October 3, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Leslie Unger - (310) 247-3000
                     lunger@oscars.org

Academy's New Exhibition Focuses on Six-Time Nominee

Beverly Hills, CA - The work of Dante Ferretti, who has earned a total of six Academy Award nominations in the Art Direction and Costume Design categories, will be the focus of an extensive new exhibition in the Grand Lobby and Fourth Floor Galleries at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning October 25. Like all exhibitions at the Academy, "Drawing Dreams: Dante Ferretti, Production Designer" will be free and open to the public. The exhibition continues through January 5, 2003.

Ferretti's career spans more than 30 years and encompasses more than 40 films. In addition to his impressive record as a production designer, Ferretti's resume includes credits in set decoration, art direction, costume design and musical arrangement. The directors with whom he has worked make up a veritable pantheon of cinema: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Martin Scorsese, Franco Zeffirelli, Anthony Minghella, Terry Gilliam and Neil Jordan, among others.

"Drawing Dreams" will include original production drawings, paintings and designs, costumes, set photographs, scale models, film clips and projections from several of the films on which Ferretti has worked, including all of the films for which he has earned Academy Award nominations in the Art Direction category: "The Adventures of Baron Muchausen" (1989), "Hamlet" (1990), "The Age of Innocence" (1993), "Interview with the Vampire" (1994) and "Kundun" (1997), for which he was nominated for both Art Direction and Costume Design. His work on "And the Ship Sails On," "The Name of the Rose," "Casino," "Meet Joe Black," "Bringing Out the Dead," "Titus" and "Gangs of New York" will also be featured in the exhibition, which was produced in Italy by Cinecittà Holding. It is presented in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Film Department, which will present a series of Ferretii's films also beginning October 25. For information about the series, please call 323-857-6010.

Viewing hours for "Drawing Dreams: Dante Ferretti, Production Designer" are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call 310-247-3600.