Piero Filippone

Piero Filippone

Production designer. Born 20 November 1911 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Died 1 January 1998.

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Born
20 November 1911, Naples, Campania, Italy
Died
1 January 1998

Biography

Piero Filippone (1911–1998) was an Italian production designer and art director. Born in Naples, Campania, he worked on the sets of around two hundred films between 1935 and 1992.

He created the sets for Roberto Rossellini’s Journey to Italy (1954) and Germany, Year Zero (1948). Other credits include Poverty and Nobility (1954), An American in Rome (1954), The Widower (1959), Day of Anger (1967), The Mercenary (1968) and Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975). He also designed for many films starring Totò and received two Silver Ribbon awards for production design.

He later lived in the United States and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Piero Filippone is known for Germany, Year Zero (1948), Poverty and Nobility (1954), An American in Rome (1954), Lucky Luke (1991), Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961), The Widower (1959), The Mercenary (1968) and Day of Anger (1967).