Andrea Crisanti
Andrea Crisanti (born June 12, 1936 in Rome) is an Italian production designer and art director.
Crisanti studied Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He began his film career as assistant set designer to Mario Garbuglia by working on the set of The Great War (1959) with Mario Monicelli. Then he worked with other set designers. He debuted in Maciste in Hell (1962) by Riccardo Freda, working both in cinema and theatre.
The crucial meeting to his career came in 1970 with Francesco Rosi. He achieved the scenes of Cinema Paradiso (1988) and A Pure Formality (1994) by Giuseppe Tornatore, which won a David di Donatello Award. Sicily is one of his favourite places, and he recalled the pomp of seventeenth century Bourbon period for the set of The Council of Egypt (2002) by Emidio Greco. Crisanti worked for Franzo Zeffirelli on Young Toscanini in 1988, Gianni Amelio on The Stolen Children in 1992, Michelangelo Antonioni on Identification of a Woman in 1982, and Andrej Tarkovskij on Nostalghia in 1983).
Crisanti has been teaching art at Rome's Experimental Cinematography Centre since 1995 and is president of A.S.C., Set and Costume Designers Association.
Filmography
Production Designer
- Under A False Name (2004 / Lensing / Awaiting Release)
- Face Addict (Lensing / Awaiting Release)
- La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007)
- Cuore Sacro (2005)
- Cinema Paradiso (2002 / Alliance Releasing)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (2002)
- Vipera (2001 / Hellas)
- Moon Shadow (2000)
- The Truce (1998)
- A Pure Formality (1995)
- Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem (1994)
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1988 / Gaumont International)
Art Director/Art Direction
- The Stolen Children (1993 / Malofilms Distribution)
- Everybody's Fine (1991 / Nippon Herald Films, Inc)
- The Palermo Connection (1990)
- Il Giovane Toscanini (1988)
- Il Diavolo in Corpo (1987)
- Nostalghia (1983)
- Identification of a Woman (1982)
- Salto Nel Vuoto (1980 / Cineriz)
- Cristo si e Fermato a Eboli (1978)
- Tre Tigri Contro Tre Tigri (1977 / Italian International Film)
- Cadaveri Eccellenti (1976 / United Artists Pictures Inc.)
- Re: Lucky Luciano (1973)
- The Mattei Affair (1972)
Other
- No Grazie, Il Caffe' Mi Rende Nervoso - ( Other(- sets) / 1982)
- Borotalco - ( Other(- sets) / 1981 / Cineriz)
- I Tre fratelli - ( Other(- sets) / 1980 / Gaumont International Productions)
Awards
BAFTA Awards
- 1991: Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Production Design for Cinema Paradiso (1988)
David di Donatello Awards
- 2006: Nominated for a David in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) for The Goodbye Kiss (2006)
- 2005: Won a David in the caregory Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) for Cuore Sacro (2005)
- 1995: Won a David in the category Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografo) for A Pure Formality (1994)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
- 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 Cuore Sacro (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)
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