---
name: "Piero Tosi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/piero-tosi"
fi1m_id: "piero-tosi"
imdb_id: "nm0869200"
tmdb_id: 32055
wikidata_id: "Q507073"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "10 April 1927"
died: "10 August 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T09:46:02.733801+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."
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# Piero Tosi

## Identity

Piero Tosi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/piero-tosi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** piero-tosi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0869200
- **TMDB ID:** 32055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q507073
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Tosi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32055

Costume designer. Born 10 April 1927 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Died 10 August 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 10 April 1927, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
- **Died:** 10 August 2019
- **Active:** 1954–1960
- **Frequently works with:** [Luchino Visconti](https://film.one/person/luchino-visconti.md), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://film.one/person/suso-cecchi-damico.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 5 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Tosi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32055

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Senso*](https://film.one/film/senso.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. Born in Sesto Fiorentino near Florence, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. He entered film work through a connection with Franco Zeffirelli, assisting on Luchino Visconti's stage production of Troilus and Cressida before moving to Rome.

Tosi collaborated extensively with Visconti on films including *Bellissima* (1951), *Senso* (1954), *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960), *The Leopard* (1963), *The Damned* (1969) and *Death in Venice* (1971). He also worked with directors such as Vittorio De Sica on *Marriage Italian Style* (1964) and *Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow* (1963), Pier Paolo Pasolini on *Medea* (1969), and Liliana Cavani on *The Night Porter* (1974). His designs were noted for historical research and detail.

Tosi received five Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and won an Honorary Academy Award in 2013. He also won two BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design and two David di Donatello awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, oscars.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Senso* (1954), Fi1m 79, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

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

- *The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo* (2021), In Memory Of
- *Medea: On-Set Memories* (2004), Actor
- *Piero Tosi ou le goût de la perfection* (2004), Actor
- *The Keys to the House* (2004), Costume Design
- *Sparrow* (1994), Costume Designer
- *Albert Savarus* (1993), Costume Design
- *La Cage aux Folles 3* (1985), Costume Designer
- *La traviata* (1982), Costume Design
- *Beyond the Door* (1982), Costume Design
- *Più bello di così si muore* (1982), Costume Design
- *The Skin* (1981), Costume Design
- *Lady of the Camelias* (1981), Costume Designer
- *Hypochondriac* (1979), Costume Design
- *Where Are You Going on Holiday?* (1978), Costume Design
- *Beyond Good and Evil* (1977), Costume Designer
- *The Innocent* (1976), Costume Design
- *Down the Ancient Stairs* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Peaceful Age* (1975), Costume Designer
- *Libera, My Love* (1975), Costume Designer
- *Conversation Piece* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Night Porter* (1974), Costume Design
- *Ludwig* (1973), Costume Design
- *We Want the Colonels* (1973), Costume Design, Set Decoration
- *Death in Venice* (1971), Costume Design
- *Bubu* (1971), Costume Designer
- *So Long Gulliver* (1970), Costume Design
- *Metello* (1970), Costume Design
- *Medea* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Damned* (1969), Costume Design
- *Spirits of the Dead* (1968), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Toby Dammit* (1968), Production Design
- *Ghosts, Italian Style* (1967), Costume Design
- *Arabella* (1967), Costume Designer
- *The Stranger* (1967), as Set Decoration · Costume Design
- *Matchless* (1967), Costume Designer
- *The Witches* (1967), Costume Design
- *After the Fox* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Three Faces* (1965), as Costume Designer (segment "Il provino") (uncredited), Art Direction
- *Woman Is a Wonderful Thing* (1964), Costume Design
- *Gian Burrasca's Diary* (1964), series, as Set Decoration · Costume Design
- *Marriage Italian Style* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Ape Woman* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Visitor* (1963), Costume Design
- *Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow* (1963), Costume Design
- *The Organizer* (1963), Costume Design
- *Adultero lui, adultera lei* (1963), Costume Design
- *The Leopard* (1963), Costume Design
- *Careless* (1962), Costume Design, Set Decoration
- *Boccaccio '70* (1962), Costume Design
- *On the Tiger's Back* (1961), Costume Design
- *The Lovemakers* (1961), as Set Decoration · Costume Design
- *Love in Rome* (1960), Costume Design
- *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960), Costume Design
- *La contessa azzurra* (1960), Costume Design
- *Il bell'Antonio* (1960), as Set Decoration · Costume Design
- *You're on Your Own* (1959), Costume Design
- *Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura* (1959), Costume Design
- *Young Husbands* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Mine* (1958), Costume Designer
- *Holiday Island* (1957), Costume Design
- *White Nights* (1957), Costume Design
- *Marisa* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Awakening* (1956), Costume Design, Set Decoration
- *Il padrone sono me* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Art of Getting Along* (1954), as Set Decoration
- *Senso* (1954), Costume Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)
- *The Hunt* (1953), Costume Design
- *Aida* (1953), Costume Design
- *Bellissima* (1952), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- 1983: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *La Traviata*
- 1980: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *La Cage aux Folles*
- 1974: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Ludwig*
- 1972: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Death in Venice*
- 1964: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Leopard*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Academy Honorary Award 2014: Academy Honorary Award (won)

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

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