Vittorio Nino Novarese

Vittorio Nino Novarese
Born	(1907-05-15)15 May 1907 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	17 October 1983(1983-10-17) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Costume designer writer art director
Years active	1937–1981
Children	Letícia Román

Vittorio Nino Novarese (15 May 1907 – 17 October 1983) was an Italian costume designer, writer and art director. In a career spanning over four decades, he is recognized for his prolific work across film and television. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times, and won twice for Cleopatra (1963) and Cromwell (1970).

Born in Rome, Novarese began his career in Italian cinema in the late 1930s, working in several roles, including both as costume designer and screenwriter. He then emigrated to the U.S. in 1949 and found great success in American cinema. Novarese died in Los Angeles on 17 October 1983, at the age of 76. He was the father of actress Letícia Román.

Selected filmography

Film

List of Vittorio Nino Novarese film credits

Year	Title	Director	Credited as		Notes
			Costume Designer	Writer
1934	1860	Alessandro Blasetti	Yes	No
1938	The Last Enemy	Umberto Barbaro	Yes	No	Also set decorator
	Ettore Fieramosca	Alessandro Blasetti	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Augusto Mazzetti, Cesare Ludovici and Alessandro Blasetti Co-designed with Marina Arcangeli Novarese designed men's costumes, whereas Arcangeli designed gowns
1939	No Man's Land	Mario Baffico	Yes	No
	Hurricane in the Tropics	Pier Luigi Faraldo Gino Talamo	Yes	No
1940	Love Trap	Raffaello Matarazzo	Yes	No	Also set decorator
1941	Marco Visconti	Mario Bonnard	Yes	Yes	Also art director Co-written with Cesare Ludovici and Oreste Gasperini
	The King's Jester		Yes	No	Also art director
1942	Before the Postman		No	No	Art director aka There's Room Up Ahead
	Rossini		Yes	Yes	Co-written with Parsifal Bassi, Luigi Bonelli, Mario Bonnard, Luciano Doria, Gherardo Gherardi, Vittorio Gui, Alberto Luchini and Edoardo Nulli
1943	Two Hearts Among the Beasts	Giorgio Simonelli	Yes	No
1945	No Turning Back	Alessandro Blasetti	No	Yes	Co-written with Alba De Cespedes and Alessandro Blasetti
	Two Anonymous Letters	Mario Camerini	No	Yes	Co-written with Ivo Perilli Mario Camerini, Carlo Musso and Turi Vasile
	His Young Wife	Mario Soldati	Yes	No
1947	Bullet for Stefano	Duilio Coletti	Yes	No	aka The Ferryman
1948	Prelude to Madness	Gianni Franciolini	No	Yes	Co-written with Gianni Franciolini, Gianna Manzini, Ivo Perilli, Antonio Pietrangeli and Guido Piovene aka Loveless Lovers
	Les Misérables	Riccardo Freda	No	Yes	Co-written with Riccardo Freda, Mario Monicelli and Stefano Vanzina
	The Mysterious Rider		Yes	No	Also art director
	The Man with the Grey Glove	Camillo Mastrocinque	No	Yes	Co-written with Camillo Mastrocinque and Fulvio Palmieri
	Pagliacci	Mario Costa	Yes	No
1949	Hand of Death	Carlo Campogalliani	No	Yes	Co-written with Carlo Campogalliani and Paola Ojetti aka Man of Death
	Black Magic	Gregory Ratoff	Yes	No	Co-designed with Georges Annenkov
	Prince of Foxes	Henry King	Yes	No
1950	My Beautiful Daughter	Duilio Coletti	No	Yes	Co-written with Fulvio Palmieri aka Miss Italia
	Hawk of the Nile	Giacomo Gentilomo	Yes	Yes
	Shadow of the Eagle	Sidney Salkow	Yes	No
	Women and Brigands	Mario Soldati	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Pierre Lestringuez, Nicola Manzari and Mario Soldati aka The King's Guerrillas
	The Thief of Venice	John Brahm	Yes	No
1951	The Rival of the Empress	Jacopo Comin Sidney Salkow	Yes	No
	The Count of Saint Elmo	Guido Brignone	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Guido Brignone and Aldo De Benedetti
	Messalina	Carmine Gallone	Yes	Yes	Also art director Co-written with Carmine Gallone, Albert Valentin, Pierre Laroche and Cesare Ludovici aka The Affairs of Messalina
	Lorenzaccio	Raffaello Pacini	No	Yes	Co-written with Raffaello Pacini and Giampiero Pucci
1952	The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino	Pietro Francisci	Yes	No
	The Adventures of Mandrin	Mario Soldati	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Giorgio Bassani, Augusto Frassinetti and Mario Soldati aka The Affair of Madame Pompadour and Don Juan's Night of Love
	The Dream of Zorro		Yes	No
	The Queen of Sheba	Pietro Francisci	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Raul De Sarro, Pietro Francisci and Giorgio Graziosi
	Il romanzo della mia vita	Lionello De Felice	No	Yes	Co-written with Lionello De Felice
	La colpa di una madre	Carlo Duse	No	Yes	Co-written with Carlo Duse
	Nessuno ha tradito	Roberto Bianchi Montero	No	Yes	Co-written with Carlo De Sanctis and Fulvio Palmieri
1953	Too Young for Love	Lionello De Felice	No	Yes	Co-written with Franco Brusati and Lionello De Felice aka The Age of Indiscretion
	The Pagans	Ferruccio Cerio	Yes	No	aka The Barbarians
	Frine, Courtesan of Orient	Mario Bonnard	Yes	No
	The Story of William Tell	Jack Cardiff	Yes	No	Unfinished film
1954	Maddalena	Augusto Genina	Yes	No
	Crossed Swords	Milton Krims	Yes	No
	Concert of Intrigue	Mario Bonnard	Uncredited	Yes	Co-written with Mario Bonnard
	Mata Hari's Daughter	Carmine Gallone	No	Yes	Co-written with Renzo Merusi, Piccini Vitali, Jean Aurel and André Tabet
	Orient Express	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia	No	Yes	Co-written with Jacques Companeez, Vitaliano Brancati, Aldo De Benedetti and Agenore Incrocci
	House of Ricordi	Carmine Gallone	No	Yes	Co-written with Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci and Carmine Gallone
	Loves of Three Queens	Marc Allégret Edgar G. Ulmer	Yes	No	aka The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships
1955	Desperate Farewell	Lionello De Felice	No	Yes	Co-written with Lionello De Felice, Sergio De Pascale and Ernesto Guida
	Beautiful but Dangerous	Robert Z. Leonard	Yes	No	Co-designed with Veniero Colasanti
	La ladra	Mario Bonnard	No	Yes	Co-written with Mario Bonnard
1956	Symphony of Love	Glauco Pellegrini	Yes	No
1958	Captain Falcon	Carlo Campogalliani	No	Yes	Co-written with Carlo Campogalliani, Isabella Conino, Gino Mangini and Emimmo Salvi
1959	Herod the Great	Victor Tourjansky	Yes	No
	Conspiracy of the Borgias	Antonio Racioppi	No	Yes	Co-written with Giorgio Costantini, Fernando Morandi and Antonio Racioppi
	Knight Without a Country	Giacomo Gentilomo	No	Story	aka The Faceless Rider
	Head of a Tyrant	Fernando Cerchio	Yes	No	aka Judith and Holofernes
	Sheba and the Gladiator	Guido Brignone	Yes	No	aka Sign of the Gladiator
1960	The Savage Innocents	Nicholas Ray	Uncredited	No
	The Story of Ruth	Henry Koster	Yes	No
1961	Francis of Assisi	Michael Curtiz	Yes	No
1963	Cleopatra	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Yes	No	Co-designed with Irene Sharaff and Renié
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	George Stevens	Yes	No	Co-designed with Marjorie Best
	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Carol Reed	Yes	No
	The War Lord	Franklin J. Schaffner	Yes	No
1967	The King's Pirate	Don Weis	Yes	No
1970	Cromwell	Ken Hughes	Yes	No
1971	Zachariah	George Englund	Yes	No
1974	The Terminal Man	Mike Hodges	Yes	No	Co-designed with Donald Brooks
1978	Angela	Boris Sagal	Yes	No	Co-designed with François Barbeau

Television

List of Vittorio Nino Novarese television credits

Year	Title	Contribution		Notes
		Costume Designer	Art Director
1976	Sandokan	Yes	Yes	6 episodes Co-designed costumes with Fabrizio Caracciolo
1981	Masada	Yes	No	4 episodes
	The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire	Yes	No	Television film aka Fugitive from the Empire and The Archer and the Sorceress
	Peter and Paul	Yes	No	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	1949	Best Costume Design – Black and White	Prince of Foxes	Nominated
	1963	Best Costume Design – Color	Cleopatra	Won
	1965		The Agony and the Ecstasy	Nominated
			The Greatest Story Ever Told	Nominated
	1970	Best Costume Design	Cromwell	Won
British Academy Film Awards	1970	Best Costume Design	Cromwell	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	1981	Outstanding Costume Design for a Series	Masada (Episode: "Part IV")	Nominated
		Outstanding Costume Design for a Special	Peter and Paul	Nominated

External links

• Vittorio Nino Novarese at IMDb