Massimo Cantini Parrini (born 13 April 1972) 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

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

, Cantini Parrini graduated in fashion culture and stylism from the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...

and in costume designing at the

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The (; CSC), also referred to as the (), is an Italian national film school headquartered in Rome, with satellite educational hubs in five other Italian regions. It was established in 1935 and aims to promote the art and technique of cinemat ...

where he was a pupil of Piero Tosi. He made his professional debut as assistant of Gabriella Pescucci. During his career he was awarded five

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, three Nastro d'Argento Awards and a

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for '' Dogman''. He was nominated for

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s for two consecutive years, in 2021 for

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's ''

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'', and in 2022 together with

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for their work on

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's '' Cyrano''.

Selected filmography

*'' Carnera: The Walking Mountain'', directed by

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(2008) *''

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'', directed by

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(2009) *'' The Woman of My Dreams'', directed by

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(2010) *'' The Wholly Family'', directed by

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(short, 2011) *'' The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683'', directed by

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(2012) *''

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'', directed by

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(2013) *''

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'', directed by

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(2013) *'' The State-Mafia Pact'', directed by

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(2014) *'' Tale of Tales'', directed by

(2015) *'' Indivisible'', directed by

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(2016) *''

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'', directed by Andrea Molaioli (2016) *''

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'', directed by

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(2016) *'' Black Butterfly'', directed by

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(2017) *'' Riccardo va all'inferno'', directed by

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(2017) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2017) * '' Dogman'', directed by

(2018) *''

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'', directed by

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(2018) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2018) * '' The Vice of Hope'', directed by

(2018) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2019) * ''

'', directed by

(2019) * ''

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'', directed by

(2020) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2020) * '' The Ties'', directed by

(2020) * '' Romantic Guide to Lost Places'', directed by Giorgia Farina (2020) * '' The Guest Room'', directed by Stefano Lodovichi (2021) * '' America Latina'', directed by

(2021) * '' Cyrano'', directed by

(2021) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2022) * '' Chiara'', directed by

(2022) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2023) *'' Comandante'', directed by

(2023) *''

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'', directed by

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(2024) * '' The Flood'', directed by

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(2024) * '' Mussolini: Son of the Century'', directed by

(2025)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantini Parrini, Massimo 1972 births Living people Artists from Florence Italian costume designers University of Florence alumni Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners European Film Award for Best Costume Designer winners