---
name: "Gianni Quaranta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gianni-quaranta"
fi1m_id: "gianni-quaranta"
imdb_id: "nm0702892"
tmdb_id: 24668
wikidata_id: "Q1522637"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "30 August 1943"
died: "14 September 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:04:41.204845+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."
---

# Gianni Quaranta

## Identity

Gianni Quaranta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gianni-quaranta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gianni-quaranta
- **IMDb ID:** nm0702892
- **TMDB ID:** 24668
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1522637
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Quaranta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1522637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24668

Production designer. Born 30 August 1943 in Arsiè. Died 14 September 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 30 August 1943, Arsiè
- **Died:** 14 September 2025
- **Active:** 1976–1986
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 70 (1), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Quaranta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1522637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24668

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Room with a View*](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*1900*](https://film.one/film/1900.md) (70)

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## Biography

Gianni Quaranta was an Italian production designer and art director. Born on 30 August 1943 in Arsiè, he died on 14 September 2025 in Rome. He won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on *A Room with a View* (1986).

Quaranta studied fine arts at the Brera Academy in Milan before moving to Rome to work in theatre. He collaborated frequently with Franco Zeffirelli on films including *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* (1972) and *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), and with Bernardo Bertolucci on *1900* (1976). Other notable film credits include *Farinelli* (1994) and *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* (1988).

He received additional Academy Award nominations for *La Traviata* (1983) and *Brother Sun, Sister Moon*, and won a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for *La Traviata*. Quaranta also designed sets for numerous operas at major theatres including La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, operawire.com, en.ilsole24ore.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Room with a View* (1986), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)
- *1900* (1976), Fi1m 70, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *The Man Who Drew God* (2023), Production Design
- *Havana Kyrie* (2019), Art Designer
- *Verdi: Aida* (2009), Director
- *Taxi Lovers* (2005), Production Design
- *Renzo e Lucia* (2004), Production Design
- *Renzo e Lucia* (2004), series, Production Design
- *Mirka* (2000), Production Design
- *L'anniversario* (1999), Production Design
- *Indiscretion of an American Wife* (1998), Production Design
- *Marquise* (1997), Set Designer
- *Ardena* (1997), Production Design
- *Naja* (1997), Production Design
- *Peggio di così si muore* (1995), Production Design
- *Farinelli* (1994), Production Design
- *The Comfort of Strangers* (1990), Production Design
- *Aida* (1989), Set Designer
- *Guglielmo Tell* (1988), Art Designer
- *Magdalene* (1988), Production Design
- *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* (1988), Production Design
- *Waxwork* (1988), Production Design
- *Dancers* (1987), Production Design
- *Otello* (1986), as Art Direction
- *A Room with a View* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)
- *Hajji Washington* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Tempest* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Verdi: Rigoletto* (1982), Production Design
- *The Day Christ Died* (1980), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), series, Production Design
- *1900* (1976), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)
- *All Screwed Up* (1974), Production Design
- *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* (1972), Production Design
- *That's Amore!*, Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1983: Best Production Design (nominated), for *La Traviata*
- 1974: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Brother Sun, Sister Moon*

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

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