established in ...

for '' Naples in Veils''.

Selected filmography

Cinema

*'' Rosa and Cornelia'', directed by Giorgio Treves (2000) *'' Sud Side Stori'', directed by Roberta Torre (2000) *''

Callas Forever ''Callas Forever'' is a 2002 biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Sherman. It is an homage to Zeffirelli's friend, internationally acclaimed opera diva Maria Callas, whom he directed on stag ...

'', directed by

(2002) *''

'', directed by

(2002) *'' Household Accounts'', directed by

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(2003) *'' Roundtrip'', directed by

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(2004) *''

Vanilla and Chocolate ''Vanilla and Chocolate'' () is a 2004 Italian romance film directed by Ciro Ippolito. Cast * Maria Grazia Cucinotta: Penelope *Joaquín Cortés: Carlos *Alessandro Preziosi Alessandro Preziosi (born 19 April 1973) is an Italian actor ...

'', directed by Ciro Ippolito (2004) *''

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'', directed by Paolo Franchi (2004) *'' Flying Lessons'', directed by

(2007) *'' Saturn in Opposition'', directed by

(2007) *'' A Question of the Heart'', directed by Francesca Archibugi (2009) *'' Loose Cannons'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2010) *'' They Call It Summer'', directed by Paolo Franchi (2012) *'' Love Is Not Perfect'', directed by Francesca Muci (2012) *'' Magnificent Presence'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2012) *''

Fasten Your Seatbelts ''Fasten Your Seatbelts'' () is a 2014 Italian drama film written and directed by Ferzan Özpetek. For their performances in this film Kasia Smutniak and Paola Minaccioni won the Nastro d'Argento Awards for best actress and best supporting ac ...

'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2014) *'' Unique Brothers'', directed by Alessio Maria Federici (2014) *'' ReWined'', directed by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani (2014) *''

An Italian Name ''An Italian Name'' () is a 2015 Italian comedy film directed by Francesca Archibugi. The film is based on the French play ''Le Prénom'' and its 2012 film adaptation '' What's in a Name?''. Cast * Alessandro Gassmann - Paolo * Valeria Golino ...

'', directed by Francesca Archibugi (2015) *''

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'', directed by

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(2015) *'' Ever Been to the Moon?'', directed by

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(2015) *''

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'', directed by

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(2016) *'' Naples in Veils'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2017) *'' The King's Musketeers'', directed by

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(2018) *'' The Goddess of Fortune'', directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2019)

Television

*'' Virginia, la monaca di Monza'', directed by Alberto Sironi (TV-movie, 2004) *''

'', directed by Roger Young (TV-movie, 2012) *''

'' (TV series, 2016-2019) *''

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'' (TV series, 2020-2022) *'' Leonardo'' (TV series, 2021) *'' Django'' (TV series, 2023) * '' The Lions of Sicily'' (TV series, 2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lai, Alessandro 1970 births Living people People from Cagliari Italian costume designers University of Cagliari alumni Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners