---
name: "Piero Gherardi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/piero-gherardi"
fi1m_id: "piero-gherardi"
imdb_id: "nm0315662"
tmdb_id: 5681
wikidata_id: "Q506734"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "20 November 1909"
died: "8 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-26T15:43:10.227169+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."
---

# Piero Gherardi

## Identity

Piero Gherardi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/piero-gherardi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** piero-gherardi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0315662
- **TMDB ID:** 5681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q506734
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Gherardi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5681

Production designer. Born 20 November 1909 in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy. Died 8 June 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 20 November 1909, Poppi, Tuscany, Italy
- **Died:** 8 June 1971
- **Active:** 1957–1965
- **Frequently works with:** [Brunello Rondi](https://film.one/person/brunello-rondi.md), [Ennio Flaiano](https://film.one/person/ennio-flaiano.md), [Federico Fellini](https://film.one/person/federico-fellini.md), [Tullio Pinelli](https://film.one/person/tullio-pinelli.md), [Angelo Rizzoli](https://film.one/person/angelo-rizzoli.md), [Anouk Aimée](https://film.one/person/anouk-aimee.md), [Giulietta Masina](https://film.one/person/giulietta-masina.md), [Marcello Mastroianni](https://film.one/person/marcello-mastroianni.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won · 4 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 82 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 89 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $20m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Gherardi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5681

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*8½*](https://film.one/film/812.md) (91), [*Juliet of the Spirits*](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) (68)

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## Biography

Piero Gherardi (20 November 1909 – 8 June 1971) was an Italian costume designer, production designer and art director. He is best known for his work with Federico Fellini on *La dolce vita* (1960) and *8½* (1963), for which he won Academy Awards for Best Costume Design.

Gherardi trained as an architect and began working in film production in the late 1940s. He collaborated with Fellini on earlier films including *Nights of Cabiria* (1957) and later on *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965) and *Boccaccio '70* (1962). He also worked with directors such as Mario Monicelli on films including *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958) and *For Love and Gold* (1966).

Gherardi received further Academy Award nominations for production design on *La dolce vita*, *8½* and *Juliet of the Spirits*, and for costume design on the latter. He died in Rome.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Fi1m 68, Production design, Costume Design, Production Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md)
- *8½* (1963), Fi1m 91, Production design, Production Design, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Fi1m 88, Production Design, Production design, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md)
- *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Fi1m 88, Production Design, Costume Design, Costume design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *Mina in Barilla commercials* (2001), Director
- *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), Costume Design
- *Burn!* (1969), Production Design
- *Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence* (1969), as Set Decoration · Costume Design, Production Design
- *The Appointment* (1969), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Attraction* (1969), Costume Design
- *Bandits in Rome* (1968), Costume Design
- *Garter Colt* (1968), Costume Design
- *Danger: Diabolik* (1968), Costume Design
- *L'Estate* (1966), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Queens* (1966), Production Design, Costume Design
- *For Love and Gold* (1966), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md)
- *The Dolls* (1965), Costume Design
- *La Fuga* (1965), Production Design, Costume Design
- *My Wife* (1964), Costume Design
- *Three Nights of Love* (1964), Costume Design
- *Bebo's Girl* (1964), Production Design
- *High Infidelity* (1964), Production Design, Costume Design
- *8½* (1963), Costume Design, Production Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *Roaring Years* (1962), Costume Supervisor
- *Boccaccio '70* (1962), Production Design
- *Black City* (1961), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Policeman on Horseback* (1961), Costume Design, Production Design
- *...And Suddenly It's Murder!* (1960), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Hunchback* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Passionate Thief* (1960), Costume Design, Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Kapo* (1960), Production Design
- *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Production Design, Costume Designer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md)
- *The Great War* (1959), Costume Design
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Doctor and the Healer* (1957), Costume Design, Set Decoration, Production Design
- *The Wide Blue Road* (1957), as Art Direction
- *This Angry Age* (1957), as Set Decoration
- *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Costume Design, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md)
- *Fathers and Sons* (1957), Production Design
- *Donatella* (1956), as Set Decoration
- *War and Peace* (1956), as Set Decoration
- *Forbidden* (1955), Production Design
- *Toto and Carolina* (1955), as Set Decoration · Production Design
- *Cinema of yesteryear* (1953), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Easy Years* (1953), Production Design
- *Man, Beast and Virtue* (1953), as Set Decoration
- *The Wayward Wife* (1953), Costume Design
- *Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair* (1953), as Set Decoration
- *The Unfaithfuls* (1953), as Set Decoration
- *I tre corsari* (1952), as Set Decoration
- *Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi* (1952), Costume Design, Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Sensualità* (1952), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Hello Elephant* (1952), Production Design
- *All for Love* (1950), Production Design
- *Side Street Story* (1950), as Set Decoration
- *Her Favourite Husband* (1950), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Miss Italia* (1950), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Campane a martello* (1949), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Without Pity* (1948), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Guaglio* (1948), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Escape to France* (1948), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Lovers Without Love* (1948), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Daniele Cortis* (1947), Production Design
- *Night of the Storm* (1946), as Art Direction · Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![Piero Gherardi](https://film.one/media/person/59994/gallery-e83f2ec5f408.jpg) Piero Gherardi — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Piero_Gherardi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rome, Italy (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/59994/gallery-261821221919.jpg) Rome, Italy (2018) — Sonse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anita_Ekberg%27s_Costume_from_La_Dolce_Vita%2C_Cinecitt%C3%A0_Studios_%2831871154167%29.jpg/1280px-Anita_Ekberg%27s_Costume_from_La_Dolce_Vita%2C_Cinecitt%C3%A0_Studios_%2831871154167%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Costume worn by Anita Ekberg in the film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini in 1960 displayed in Cinecittà studios, Rome, Italy. Costume designer: Piero (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/59994/gallery-66c82ca33aef.jpg) Costume worn by Anita Ekberg in the film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini in 1960 displayed in Cinecittà studios, Rome, Italy. Costume designer: Piero (2011) — Cássia Afini, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cinecitt%C3%A0_-_Costume_from_La_Dolce_Vita_%285798147423%29.jpg/1280px-Cinecitt%C3%A0_-_Costume_from_La_Dolce_Vita_%285798147423%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Costume worn by Anita Ekberg in the film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini in 1960 displayed in Cinecittà studios, Rome, Italy. Costume designer: Piero (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/59994/gallery-e57dc7674c15.jpg) Costume worn by Anita Ekberg in the film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini in 1960 displayed in Cinecittà studios, Rome, Italy. Costume designer: Piero (2011) — Cássia Afini, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cinecitt%C3%A0_-_Costume_from_La_Dolce_Vita_%285798698008%29.jpg/1280px-Cinecitt%C3%A0_-_Costume_from_La_Dolce_Vita_%285798698008%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Costumes des personnages cultes des grands films de Fellini A partir du fond à gauche : -Costume de Danilo Donati pour "Il Casanova", film de Federico Fellini e (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/59994/gallery-e31f2290a7a7.jpg) Costumes des personnages cultes des grands films de Fellini A partir du fond à gauche : -Costume de Danilo Donati pour "Il Casanova", film de Federico Fellini e (2011) — Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Federico_Fellini_%C3%A0_Cinecitta_%285856185332%29.jpg/1280px-Federico_Fellini_%C3%A0_Cinecitta_%285856185332%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 3 won, 4 nominated

- 1967: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Juliet of the Spirits*
- 1967: Best Art Direction, Color (nominated), for *Juliet of the Spirits*
- 1964: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *8½*
- 1964: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *8½*
- 1962: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *La Dolce Vita*
- 1962: Academy Awards (won)
- 1962: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *La Dolce Vita*

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

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