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 2012, he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, a restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side. 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". He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.
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Birthday: February 26, 1943
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The Isle of Medea
2016-08-31
The Isle of Medea
Overview: On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never seen before from Pier Paolo Pasolini's film MEDEA, this film celebrates the genius and sensibility of two icons of the XX century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-08-31
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Fellini Forward
2021-09-07
Fellini Forward
Overview: Investigating the last years of the famous filmmaker in Rome, combining the history of Italian cinema with new production techniques and going behind the scenes on the filmmaking process.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-09-07
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Pasolini maestro corsaro
2015-01-01
Pasolini maestro corsaro
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Medea: On-Set Memories
2004-12-31
Medea: On-Set Memories
Overview: A documentary on the making of Pier Paolo Pasolini's MEDEA (1969) features rare behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
2010-06-08
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
Overview: This thoughtful, often fascinating featurette focuses on the psychiatric aspects of "Shutter Island" and how consultant James Gilligan counseled the actors so they could better understand their reactions and motivations. We also learn about the controversial yet prevalent practice of lobotomizing violent mental patients and how the more humane approach of pharma-psychology gradually replaced it around the time period in which the story takes place.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-08
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Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012-02-28
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Overview: The cast and crew of "Hugo" discuss the process of adapting the book to screen, the work of director Martin Scorsese, the story's themes, the origins of the book, casting, costuming, adding the dogs to the cast, working with 3D and its benefits for the film, set design and special effects and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-28
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Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003-04-02
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Overview: A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-04-02
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Fellinopolis
2021-06-10
Fellinopolis
Overview: Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy inventions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-06-10
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Ciao, Federico!
1970-10-28
Ciao, Federico!
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-28
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In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
1998-10-07
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
Overview: In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans his epic film and shoots in Morocco, and continues on to an audience with the Dalai Lama himself in the foothills of the Himalayas. Edited from over a hundred hours of footage, the documentary captures Scorsese’s fervor as a filmmaker and a man, the modest yet charismatic Dalai Lama, and the plight of the exiled Tibetans. -Denver Film Society
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-07
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Valentino: The Last Emperor
2008-09-07
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Overview: Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valentino Garavani, documenting the colourful and dramatic closing act of his celebrated career and capturing the end of an era in global fashion. However, at the heart of the film is a love story - the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. Capturing intimate moments in the lives of two of Italy's richest and most famous men, the film lifts the curtain on the final act of a nearly 50-year reign at the top of the glamorous and fiercely competitive world of fashion. (Storyville)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-07
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Handmade Cinema
2012-02-01
Handmade Cinema
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-02-01
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Sur les traces de Fellini
2013-01-01
Sur les traces de Fellini
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005-09-03
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Overview: A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-09-03
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Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017-05-09
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Overview: Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary is a trip through the auteur's singular cosmos - at once supernatural and earthbound. He dropped out of his studies to become a veterinarian, choosing instead to concern himself principally with the human animal, in our corporeal and yearning essence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-05-09
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Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993-09-01
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Overview: A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence. It features a conversation between Scorsese and the star of the film, Daniel Day Lewis, as well as rare behind-the-scenes footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-01
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The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008-04-08
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Overview: This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies away from the truth, even when it comes to himself, and so this documentary is self-effacing and refreshingly frank. The documentary details not only the battles Gilliam had with Columbia in getting the film finished and released, but also the imagination and innovation that went into the production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-08
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Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010-09-10
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Overview: The Documentary Dante Ferretti – Production Designer retraces the life and the career of Dante Ferretti, the famous Italian Artist and Production Designer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-10
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The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986-10-11
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Overview: A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of the Rose". From actors perspectives to the ideas used by the director to produce an impeccable international epic adaptation of Umberto Eco's best selling novel, the film presents the obstacles behind the creation of a production of such large scale and also the making of the many difficult scenes, most of the ones presented here are the characters' murders inside the mysterious abbey.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-10-11
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La rosa dei nomi
1987-01-01
La rosa dei nomi
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Mora
1982-12-29
Mora
Overview: A reporter travelling to Latin America witnesses a murder through the lens of his camera.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-12-29
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