Alessandro Lai

Alessandro Lai
Born22 January 1970 (1970-01-22) (age 54)
Cagliari, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Cagliari
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1998-present

Alessandro Lai (born 22 January 1970) is an Italian costume designer.

Life and career

Born in Cagliari, Lai graduated in letters from the University of Cagliari with a thesis about the reletionship between Piero Tosi and Luchino Visconti; later he moved to Rome, where he became a pupil of Tosi at Sartoria Tirelli.[1] He made his professional debut as assistant of Maurizio Millenotti in Giuseppe Tornatore's The Legend of 1900.[1] He debuted as custume designer in 2000, in Giorgio Treves' Rosa and Cornelia.[1]

Starting with Saturn in Opposition, Lai began a long professional association with director Ferzan Özpetek, and among the directors with whom he has collaborated are Franco Zeffirelli, Tinto Brass, Liliana Cavani, Francesca Archibugi.[1] He also worked on television, mostly in Lux Vide productions such as Medici and Barabbas, and on stage, where he collaborated with Chiara and Riccardo Muti.[1]

During his career he was awarded two Nastro d'Argento Awards, in 2002 for Senso '45,[2] and in 2012 for Ozpetek's Magnificent Presence.[3] In 2018, he won a Ciak D'Oro for Naples in Veils.[4]

Selected filmography

Cinema

Television

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pirina, Alessandro (24 November 2018). "Alessandro Lai, il creativo che veste il grande cinema". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ Rodier, Melanie (8 July 2002). "Hour Of Religion praised at Italy's Nastro d'Argento awards". Screen International. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Nastri d'argento, trionfa Sorrentinoil miglior film è 'This must be the place'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  4. ^ De Luca, Paolo (8 June 2018). "Luciano Stella vince il Ciak d'oro come miglior produttore per "Gatta Cenerentola"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2024.