Dante Ferretti

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dante Ferretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdante ferˈretti], born 26 February 1943) is an Italian production designer, art director and costume designer. Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many great directors, both American and Italian, including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing seven of his last eight movies. In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Ferretti has won three Academy Awards 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 BAFTA Awards. In…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Oscars (1953) — Self
2. Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) — Self
3. Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003) — Self - Chef décorateur
4. Fellinopolis (2021) — Self - Production Designer
5. Ciao, Federico! (1970) — Self (uncredited)
6. Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005) — Self
7. The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986) — Self
8. Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master (2024) — Self - art director
9. La rosa dei nomi (1987) — Self
10. The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008) — Self - Production Designer
11. In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese (1998) — Self
12. Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (2017) — Self
13. Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1993) — Self
14. Dante Ferretti: Production Designer (2010) — Self
15. The Isle of Medea (2016) — Self
16. Mora (1982) — Propriétaire
17. Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012) — Self
18. An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022) — Self (archive footage)
19. German Film Award (1951) — Self
20. Fellini Forward (2021) — Self
21. Pasolini maestro corsaro (2015)
22. Medea: On-Set Memories (2004)
23. Handmade Cinema (2012) — Se stesso
24. Sur les traces de Fellini (2013)
25. Quelli che il cinema (2025) — Self

Directed

1. Werther (2025) — Director