Andrea Crisanti
Andrea Crisanti (12 June 1936 in Rome – 7 May 2012)[1] was 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 worked on 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 on Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman (1982), Franzo Zeffirelli's Young Toscanini (1988), Gianni Amelio's The Stolen Children (1992), and Andrei Tarkovsky's Nostalghia (1983).
Crisanti taught art at Rome's Experimental Cinematography Centre from 1995 until his death and was president of A.S.C., Set and Costume Designers Association.
Filmography
Production Designer
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1988)
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem (1994)
- Moon Shadow (Colpo di luna, 1995)
- A Pure Formality (1995)
- The Truce (1997)
- Vipera (2001)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Sotto falso nome (Strange Crime, 2004)
- Cuore Sacro (Sacred heart, 2005)
- Face Addict (documentary, 2005)
- La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007)
Art Director/Art Direction
- Il Caso Mattei (The Mattei Affair, 1972)
- Lucky Luciano (1973)
- Cadaveri Eccellenti (Illustrious Corpses, 1976)
- Tre Tigri Contro Tre Tigri (Three Tigers Against Three Tigers, 1977)
- Cristo si e Fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli, 1978)
- Salto Nel Vuoto (A Leap in the Dark, 1980)
- Identification of a Woman (1982)
- Nostalghia (1983)
- Il Diavolo in Corpo (Devil in the Flesh, 1986)
- Il Giovane Toscanini (Young Toscanini, 1988)
- Dimenticare Palermo (The Palermo Connection, 1990)
- Stanno tutti bene (Everybody's Fine, 1990)
- Il ladro di bambini (The Stolen Children, 1993)
Other
- Tre fratelli - ( Other(- sets), Three Brothers, 1981)
- Borotalco - ( Other(- sets) Talcum Powder, 1982)
- No Grazie, Il Caffe' Mi Rende Nervoso - ( Other(- sets) No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous, 1982)
Awards
- 1991: Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Production Design for Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- 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)