Background
Ferretti, Dante was born on February 26, 1943 in Macerata, Italy.
Ferretti, Dante was born on February 26, 1943 in Macerata, Italy.
Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many great directors, both American and Italian, including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing seven of his last eight movies.
In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore"s opera The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
He had seven previous nominations. In addition, he was nominated for Best Costume Design for Kundun.
In 2012, he designed the decor for Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto, a restaurant on Manhattan"s Upper East Side. Foreign the 2015 Expo held in Milan, Italy Ferretti was commissioned to do a series of statues articulating the concept ""Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".
Married Francesca LoSchiavo. 1 child Edoardo.