{{Short description|Italian production designer}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Dante Ferretti | image = Dante ferretti.jpg | caption = Dante Ferretti in his workshop | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1943|2|26}} | birth_place = [[Macerata]], Italy | occupation = Production designer | spouse = [[Francesca Lo Schiavo]] | years_active = 1964–present }} '''Dante Ferretti''' ({{IPA|it|ˈdante ferˈretti}}; born 26 February 1943) is an Italian [[production designer]], [[Art director#In film|art director]], and [[costume designer]].
== Biography == Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both [[United States|American]] and [[Italy|Italian]], including [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], [[Elio Petri]], [[Federico Fellini]], [[Liliana Cavani]], [[Terry Gilliam]], [[Franco Zeffirelli]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Anthony Minghella]], and [[Tim Burton]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
He frequently collaborates with his wife, set [[Decorator pattern|decorator]] [[Francesca Lo Schiavo]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films.<ref name=Smithsonian>Fergus M. Bordewich, [http://www.fergusbordewich.com/PAGESjournalism/FBgangs.shtml Manhattan Mayhem], ''[[Smithsonian Magazine]]'', December 2002, Accessed July 15, 2010.</ref> 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 films.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
In 2008, he designed the set for [[Howard Shore]]'s [[opera]] ''[[The Fly (opera)|The Fly]]'', directed by [[David Cronenberg]], at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
Ferretti has won three [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]: ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', and ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''. He had seven previous nominations. In addition, he was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] for ''[[Kundun]]''. He has also won three [[BAFTA Awards]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
In 2012, he designed the decor for [[Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto]], a restaurant on [[Manhattan]]'s [[Upper East Side]].<ref name="timeoutil">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/salumeria-rosi-parmacotto-il-ristorante |title=Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto Il Ristorante | 903 Madison Ave | Restaurants |magazine=Time Out New York |date=October 16, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref><ref name="nymag1">{{cite journal|author=Adam Platt |url=http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/salumeria-rosi-parmacott/ |title=Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto – Upper East Side |journal= New York Magazine Restaurant Guide |publisher=Nymag.com |access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref>
For the [[2015 Expo]] held in [[Milan, Italy]] Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.expo2015.org/en/ortolino-arrives-in-buenos-aires--the-ferretti-statue-as-symbol-of-the-expo-milano-2015-theme |title=Ortolino arrives in Buenos Aires: The Ferretti Statue as Symbol of the Expo Milano 2015 Theme | Expo Milano 2015 |access-date=2015-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030626/http://www.expo2015.org/en/ortolino-arrives-in-buenos-aires--the-ferretti-statue-as-symbol-of-the-expo-milano-2015-theme |archive-date=2015-11-17 }}</ref>
==Other activities and roles== Ferretti is a member of the [[Italy-USA Foundation]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
{{as of |2023}}, he is a vice-president on the board of the [[Ischia Global Film & Music Festival]], an international film festival held on the Italian island of [[Ischia]].<ref name=about>{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Ischia Global Fest | url=https://www.ischiaglobal.com/about-us/ | access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>
== Filmography == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[Medea (1969 film)|Medea]]'' (1969) * ''[[The Decameron (film)|The Decameron]]'' (1971) * ''Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente'' (1971) * ''[[The Working Class Goes to Heaven]]'' (1971) * ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' (1972) * ''[[Slap the Monster on Page One]]'' (1972) * ''[[Bawdy Tales]]'' (1973) * ''[[Somewhere Beyond Love]]'' (1974) * ''[[Arabian Nights (1974 film)|Arabian Nights]]'' (1974) * ''[[Till Marriage Do Us Part]]'' (1974) * ''[[Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom]]'' (1975) * ''[[Todo modo]]'' (1976) * ''[[La presidentessa (1977 film)|La presidentessa]]'' (1977) * ''[[Il mostro (1977 film)|Il mostro]]'' (1977) * ''[[Beach House (1977 film)|Beach House]]'' (1977) * ''[[The Cat (1977 film)|The Cat]]'' (1977) * ''[[Break Up (1978 film)|Break Up]]'' (1978) * ''[[Bye Bye Monkey]]'' (1978) * ''[[Orchestra Rehearsal]]'' (1978) * ''[[City of Women]]'' (1980) * ''[[Il minestrone]]'' (1981) * ''[[The Skin (film)|The Skin]]'' (1981) * ''[[Tales of Ordinary Madness]]'' (1981) * ''[[That Night in Varennes]]'' (1982) * ''[[Beyond the Door (1982 film)|Beyond the Door]]'' (1982) * ''[[And the Ship Sails On]]'' (1983) * ''[[Pianoforte (film)|Pianoforte]]'' (1984) * ''[[Le bon roi Dagobert (1984 film)|Le bon roi Dagobert]]'' (1984) * ''[[The Future Is Woman]]'' (1984) * ''[[Ginger and Fred]]'' (1986) * ''[[The Name of the Rose (film)|The Name of the Rose]]'' (1986) * ''Il segreto del Sahara'' (1988) TV miniseries * ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' (1988) * ''[[The Sleazy Uncle]]'' (1989) * ''[[The Voice of the Moon]]'' (1990) * ''[[Dr. M (film)|Dr. M]]'' (1990) * ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1990) * ''La traviata'' (1992) TV * ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1993) * ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994) * ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'' (1995) * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1996) TV * ''[[Kundun]]'' (1997) * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1998) TV * ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' (1998) * ''[[Bringing Out the Dead]]'' (1999) * ''[[Titus (film)|Titus]]'' (1999) * ''Un ballo in maschera'' (2001) TV * ''Il trovatore'' (2002) TV * ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' (2002) * ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' (2003) * ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004) * ''[[The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha]]'' (2005) * ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'' (2006) * ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' (2007) * ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]'' (2010) * ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' (2011) * ''[[Cinderella (2015 American film)|Cinderella]]'' (2015) * ''[[Seventh Son (film)|Seventh Son]]'' (2015) * ''[[Silence (2016 film)|Silence]]'' (2016) * ''[[Juliet & Romeo (film)|Juliet & Romeo]]'' (2025) {{div col end}}
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