Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was 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 ...

. He has been nominated for the

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five times. In 2013, he was the first costume designer to receive an

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as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."

Biography

Tosi's film credits include '' Senso'', '' Bellissima'', '' The Leopard'', '' Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'', '' Death in Venice'', '' The Night Porter'', and '' La Traviata''. He was particularly known for his exhaustively researched and intricately detailed historical costumes. He won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes twice, as well as the 50th Anniversary David in 2006. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design twice, and was nominated for the

five times. He died in

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on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.

Partial filmography

Awards and nominations

Major associations

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Miscellaneous awards

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@pierotosiofficial
the only official IG page , created by ''Valentina Tosi'': Piero's niece and
Andrea Sorrentino
' : Costume Designer, Piero Tosi's student and his close friend.