Vittorio Nino Novarese

Vittorio Nino Novarese
Birth date	15 May 1907
Birth place	Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Death date	17 October 1983 (aged 76)
Death place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Costume designer · writer · art director
Yearsactive	1937–1981

Vittorio Nino Novarese (15 May 1907 – 17 October 1983) was an Italian costume designer, writer and art director. His accolades include two Academy Awards, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Award and two Emmy Awards.

Born in Rome, Novarese began his career in Italian cinema in the late 1930s, working in several roles, including both as costume designer and screenwriter. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1949 and found great success in Hollywood. He has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning twice for Cleopatra (1963) and Cromwell (1970). Novarese died in Los Angeles on 17 October 1983, at the age of 76. He was the father of actress Letícia Román.

Selected filmography

Film

List of Vittorio Nino Novarese film credits
Year	Title	Director	Credited as		Notes
Year	Title	Director	Costume Designer	Writer	Notes
1934	1860	Alessandro Blasetti
1938	The Last Enemy	Umberto Barbaro			Also set decorator
1938	Ettore Fieramosca	Alessandro Blasetti			Co-written with Augusto Mazzetti, Cesare Ludovici and Alessandro Blasetti Co-designed with Marina Arcangeli Novarese designed men's costumes, whereas Arcangeli designed gowns
1939	No Man's Land	Mario Baffico
1939	Hurricane in the Tropics	Pier Luigi Faraldo Gino Talamo
1940	Love Trap	Raffaello Matarazzo			Also set decorator
1941	Marco Visconti	Mario Bonnard			Co-written with Cesare Ludovici and Oreste Gasperini Also art director
1941	The King's Jester				Also art director
1942	Before the Postman				Art director
1942	Rossini				Co-written with Parsifal Bassi, Luigi Bonelli, Mario Bonnard, Luciano Doria, Gherardo Gherardi, Vittorio Gui, Alberto Luchini and Edoardo Nulli
1943	Two Hearts Among the Beasts	Giorgio Simonelli
1945	No Turning Back	Alessandro Blasetti			Co-written with Alba De Cespedes and Alessandro Blasetti
	Two Anonymous Letters	Mario Camerini			Co-written with Ivo Perilli Mario Camerini, Carlo Musso and Turi Vasile
	His Young Wife	Mario Soldati
1947	Bullet for Stefano	Duilio Coletti
1948	Prelude to Madness	Gianni Franciolini			Co-written with Gianni Franciolini, Gianna Manzini, Ivo Perilli, Antonio Pietrangeli and Guido Piovene
	Les Misérables	Riccardo Freda			Co-written with Riccardo Freda, Mario Monicelli and Stefano Vanzina
	The Mysterious Rider	Riccardo Freda			Also art director
	The Man with the Grey Glove	Camillo Mastrocinque			Co-written with Camillo Mastrocinque and Fulvio Palmieri
	Pagliacci	Mario Costa
1949	Hand of Death	Carlo Campogalliani			Co-written with Carlo Campogalliani and Paola Ojetti
	Black Magic	Gregory Ratoff			Co-designed with Georges Annenkov
	Prince of Foxes	Henry King
1950	My Beautiful Daughter	Duilio Coletti			Co-written with Fulvio Palmieri
	Hawk of the Nile	Giacomo Gentilomo
	Shadow of the Eagle	Sidney Salkow
	Women and Brigands	Mario Soldati			Co-written with Pierre Lestringuez, Nicola Manzari and Mario Soldati
	The Thief of Venice	John Brahm
1951	The Rival of the Empress	Jacopo Comin Sidney Salkow
	The Count of Saint Elmo	Guido Brignone			Co-written with Guido Brignone and Aldo De Benedetti
	Messalina	Carmine Gallone			Co-written with Carmine Gallone, Albert Valentin, Pierre Laroche and Cesare Ludovici Also art director
	Lorenzaccio	Raffaello Pacini			Co-written with Raffaello Pacini and Giampiero Pucci
1952	The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino	Pietro Francisci
	The Adventures of Mandrin	Mario Soldati			Co-written with Giorgio Bassani, Augusto Frassinetti and Mario Soldati
	The Dream of Zorro	Mario Soldati
	The Queen of Sheba	Pietro Francisci			Co-written with Raul De Sarro, Pietro Francisci and Giorgio Graziosi
	Il romanzo della mia vita	Lionello De Felice			Co-written with Lionello De Felice
	La colpa di una madre	Carlo Duse			Co-written with Carlo Duse
	Nessuno ha tradito	Roberto Bianchi Montero			Co-written with Carlo De Sanctis and Fulvio Palmieri
1953	Too Young for Love	Lionello De Felice			Co-written with Franco Brusati and Lionello De Felice
	The Pagans	Ferruccio Cerio
	Frine, Courtesan of Orient	Mario Bonnard
	The Story of William Tell	Jack Cardiff			Unfinished film
1954	Maddalena	Augusto Genina
	Crossed Swords	Milton Krims
	Concert of Intrigue	Mario Bonnard			Co-written with Mario Bonnard Also uncredited costume designer
	Mata Hari's Daughter	Carmine Gallone			Co-written with Renzo Merusi, Piccini Vitali, Jean Aurel and André Tabet
	Orient Express	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia			Co-written with Jacques Companeez, Vitaliano Brancati, Aldo De Benedetti and Agenore Incrocci
	House of Ricordi	Carmine Gallone			Co-written with Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci and Carmine Gallone
	Loves of Three Queens	Marc Allégret Edgar G. Ulmer
1955	Desperate Farewell	Lionello De Felice			Co-written with Lionello De Felice, Sergio De Pascale and Ernesto Guida
	Beautiful but Dangerous	Robert Z. Leonard			Co-designed with Veniero Colasanti
	La ladra	Mario Bonnard			Co-written with Mario Bonnard
1956	Symphony of Love	Glauco Pellegrini
1958	Captain Falcon	Carlo Campogalliani			Co-written with Carlo Campogalliani, Isabella Conino, Gino Mangini and Emimmo Salvi
1959	Herod the Great	Victor Tourjansky
	Conspiracy of the Borgias	Antonio Racioppi			Co-written with Giorgio Costantini, Fernando Morandi and Antonio Racioppi
	Knight Without a Country	Giacomo Gentilomo
	Head of a Tyrant	Fernando Cerchio
	Sheba and the Gladiator	Guido Brignone
1960	The Savage Innocents	Nicholas Ray			Uncredited costume designer
1960	The Story of Ruth	Henry Koster
1961	Francis of Assisi	Michael Curtiz
1963	Cleopatra	Joseph L. Mankiewicz			Co-designed with Renié Novarese designed men's costumes, whereas Renié designed women's costumes
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	George Stevens			Co-designed with Marjorie Best
	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Carol Reed
	The War Lord	Franklin J. Schaffner
1967	The King's Pirate	Don Weis
1970	Cromwell	Ken Hughes
1971	Zachariah	George Englund
1974	The Terminal Man	Mike Hodges			Co-designed with Donald Brooks
1978	Angela	Boris Sagal			Co-designed with François Barbeau

Television

List of Vittorio Nino Novarese television credits
Year	Title	Contribution		Notes
Year	Title	Costume Designer	Art Director	Notes
1976	Sandokan			6 episodes Co-designed costumes with Fabrizio Caracciolo
1981	Masada			4 episodes
	The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire			Television film
	Peter and Paul			2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Award	Year^[a]	Category	Work	Ref.
Academy Awards	1950	Best Costume Design – Black and White	Prince of Foxes	^[1]
	1964	Best Costume Design – Color	Cleopatra	^[2]
	1966		The Agony and the Ecstasy	^[3]
	1966		The Greatest Story Ever Told	^[3]
	1971	Best Costume Design	Cromwell	^[4]
British Academy Film Awards	1971	Best Costume Design	Cromwell	^[5]
Primetime Emmy Awards	1981	Outstanding Costume Design for a Series	Masada (Episode: "Part IV")	rowspan="2", style="text-align:center;"\| ^[6]
Primetime Emmy Awards	1981	Outstanding Costume Design for a Special	Peter and Paul

Notes

^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

^ "22nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "36th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "38th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 4 October 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "43rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 4 October 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "24th BAFTA Film Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "Nino Novarese - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

Vittorio Nino Novarese at IMDb