Massimo Cantini Parrini (born 13 April 1972) is an Italian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

Life and career

Born in

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, Cantini Parrini graduated in fashion culture and stylism from the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'', UniFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The first univer ...

and in costume designing at the

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where he was a pupil of

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. He made his professional debut as assistant of Gabriella Pescucci. During his career he was awarded five

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, three Nastro d'Argento Awards and a

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for '' Dogman''. He was nominated for

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s for two consecutive years, in 2021 for

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's ''

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'', and in 2022 together with

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for their work on

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's '' Cyrano''.

Selected filmography

*'' Carnera: The Walking Mountain'', directed by

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(2008) *''

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'', directed by

(2009) *'' The Woman of My Dreams'', directed by Luca Lucini (2010) *''

The Wholly Family ''The Wholly Family'' is a 2011 Italian short fantasy film written and directed by Terry Gilliam. The film was funded by the Garofalo Pasta Company and shot in the Naples area. Plot Jake, a ten-year-old boy, is on holiday with his bickering par ...

'', directed by

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(short, 2011) *''

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'', directed by

(2012) *''

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'', directed by

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(2013) *'' How Strange to Be Named Federico'', directed by

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(2013) *'' The State-Mafia Pact'', directed by

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(2014) *'' Tale of Tales'', directed by

(2015) *'' Indivisible'', directed by

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(2016) *'' Slam - Tutto per una ragazza'', directed by

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(2016) *'' La verità sta in cielo'', directed by Roberto Faenza (2016) *'' Black Butterfly'', directed by Brian Goodman (2017) *'' Riccardo va all'inferno'', directed by

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(2017) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2017) * '' Dogman'', directed by

(2018) *''

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'', directed by

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(2018) * '' Il testimone invisibile'', directed by Stefano Mordini (2018) * ''

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'', directed by

(2018) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2019) * ''

'', directed by

(2019) * ''

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'', directed by

(2020) * '' Miss Marx'', directed by

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(2020) * '' The Ties'', directed by

(2020) * '' Romantic Guide to Lost Places'', directed by Giorgia Farina (2020) * '' The Guest Room'', directed by Stefano Lodovichi (2021) * ''

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'', directed by

(2021) * '' Cyrano'', directed by

(2021) * '' L'immensità'', directed by

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(2022) * '' Chiara'', directed by

(2022) * '' Ferrari'', directed by

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(2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantini Parrini, Massimo 1972 births Living people People from Florence Italian costume designers University of Florence alumni Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners European Film Awards winners (people)