Gianni Quaranta

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Gianni Quaranta
Born	(1943-08-30)30 August 1943 Arsiè, Italy
Died	14 September 2025(2025-09-14) (aged 82) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Production designer, art director
Years active	1971–2025

Gianni Quaranta (30 August 1943 – 14 September 2025) was an Italian production designer and art director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Production Design for La Traviata (1983). He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film A Room with a View.^[1]

Quaranta died in Rome on 14 September 2025, at the age of 82.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
↑ "Morto lo scenografo Gianni Quaranta, Oscar per Camera con Vista". Prealpina. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
↑ "Cordoglio per la scomparsa di Gianni Quaranta". Comune di Spoleto. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

External links

Gianni Quaranta at IMDb
Gianni Quaranta discography at Discogs

Awards for Gianni Quaranta

v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design
1927–1939 Interior Decoration	1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1928/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler
1940–1946 Black & White / Color separate	1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis
1947–1956 renamed Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate	1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
1957–1958	1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason
1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate	1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
1981–2000	1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art)
2001–present	2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set) 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set) 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set) 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set) 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set) 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set) 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set) 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set) 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set) 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set) 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set) 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set) 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set) 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set) 2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set) 2024: Nathan Crowley (art); Lee Sandales (set)

BAFTA Award for Best Production Design

1964–1967

Black and White	Ken Adam (1964) Ray Simm (1965) Tambi Larsen (1966) No Award (1967)
Colour	John Bryan (1964) Ken Adam (1965) Wilfred Shingleton (1966) John Box (1967)

1968–present

Ernest Archer, Harry Lange, and Anthony Masters (1968)
Donald M. Ashton (1969)
Mario Garbuglia (1970)
Ferdinando Scarfiotti (1971)
Rolf Zehetbauer (1972)
Natasha Kroll (1973)
John Box (1974)
John Box (1975)
Geoffrey Kirkland (1976)
Danilo Donati and Federico Fellini (1977)
Joe Alves (1978)
Michael Seymour (1979)
Stuart Craig (1980)
Norman Reynolds (1981)
Lawrence G. Paull (1982)
Gianni Quaranta and Franco Zeffirelli (1983)
Roy Walker (1984)
Norman Garwood (1985)
Brian Ackland-Snow and Gianni Quaranta (1986)
Santo Loquasto (1987)
Dean Tavoularis (1988)
Dante Ferretti (1989)
Richard Sylbert (1990)
Bo Welch (1991)
Catherine Martin (1992)
Andrew McAlpine (1993)
Dante Ferretti (1994)
Michael Corenblith (1995)
Tony Burrough (1996)
Catherine Martin (1997)
Dennis Gassner (1998)
Rick Heinrichs (1999)
Arthur Max (2000)
Aline Bonetto (2001)
Dennis Gassner (2002)
William Sandell (2003)
Dante Ferretti (2004)
Stuart Craig (2005)
Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland, and Jennifer Williams (2006)
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2007)
Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo (2008)
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair (2009)
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat (2010)
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011)
Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson (2012)
Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn (2013)
Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014)
Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015)
Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock (2016)
Paul D. Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, and Shane Vieau (2017)
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (2018)
Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales (2019)
Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020)
Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021)
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022)
Shona Heath, James Price, and Zsuzsa Mihalek (2023)
Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales (2024)

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