---
name: "Bruno Cesari"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruno-cesari"
fi1m_id: "bruno-cesari"
imdb_id: "nm0149055"
tmdb_id: 11388
wikidata_id: "Q993144"
roles: ["Set decoration"]
born: "24 October 1933"
died: "30 January 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:14.290369+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruno Cesari

## Identity

Bruno Cesari

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruno-cesari
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruno-cesari
- **IMDb ID:** nm0149055
- **TMDB ID:** 11388
- **Wikidata ID:** Q993144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Cesari, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q993144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11388

Set decoration. Born 24 October 1933 in Pesaro. Died 30 January 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Set decoration
- **Born:** 24 October 1933, Pesaro
- **Died:** 30 January 2004
- **Active:** 1984–1999
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $178m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Cesari, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q993144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11388

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Last Emperor*](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md) (80)

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## Biography

Bruno Cesari (1933–2004) was an Italian art director and set decorator. He was born and died in Pesaro.

Cesari worked extensively in Italian and international cinema from the 1960s onwards. He contributed set decoration or art direction to films including *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), *The Last Emperor* (1987), *Little Buddha* (1993), *The Legend of 1900* (1998) and *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1999). He received production design credits on *The Last Emperor* and later films such as *His Secret Life* (2001).

He shared an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for *The Last Emperor* and received a further nomination in the same category for *The Talented Mr. Ripley*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1999), Fi1m 80, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/the-talented-mr-ripley.md)
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Fi1m 80, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *His Secret Life* (2001), Production Design
- *Malena* (2000), as Set Decoration
- *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1999), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-talented-mr-ripley.md)
- *Last Harem* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Legend of 1900* (1998), as Props
- *Little Buddha* (1993), as Set Decoration
- *The Three Musketeers* (1993), as Set Decoration
- *All Ladies Do It* (1992), as Art Direction, Set Decoration
- *Rossini! Rossini!* (1991), as Set Decoration
- *Paprika* (1991), as Set Decoration
- *Leviathan* (1989), as Set Decoration
- *Etoile* (1989), as Set Decoration
- *Snack Bar Budapest* (1988), as Set Decoration
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)
- *Blood Ties* (1986), Interior Designer
- *A.D.* (1985), series, as Set Decoration
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Marco Polo* (1982), series, as Set Decoration
- *City of Women* (1980), as Set Decoration
- *Orchestra Rehearsal* (1979), as Set Decoration
- *A Dangerous Toy* (1979), as Set Decoration
- *Flatfoot in Africa* (1978), as Set Decoration
- *Bye Bye Monkey* (1978), as Set Decoration
- *The Cat* (1977), as Set Decoration
- *The Bishop's Bedroom* (1977), as Set Decoration
- *Dimmi che fai tutto per me* (1976), as Set Decoration
- *The Inheritance* (1976), as Set Decoration
- *Brief Encounter* (1976), as Set Decoration
- *The Flower in His Mouth* (1975), as Set Decoration
- *The Divine Nymph* (1975), as Set Decoration
- *Policewoman* (1974), as Set Decoration
- *Bread and Chocolate* (1974), as Set Decoration
- *The Voyage* (1974), as Set Decoration
- *A Brief Vacation* (1973), as Set Dresser
- *Dear Parents* (1973), as Set Decoration
- *The Scopone Game* (1972), as Set Decoration
- *Planet Venus* (1972), Interior Designer
- *Seven Murders for Scotland Yard* (1972), as Set Decoration
- *Nights of Boccaccio* (1972), as Set Decoration
- *In the Name of the Italian People* (1971), as Set Decoration
- *That's How We Women Are* (1971), as Set Decoration
- *Alive or Preferably Dead* (1969), as Set Decoration
- *Blow Hot, Blow Cold* (1969), Interior Designer
- *Better a Widow* (1968), Interior Designer
- *The Head of the Family* (1967), as Set Decoration
- *Anyone Can Play* (1967), as Set Decoration
- *The Treasure of San Gennaro* (1966), Assistant Costume Designer
- *How Do I Love You?* (1966), as Set Decoration
- *Weekend, Italian Style* (1965), as Set Decoration
- *I Knew Her Well* (1965), Assistant Set Decoration
- *The Magnificent Cuckold* (1964), Assistant Set Decoration
- *Sign of Zorro* (1963), as Set Decoration
- *La bellezza di Ippolita* (1962), as Set Decoration

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2000: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Talented Mr. Ripley*
- 1988: Best Production Design (won), for *The Last Emperor*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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