Carlo Poggioli is an Italian costume designer.

Biography

Poggioli studied and graduated in stage and costume design at the Istituto D'Arte and the

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in Naples. After completing his studies, Poggioli worked in Rome as assistant for some of the most important Italian costume designers, including Gabriella Pescucci, Piero Tosi, Maurizio Millenotti. He worked on such major productions as Jean-Jacques Annaud's ''

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'', Terry Gilliam's ''

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'', Federico Fellini's ''

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'', Martin Scorsese's ''

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'', Franco Zeffirelli's '' Sparrow'', and more. He also worked alongside Ann Roth as assistant on ''

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'' and, as associate designer on ''

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'', directed by Anthony Minghella. In opera productions, Poggioli worked with director Liliana Cavani (''La Traviata'',

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), Mauro Bolognini (''Norma'', Teatro Bellini di Catania), Franco Zeffirelli (''Aida'' and ''Boheme'', Teatro dell' Opera di Roma and Tel Aviv Opera House). He designed costumes for productions directed by Ruggero Cappuccio and orchestras directed by

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, including ''Falstaff'' (La Scala), Nina ossia ''La pazza per amore'' (Teatro Alla Scala e Piccolo di Milano), and ''

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'', at the Salzburg Opera Theatre. As a costume designer for television and film, Poggioli has designed costumes for '' Marquise'' directed by Vera Belmont, Nick Willing's '' Jason and the Argonauts'', ''

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'', directed by Uli Edel, '' Cold Mountain'', directed by Anthony Minghella, ''

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'', directed by Steven Sommers, ''

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'' directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, ''

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'', directed by John Irvin, ''

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'' directed by Giulio Base, ''

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'', directed by Terry Gilliam, ''

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'', directed by Roman Polanski, and many more.

Recognition

* 2008

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– ''

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'' – Won (with

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) * 2005

Saturn Award The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films be ...

for Best Costumes – ''

'' – Nominated (with

Gabriella Pescucci Gabriella Pescucci (; born 17 January 1943) is an Italian costume designer. She has worked with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Neil Jordan. In 1994, she won the Osc ...

) * 2005

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for Best Costume Design – ''Van Helsing'' – Nominated (with Gabriella Pescucci) * 2004

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– '' Cold Mountain'' – Nominated (with

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) * 2002

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for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special – ''

'' – Nominated (with Giovanni Casalnuovo and Lindsay Pugh)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poggioli, Carlo Italian costume designers Best Costume Design Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni