Heroes Master Award: Gabriella Pescucci

Costume Design Masterclass with Gabriella Pescucci (The Age of Innocence, The Chocolate Factory, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) and awarding of the Heroes Master Award.

Gabriella Pescucci is an Italian costume designer, winner of several awards, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, nine Nastri d'argento Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three David di Donatello Awards.

She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, and began her career in Rome as assistant to the great Pierluigi Pizzi and Piero Tosi (in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea). In 1994 he won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence. He received 2 more nominations: in 1989 for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Terry Gilliam and in 2006 for The Chocolate Factory by Tim Burton.

In 2007 she designed costumes for the popular opera Juliet and Romeo. His creations include Renaissance costumes for the television seriesThe Borgias and for the series Penny Dreadful with Victorian-era costumes. In 2006 he signed the costumes for the opening ceremony of the 20th Winter Olympic Games Turin 2006.

You can follow the meeting with Gabriella Pescucci on Saturday, November 26 from 10:30 a.m. at Universes Hall.