Piero Tosi (10 April 1927 – 10 August 2019) was an Italian costume designer. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times. In 2013, he was the first costume designer to receive an Academy Honorary Award as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures."

Biography

Tosi's film credits include Senso, Bellissima, The Leopard, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Death in Venice, The Night Porter, and La Traviata. He was particularly known for his exhaustively researched and intricately detailed historical costumes. He won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes twice, as well as the 50th Anniversary David in 2006. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design twice, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design five times. He died in Rome on 10 August 2019, at the age of 92.

Partial filmography

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards BAFTA Awards

Miscellaneous awards