Andrea Crisanti (12 June 1936, in Rome – 7 May 2012) was an Italian production designer and

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

. Crisanti studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He began his film career as assistant set designer to

Mario Garbuglia Mario Garbuglia (Fontespina, a district of Civitanova Marche, 27 May 1927 – Rome, 30 March 2010) was an Italian set designer. He won the David di Donatello for Best Sets and Decorations, the Nastro d'Argento, and a BAFTA. Life Garbuglia's p ...

by working on the set of '' The Great War'' (1959) with

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. His independent debut came with ''Maciste in Hell'' (1962) by Riccardo Freda. In 1970, Crisanti met Francesco Rosi, which proved crucial to the success of his career. He later worked on ''

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'' (1988) and ''

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'' (1994) by

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, which won a David di Donatello Award. Sicily was one of his favourite places, and he recalled the pomp of the 17-century Bourbon period for the set of ''The Council of Egypt'' (2002) by Emidio Greco. Crisanti worked on

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's ''

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'' (1982), Franzo Zeffirelli's ''Young Toscanini'' (1988), Gianni Amelio's ''

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'' (1992), and

Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

's '' Nostalghia'' (1983). He taught art at Rome's Experimental Cinematography Centre from 1995 until his death, and was president of A.S.C., the Set and Costume Designers Association.

Filmography

Production Designer

* ''

Chronicle of a Death Foretold ''Chronicle of a Death Foretold'' ( es, Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by th ...

'' (1988) * ''

'' (1988) * ''Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem'' (1994) * '' Colpo di luna'' (1995) * ''

'' (1995) * ''

The Truce ''The Truce'' ( it, La tregua), titled ''The Reawakening'' in the US, is a book by the Italian author Primo Levi. It is the sequel to '' If This Is a Man'' and describes the author's experiences from the liberation of Auschwitz ( Monowitz), whi ...

'' (1997) * ''Vipera'' (2001) * '' The Emperor's New Clothes'' (2001) * ''Sotto falso nome'' (2004) * ''

Cuore Sacro ''Cuore sacro'' (Sacred heart) is a 2005 Italian film which tells the story of an Italian workaholic businesswoman Irene ( Barbora Bobuľová) who experiences the loss of two of her friends by suicide. This loss, combined with her desire to sell ...

'' (2005) * ''Face Addict'' (documentary, 2005) * ''La Masseria Delle Allodole'' (2007)

Art Director

* '' The Mattei Affair'', 1972) * ''

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'' (1973) * '' Illustrious Corpses'' (1976) * ''Tre Tigri Contro Tre Tigri'' (1977) * ''

Christ Stopped at Eboli ''Christ Stopped at Eboli'' ( it, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) is a memoir by Carlo Levi, published in 1945, giving an account of his exile from 1935-1936 to Grassano and Aliano, remote towns in southern Italy, in the region of Lucania which is ...

'' (1978) * '' A Leap in the Dark'' (1980) * ''

(1982) * '' Nostalghia'' (1983) * '' Devil in the Flesh'' (1986) * ''

Young Toscanini ''Young Toscanini'' (original title: ''Il giovane Toscanini'') is a 1988 Italian-French biographical drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring C. Thomas Howell and Elizabeth Taylor. Premise The film charts the early career and rom ...

'' (1988) * '' The Palermo Connection'' (1990) * '' Everybody's Fine'' (1990) * ''

'' (1993)

Other

* '' Three Brothers'' (1981) * '' Talcum Powder'' (1982) * ''No Grazie, Il Caffe' Mi Rende Nervoso'' (1982)

Awards and recognition

BAFTA Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

* 1991: Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Best Production Design category for ''

'' (1988)

David di Donatello Awards The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

* 2006: Nominated in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) for '' The Goodbye Kiss'' (2006) * 2005: Won in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) for ''

'' (2005) * 1995: Won in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) for ''

'' (1994)

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

* 2007: Nominated for a Silver Ribbon in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) for '' The Lark Farm'' (2007) * 2006: Nominated for a Silver Ribbon in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) for ''

'' (2005) * 2003: Nominated for a Silver Ribbon in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) for '' The Window Opposite'' (2003) * 2002: Won a Silver Ribbon in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) for '' The Council of Egypt'' (2002)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crisanti, Andrea 1936 births 2012 deaths Italian art directors Film people from Rome Italian production designers Academic staff of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia David di Donatello winners