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Gianni Quaranta(1943-2025)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Art Department
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Gianni Quaranta was born on 30 August 1943 in Arsiè, Italy. He was a production designer and art director, known for A Room with a View (1986), 1900 (1976) and Farinelli (1994). He was married to Giuliana Poleggi. He died on 14 September 2025 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornAugust 30, 1943
DiedSeptember 14, 2025(82)
BornAugust 30, 1943
DiedSeptember 14, 2025(82)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 6 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1986)
A Room with a View
7.2
  • Production Designer
  • 1986
1900 (1976)
1900
7.6
  • Production Designer
  • 1976
Stefano Dionisi in Farinelli (1994)
Farinelli
6.8
  • Production Designer
  • 1994
Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Jesus of Nazareth
8.5
TV Mini Series
  • Production Designer

Credits

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Production Designer

  • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 2009–2018
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera Ballet in The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977)
    The Metropolitan Opera Presents
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 2013
  • Alessandro Gassmann, Ana Caterina Morariu, and Brando Pacitto in La sacra famiglia (2006)
    La sacra famiglia
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2006
  • Taxi Lovers (2005)
    Taxi Lovers
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 2005
  • Renzo e Lucia (2004)
    Renzo e Lucia
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2004
  • Mosè e Faraone, o Il passaggio del Mar Rosso (2003)
    Mosè e Faraone, o Il passaggio del Mar Rosso
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2003
  • Per finta e per amore
    5.6
    • Production Designer
    • 2002
  • The Young Casanova (2002)
    The Young Casanova
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 2002
  • Karim Benhadj in Mirka (2000)
    Mirka
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 2000
  • The Vivero Letter (1999)
    The Vivero Letter
    4.4
    • Production Designer (uncredited)
    • 1999
  • L'anniversario (1998)
    L'anniversario
    6.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1998
  • Indiscretion of an American Wife (1998)
    Indiscretion of an American Wife
    4.9
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1998
  • Naja (1997)
    Naja
    6.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1997
  • Sophie Marceau in Marquise (1997)
    Marquise
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1997
  • Ardena (1997)
    Ardena
    5.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1997

Art Director

  • Plácido Domingo in Otello (1986)
    Otello
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1986
  • La ragazza dell'addio
    TV Mini Series
    • Art Director
    • 1984
  • Hajji Washington (1983)
    Hajji Washington
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 1983
  • Tempest (1982)
    Tempest
    6.4
    • Greece and Rome
    • 1982
  • The Day Christ Died (1980)
    The Day Christ Died
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1980

Art Department

  • Havana Kyrie (2020)
    Havana Kyrie
    6.3
    • supervisory production designer
    • 2020
  • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
    8.9
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 2009
  • Gérard Depardieu, Sylvia Kristel, and Michel Piccoli in René la canne (1977)
    René la canne
    4.5
    • assistant production designer
    • 1977
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 30, 1943
    • Arsiè, Italy
  • Died
    • September 14, 2025
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Giuliana Poleggi? - September 14, 2025 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Guja Quaranta

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    He worked for cinema, advertising, prose theater and Opera.

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