Andrea Crisanti
1936–2012 · 17 titles in the catalogue
Andrea Crisanti (12 June 1936, in Rome – 7 May 2012) was an Italian production designer and art director.
Crisanti studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He began his film career as assistant set designer to Mario Garbuglia by working on the set of The Great War (1959) with Mario Monicelli. His independent debut came with Maciste in Hell (1962) by Riccardo Freda.
In 1970, Crisanti met Francesco Rosi, which proved crucial to the success of his career. He later worked on Cinema Paradiso (1988) and A Pure Formality (1994) by Giuseppe Tornatore, which won a David di Donatello Award. Sicily was one of his favourite places, and he recalled the pomp of the 17-century Bourbon period for the set of The Council of Egypt (2002) by Emidio Greco. Crisanti worked on Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman (1982), Franzo Zeffirelli's Young Toscanini (1988), Gianni Amelio's The Stolen Children (1992), and Andrei Tarkovsky's Nostalghia (1983).
He taught art at Rome's Experimental Cinematography Centre from 1995 until his death, and was president of A.S.C., the Set and Costume Designers Association.
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Their work
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Cinema Paradiso1988Production Design
Duck, You Sucker1971Art Direction
Loose Cannons2010Production Design
Nostalgia1983Production Design
Talcum Powder1982Production Design
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow1963Assistant Set Decoration
A Pure Formality1994Production Design
Facing Windows2003Art Direction
A Magnificent Haunting2012Production Design
Everybody's Fine1990Production Design
The Con Artists1976Production Design
Many Wars Ago1970Production Design
The Mattei Affair1972Production Design
Illustrious Corpses1976Production Design
The Stolen Children1992Set Decoration
Christ Stopped at Eboli1979Production Design
Mr. Robinson1976Production Design