---
name: "Gabriella Pescucci"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabriella-pescucci"
fi1m_id: "gabriella-pescucci"
imdb_id: "nm0675951"
tmdb_id: 1304
wikidata_id: "Q439536"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "17 January 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-22T02:36:32.218446+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."
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# Gabriella Pescucci

## Identity

Gabriella Pescucci

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gabriella-pescucci
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gabriella-pescucci
- **IMDb ID:** nm0675951
- **TMDB ID:** 1304
- **Wikidata ID:** Q439536
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriella_Pescucci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1304

Costume designer. Born 17 January 1943 in Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 17 January 1943, Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany, Italy
- **Active:** 1981–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Lonsdale](https://film.one/person/michael-lonsdale.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (3), 1990s 83 (2), 2000s 65 (2), 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $629m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriella_Pescucci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1304

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Age of Innocence*](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md) (86), [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)
- **Hulu:** [*Penny Dreadful*](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*Agora*](https://film.one/film/agora.md) (66)
- **Apple TV:** [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gabriella Pescucci is an Italian costume designer. She studied art at the Accademia in Florence and moved to Rome in 1966 to work in cinema. She began as an assistant to Piero Tosi on films including Pier Paolo Pasolini’s *Medea* and Luchino Visconti’s *Death in Venice*, and took her first credits as designer in the early 1970s with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi.

Her international breakthrough came with *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), for which she won a BAFTA Film Award. She received a second BAFTA for *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* (1988). In 1993 she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Martin Scorsese’s *The Age of Innocence*. Other notable credits include *The Name of the Rose* (1986), *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), *Van Helsing* (2004) and the series *Penny Dreadful* (2014).

Pescucci has also designed costumes for opera, including productions at La Scala and the Kennedy Center. She has received additional awards including David di Donatello prizes and Emmy Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

- *A Talent for Murder* (2026), Fi1m 68, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-talent-for-murder.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Agora* (2009), Fi1m 66, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/agora.md)
- *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Fi1m 64, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *Time Regained* (1999), Fi1m 80, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *The Age of Innocence* (1993), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md)
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Three Brothers* (1981), Fi1m 77, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/three-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *A Talent for Murder* (2026), Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-talent-for-murder.md)
- *The Decameron* (2024), series, Costume Designer
- *Pantafa* (2023), Costume Design
- *Domina* (2021), series, Costume Designer
- *The Burnt Orange Heresy* (2020), Costume Design
- *a Jacket* (2018), Costume Design
- *Stanotte al Museo Egizio* (2015), as Ospite
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, Costume Designer
- *The Jewel* (2011), Costume Design
- *The First Beautiful Thing* (2010), Costume Design
- *Agora* (2009), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/agora.md)
- *Rien Va* (2009), Costume Assistant
- *Beowulf* (2007), Costume Design
- *Don Pasquale* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Brothers Grimm* (2005), Costume Design
- *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *Van Helsing* (2004), Costume Design
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999), Costume Designer
- *Time Regained* (1999), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *Manon Lescaut* (1998), Costume Design
- *Cousin Bette* (1998), Costume Design
- *Les Misérables* (1998), Costume Design
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), Costume Design
- *Slave of Dreams* (1995), Costume Design
- *The Scarlet Letter* (1995), Costume Design
- *The Night and the Moment* (1995), Costume Design
- *Solomon & Sheba* (1995), Costume Design
- *Per amore, solo per amore* (1993), Costume Design
- *The Age of Innocence* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md)
- *Indochine* (1992), Costume Design
- *The Last Days of Humanity* (1991), Costume Design
- *What Time Is It?* (1989), Costume Design
- *Splendor* (1989), Costume Design
- *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* (1988), Costume Design
- *The Family* (1987), Costume Design
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *Good King Dagobert* (1984), Costume Design
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Aurora* (1984), Costume Designer
- *That Night of Varennes* (1982), Costume Design
- *Passion of Love* (1981), Costume Design
- *Three Brothers* (1981), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/three-brothers.md)
- *City of Women* (1980), Costume Design
- *Orchestra Rehearsal* (1979), Costume Design
- *The Seagull* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Inheritance* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Divine Nymph* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Murri Affair* (1974), Costume Design
- *Identikit* (1974), Costume Design
- *Ludwig* (1973), Assistant Costume Designer
- *'Tis Pity She's a Whore* (1971), Costume Design
- *Death in Venice* (1971), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Many Wars Ago* (1970), Costume Design
- *Medea* (1969), Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Year of the Cannibals* (1969), Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Seven Cervi Brothers* (1968), Costume Design
- *Mademoiselle de Maupin* (1966), Assistant Costume Designer
- *I cuori infranti* (1963), Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Attic* (1963), Assistant Costume Designer
- *L'Inverno*, Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![Gabriella Pescucci](https://film.one/media/person/82799/gallery-5225828882d5.png) Gabriella Pescucci — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Pescucci_Callas_1969_cropped.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gabriella Pescucci con Maria Callas sul set di Medea di Pier Paolo Pasolini (1969)](https://film.one/media/person/82799/gallery-2abd7413bfd0.png) Gabriella Pescucci con Maria Callas sul set di Medea di Pier Paolo Pasolini (1969) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Pescucci_Callas_1969.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2006: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
- 1994: Best Costume Design (won), for *The Age of Innocence*
- 1990: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen*

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

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