Franca Squarciapino

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Franca Squarciapino

Costume & Make-Up 86 January 1, 1940

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Franca Squarciapino (born 1940) is an Italian costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1990 for Cyrano de Bergerac. She has spent much of her career d…

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

7.3 1990 Movie
The Horseman on the Roof

The Horseman on the Roof

6.5 1995 Movie
Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert

6.7 1994 Movie
Stars 90

Stars 90

6.2 1990 TV Show
Volaverunt

Volaverunt

5.8 1999 Movie
Galileo

Galileo

6.3 1968 Movie
Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore

7.5 1988 Movie
Louis, the Child King

Louis, the Child King

5.7 1993 Movie
Mademoiselle de Maupin

Mademoiselle de Maupin

6.1 1966 Movie
Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX

Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX

2024 Movie
Vivaldi, the Red Priest

Vivaldi, the Red Priest

6.0 2009 Movie
The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

1991 Movie

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Franca Squarciapino (born 1940) is an Italian costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1990 for Cyrano de Bergerac. She has spent much of her career designing costumes for major theatres and opera houses, including the Burgtheater in Vienna, Royal Opera at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and Zurich Opera among others. Squarciapino frequently collaborated with Ezio Frigerio (1930-2022), who is also her life partner. Source: Article "Franca Squarciapino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Quelli che il cinema

    TV show Self

  2. 2025
    Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Movie Costume Design

  3. 2024
    Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX

    Movie Costume Design

  4. 2024
    The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine

    Movie Costume Design

  5. 2023
    Don Carlo

    Movie Costume Design

  6. 2016
    Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams

    Movie

  7. 2013
    The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini

    Movie Costume Designer

  8. 2009
    Vivaldi, the Red Priest

    Movie Costume Design

  9. 2009
    The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

    Movie Costume Designer

  10. 2007
    Verdi: La forza del destino

    Movie Costume Design

  11. 2006
    Aida

    Movie Costume Designer

  12. 2005
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

    Movie Costume Designer

  13. 2001
    Otello

    Movie Costume Design

  14. 1999
    Volaverunt

    Movie Costume Design

  15. 1995
    The Horseman on the Roof

    Movie Costume Design

  16. 1994
    Colonel Chabert

    Movie Costume Design

More credits
  1. 1993
    Louis, the Child King

    Movie Costume Design

  2. 1991
    The House of Bernarda Alba

    Movie Costume Design

  3. 1991
    Carmen by Georges Bizet

    Movie Costume Design

  4. 1990
    Stars 90

    TV show Self

  5. 1990
    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Movie Costume Design

  6. 1988
    Il Trovatore

    Movie Costume Design

  7. 1968
    Galileo

    Movie Assistant Costume Designer

  8. 1966
    Mademoiselle de Maupin

    Movie First Maestro