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name: "Piero Filippone"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "20 November 1911"
died: "1 January 1998"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:41:31.002416+00:00"
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# Piero Filippone

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

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 20 November 1911, Naples, Campania, Italy
- **Died:** 1 January 1998
- **Also known as:** Peter Felt, Pietro Filippone, Raffaelo Filippone, Piero Filipponi

## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Journey to Italy* (1954), Fi1m 84, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/journey-to-italy.md)

## Also known for

- *Germany, Year Zero* (1948), Art Direction
- *Poverty and Nobility* (1954), Production Design
- *An American in Rome* (1954), Production Design
- *Lucky Luke* (1991), Production Design
- *Don Camillo: Monsignor* (1961), Production Design
- *The Widower* (1959), Production Design
- *The Mercenary* (1968), Production Design
- *Day of Anger* (1967), Production Design

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