---
name: "Luciana Arrighi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luciana-arrighi"
fi1m_id: "luciana-arrighi"
imdb_id: "nm0002186"
tmdb_id: 17165
wikidata_id: "Q511446"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T02:49:35.925034+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."
---

# Luciana Arrighi

## Identity

Luciana Arrighi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luciana-arrighi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luciana-arrighi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002186
- **TMDB ID:** 17165
- **Wikidata ID:** Q511446
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciana_Arrighi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511446, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17165

Production designer. Born 1 January 1940 in Rio de Janeiro.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, Rio de Janeiro
- **Active:** 1978–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md), [Anthony Hopkins](https://film.one/person/anthony-hopkins.md), [Hugh Grant](https://film.one/person/hugh-grant.md), [Ismail Merchant](https://film.one/person/ismail-merchant.md), [James Ivory](https://film.one/person/james-ivory.md), [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://film.one/person/ruth-prawer-jhabvala.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (2), 1990s 86 (3), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 77 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 4, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Comedy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $222m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciana_Arrighi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511446, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17165

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Remains of the Day*](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Howards End*](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*My Brilliant Career*](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris*](https://film.one/film/mrs-harris-goes-to-paris.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Luciana Arrighi is an Australian and Italian production designer. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1940, she was raised and educated in Australia, studying at East Sydney Technical College. She began her career in theatre and television in Australia and the United Kingdom before moving into film design.

She is known for her work with the Merchant Ivory team, serving as production designer on *Howards End* (1992), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, *The Remains of the Day* (1993) and *Surviving Picasso* (1996). Other credits include *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), *Anna and the King* (1999) and *The Man Who Knew Infinity* (2016). She received further Oscar nominations for *The Remains of the Day* and *Anna and the King*, and won a BAFTA Television Craft Award for *The Gathering Storm* (2002).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, lucianaarrighi.info.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris* (2022), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-harris-goes-to-paris.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Howards End* (1992), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md)
- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)
- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, Sequence Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Can You Hear Me?* (2025), Production Design
- *Freud's Last Session* (2023), Production Design
- *Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-harris-goes-to-paris.md)
- *Falling for Figaro* (2021), Production Design
- *Come Away* (2020), Production Design
- *The Catcher Was a Spy* (2018), Production Design
- *Angelica* (2017), Production Design
- *Interlude in Prague* (2017), Production Design
- *The Man Who Knew Infinity* (2016), Production Design
- *The Lovers* (2015), Production Design
- *From Time to Time* (2009), Production Design
- *Into the Storm* (2009), Production Design
- *My Zinc Bed* (2008), Production Design
- *Fade to Black* (2006), Production Design
- *Being Julia* (2004), Production Design
- *My House in Umbria* (2003), Production Design
- *Possession* (2002), Production Design
- *The Importance of Being Earnest* (2002), Production Design
- *The Gathering Storm* (2002), Production Design
- *Anna and the King* (1999), Production Design
- *Jakob the Liar* (1999), Production Design
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999), Production Design
- *Oscar and Lucinda* (1997), Production Design
- *Victory* (1996), Production Design
- *Surviving Picasso* (1996), Production Design
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *Only You* (1994), Production Design
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *The Innocent* (1993), Production Design
- *Howards End* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/howards-end.md)
- *Close My Eyes* (1991), Production Design
- *The Rainbow* (1989), Production Design
- *Madame Sousatzka* (1988), Production Design
- *Mrs. Soffel* (1984), Production Design
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), Costume Design
- *Privates on Parade* (1983), Production Design, Costume Designer
- *The Return of the Soldier* (1983), Production Design
- *Il trovatore* (1983), Costume Design
- *Starstruck* (1982), Costume Design
- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)
- *Watership Down* (1978), Sequence Artist — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)
- *The Night, the Prowler* (1978), Production Design
- *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971), Production Design
- *Women in Love* (1969), Set Designer
- *Always on Sunday* (1965), Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2000: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Anna and the King*
- 1994: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Remains of the Day*
- 1993: Best Production Design (won), for *Howards End*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Member of the Order of Australia 2017: Member of the Order of Australia (won)

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

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