Piero Tosi


Piero Tosi was an Italian costume designer. He has received numerous accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and two David di Donatellos, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards. In 2013, he became the first costume designer to receive an Academy Honorary Award as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."

Biography

Tosi's film credits include Bellissima, Senso, 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 Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times.
He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.

Awards and nominations

;Major associations
Academy Awards
YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1964Best Costume Design – ColorThe LeopardNomitated
1972Best Costume DesignDeath in VeniceNomitated
1974Best Costume DesignLudwigNomitated
1980Best Costume DesignLa Cage aux FollesNomitated
1983Best Costume DesignLa TraviataNomitated
2014Academy Honorary Award

BAFTA Awards
;Miscellaneous awards
AwardYearCategoryTitleResult
Costume Designers Guild Awards2003President's Award
David di Donatello Awards1981Best CostumesThe Lady of the CamelliasWon
David di Donatello Awards1994Best CostumesSparrowWon
David di Donatello Awards200650th Anniversary David
Globo d'oro Awards2000Lifetime Achievement Award
Nastro d'Argento Awards1960Best Costume DesignPolicarpoWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1961Best Costume DesignRocco and His BrothersNomitated
Nastro d'Argento Awards1962Best Costume DesignThe LovemakersWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1963Best Costume DesignCarelessWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1964Best Costume DesignThe LeopardWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1964Best Costume DesignThe OrganizerNomitated
Nastro d'Argento Awards1969Best Costume DesignSpirits of the DeadNomitated
Nastro d'Argento Awards1970Best Costume DesignThe DamnedNomitated
Nastro d'Argento Awards1971Best Costume DesignMetelloNomitated
Nastro d'Argento Awards1972Best Costume DesignDeath in VeniceWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1974Best Costume DesignLudwigWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1976Best Costume DesignDown the Ancient StaircaseNomitated
Nastro d'Argento Awards1981Best Costume DesignThe Lady of the CamelliasWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1983Best Costume DesignLa TraviataWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards1995Best Costume DesignSparrowWon
Nastro d'Argento Awards2014Lifetime Achievement Award