---
name: "Eugenio Zanetti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eugenio-zanetti"
fi1m_id: "eugenio-zanetti"
imdb_id: "nm0952968"
tmdb_id: 961533
wikidata_id: "Q1373348"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "19 October 1946"
died: "18 September 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:23:09.644416+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."
---

# Eugenio Zanetti

## Identity

Eugenio Zanetti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eugenio-zanetti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eugenio-zanetti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0952968
- **TMDB ID:** 961533
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1373348
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Zanetti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373348, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952968/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/961533

Production designer. Born 19 October 1946 in Córdoba. Died 18 September 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 19 October 1946, Córdoba
- **Died:** 18 September 2026
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Zanetti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373348, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952968/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/961533

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Last Action Hero*](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md) (62)

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## Biography

Eugenio Zanetti (19 October 1946 – 18 September 2026) was an Argentine production designer, dramatist, painter and theatre and opera director. Born in Córdoba, he began his career in Argentine cinema with set designs for films including *The Power of Darkness* (1979). During the Falklands War he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a production designer on Hollywood films from the late 1980s.

His credits include *Slam Dance* (1987), *Some Girls* (1988), *Flatliners* (1990), *Soapdish* (1991), *Last Action Hero* (1993), *Restoration* (1995), *Tall Tale* (1995), *What Dreams May Come* (1998), *The Haunting* (1999) and *There Be Dragons* (2011). He won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for *Restoration* and received a further nomination for *What Dreams May Come*. Zanetti also directed and designed productions for the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and maintained a parallel career in painting and playwriting.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Amapola* (2014), Director, Writer
- *There Be Dragons* (2011), Production Design
- *Zapata: The dream of a hero* (2004), Production Design
- *Quantum Project* (2000), Director
- *The Haunting* (1999), Production Design
- *What Dreams May Come* (1998), Production Design
- *Warriors of Virtue* (1997), Production Design
- *Restoration* (1995), Production Design
- *Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure* (1995), Production Design
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Soapdish* (1991), Production Design
- *Flatliners* (1990), Production Design
- *Some Girls* (1988), Production Design
- *Promised Land* (1988), Production Design
- *Slam Dance* (1987), Production Design
- *Los pasajeros del jardín* (1982), Production Design
- *The Power of Darkness* (1979), Production Design
- *The Truce* (1974), Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Best Production Design (nominated), for *What Dreams May Come*
- 1996: Best Production Design (won), for *Restoration*

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

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