Alessandro Lai (born 22 January 1970) is an Italian costume designer.
Alessandro Lai | |
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| Born | 22 January 1970 (age 54) Cagliari, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Cagliari |
| Occupation | Costume designer |
| Years active | 1998-present |
Life and career
editBorn in Cagliari, Lai graduated in letters from the University of Cagliari with a thesis about the reletionship between Piero Tosi and Luchino Visconti; later he moved to Rome, where he became a pupil of Tosi at Sartoria Tirelli.[1] He made his professional debut as assistant of Maurizio Millenotti in Giuseppe Tornatore's The Legend of 1900.[1] He debuted as custume designer in 2000, in Giorgio Treves' Rosa and Cornelia.[1]
Starting with Saturn in Opposition, Lai began a long professional association with director Ferzan Özpetek, and among the directors with whom he has collaborated are Franco Zeffirelli, Tinto Brass, Liliana Cavani, Francesca Archibugi.[1] He also worked on television, mostly in Lux Vide productions such as Medici and Barabbas, and on stage, where he collaborated with Chiara and Riccardo Muti.[1]
During his career he was awarded two Nastro d'Argento Awards, in 2002 for Senso '45,[2] and in 2012 for Ozpetek's Magnificent Presence.[3] In 2018, he won a Ciak D'Oro for Naples in Veils.[4]
Selected filmography
editCinema
edit- Rosa and Cornelia, directed by Giorgio Treves (2000)
- Sud Side Stori, directed by Roberta Torre (2000)
- Callas Forever, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (2002)
- Senso '45, directed by Tinto Brass (2002)
- Il quaderno della spesa, directed by Tonino Cervi (2003)
- Roundtrip, directed by Marco Ponti (2004)
- Vanilla and Chocolate, directed by Ciro Ippolito (2004)
- The Spectator, directed by Paolo Franchi (2004)
- Flying Lessons, directed by Francesca Archibugi (2007)
- Saturn in Opposition, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2007)
- A Question of the Heart, directed by Francesca Archibugi (2009)
- Loose Cannons, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2010)
- They Call It Summer, directed by Paolo Franchi (2012)
- Love Is Not Perfect, directed by Francesca Muci (2012)
- Magnificent Presence, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2012)
- Fasten Your Seatbelts, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2014)
- Unique Brothers, directed by Alessio Maria Federici (2014)
- ReWined, directed by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani (2014)
- An Italian Name, directed by Francesca Archibugi (2015)
- Latin Lover, directed by Cristina Comencini (2015)
- Ever Been to the Moon?, directed by Paolo Genovese (2015)
- Tommaso, directed by Kim Rossi Stuart (2016)
- Naples in Veils, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2017)
- The King's Musketeers, directed by Giovanni Veronesi (2018)
- The Goddess of Fortune, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2019)
Television
edit- Virginia, la monaca di Monza, directed by Alberto Sironi (TV-movie, 2004)
- Barabbas, directed by Roger Young (TV-movie, 2012)
- Medici (TV series, 2016-2019)
- Devils (TV series, 2020-2022)
- Leonardo (TV series, 2021)
- Django (TV series, 2023)
- The Lions of Sicily (TV series, 2023)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Pirina, Alessandro (24 November 2018). "Alessandro Lai, il creativo che veste il grande cinema". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Rodier, Melanie (8 July 2002). "Hour Of Religion praised at Italy's Nastro d'Argento awards". Screen International. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Nastri d'argento, trionfa Sorrentinoil miglior film è 'This must be the place'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ De Luca, Paolo (8 June 2018). "Luciano Stella vince il Ciak d'oro come miglior produttore per "Gatta Cenerentola"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
