As part of “Fare Cinema: the Italian Movie Industry”, an initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, ANICA and AFI, join us on May 24th for Clothes vs Costumes, a presentation by Italian costume designer Anna Lombardi.
Assistant to Academy Award winning designers such as Sandy Powell, Alexandra Byrne, Colleen Atwood and Janty Yates on movies such as Gangs of New York and The Aviator (M. Scorsese), Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (John Madden) and All The Money in The World (Ridley Scott), Anna Lombardi will illustrate the unique craft of a costume designer by examining how a movie character is constructed by his clothes and the reciprocal influence between Fashion and Cinema.
The presentation will be enriched by a display of costumes and accessories designed by Anna Lombardi for Brutti e Cattivi (2017) by Cosimo Gomez and Voice From The Stone (2017) by Eric D. Howell.
LOCATION
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
REGISTRATION & PHOTO ID REQUIRED
DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME
Due to new safety regulations, we are not allowed to add extra seats to the auditorium or let anyone stand. A registration is not a guarantee of a seat as these are assigned on a first-come first-served basis.
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Anna Lombardi
Anna Lombardi is a Costume Designer from Rome. She studied Arts and Design at the Fine Arts High School in Via Ripetta and later she graduated with a BA in Fashion Design at Central/Saint Martin’s in London.
Whilst still at college she started her first work experience in the London Fashion Week. After graduation she returned to Italy where she collaborated with the couture house “Irene Galitzine” before designing her first theatre show, from which she moved on to become a stylist and costume designer for commercials and pop videos, collaborating for decades with world acclaimed directors.
She has been an assistant to Academy Award winning designers such as Sandy Powell, Alexandra Byrne, Colleen Atwood, Gabriella Pescucci, Janty Yates on movies such as Gangs of New York (M. Scorsese), The Aviator (M. Scorsese), Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (John Madden), The Borgias (N. Jordan), All The Money in The World (Ridley Scott) and many others.
In the last decade she has been designing for short-movies, theater shows, TV shows such as The Amazing Race, American Next Top Model, The Sopranos and Tyrant. Lombardi worked in feature films such as Anita B. by Roberto Faenza, nominated for Best Costumes in the Feature Film Category at the Premio di Berenice Awards, Voice from the Stone by Eric D. Howell, Brutti e Cattivi nominated for Best Costumes at the Academy Davide di Donatello Awards.
Alongside her designing career, Anna collaborated with Film Festivals, and organized costume exhibitions and held seminars and courses on costume design.