Ludovica Ferrario
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name : LUDOVICA FERRARIO Via Cavour 96
Date of birth : 29 th of April 1974 00184 , Rome - Italy
Nationality: Italian Cell 0039. 3384614280
EDUCATION:
May 2002 University Degree in Architecture in Architectural Planning and Design with Prof. Francesco Cellini.
(University of Rome RomaTre)
Grade: 110 /110
Thesis: "Redevelopment/conversion of Bay of Lakki (Leros,Greek Dodecanese Island).
Italian colony between 1915 and 1943. Historical study, urban planning and architectural design within the
context of Italian Rationalism.”
Summer courses and work experiences:
1993 Aegean Center of Fine arts (Paros, Greece) Drawing and Photography
1992 UCLA Psychology and Journalism
1991 Spoleto Festival of the Two Worlds, assistant to the Foreign Press Office
WORK EXPERIENCES IN FILM / TV INDUSTRY and COMMERCIALS :
July 2018- April 2019 "THE NEW POPE" directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Production Designer All Show
(HBO , SKY, Wildside)
March - July 2018 "HIDDEN AWAY" directed by Giorgio Diritti, Production Designer
(Palomar)
July- Dec 2017 “TRUST” FX project by Danny Boyle , Production Designer for Calabrian
Episodes directed by Dawn Shadforth, Susanna White, Jonathan van Tulleken
and Emanuele Crialese
February 2017 "APP FAI DA TE" promo Sky directed by Giuseppe Di Marco, Production Designer
September 2016 "Vivre" directed by Michele Malea , Production Designer
December 2014 "THE YOUNG POPE" directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Production Designer
January 2016 (Sky, HBO, Canal + )
Primetime EMMY Awards Nomination for Outstanding Production Designe for a Narrative Contemporary
or Fantasy Program
November 2014 Commercial "TELETHON" directed by Mauro Mancini, Production Designer
March- August 2014 "YOUTH" directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Production Designer
(Indigo Film srl)
Nomination for Nastri Argento Awards 2015 as Best Production Designer
Nomination for Ciak d'oro Awards 2015 as Best Production Designer
Nomination for David di Donatello Awards 2016 as Best Production Designer
October 2013 Commercial "I HAVE DREAMS" directed by Ivan Cotroneo, Production Designer
(Indigo Film srl)
August - October 2013 "AN IMPERFECT MOM'S CHRISTMAS" directed by Ivan Cotroneo, Production Designer
TV movie produced by Rai Fiction and Indigo Film)
July 2013 Two commercials for Rocell directed by Luca Lucini, Production Designer
(Apapaya production and Limina)
December- March 2013 "DIARIO MAMMA IMPERFETTA" website series directed by Ivan Cotroneo, Production Designer
(Indigo Film srl and Corriere della Sera)
November 2012 "NON HO PIU' L'ETA'" teaser directed by Katja Colja, Production Designer
May – November 2012 "THE GREAT BEAUTY" directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Art director
(Indigo Film srl)
September "LA CITTA’ IDEALE" directed by Luigi Lo Cascio, Production Designer with Alice Mangano
December 2011 (BIBI Film Tv Srl )
April – August 2011 "IL ROSSO e IL BLU ” directed by Giuseppe Piccioni, Production Designer
(Bianca Film Tv Srl)
February - April 2011 "ISOLE" directed by Stefano Chiantini, Production Designer
(produced by Gianluca Arcopinto Obraz Film Srl )
November 2009 "IL SEGRETO dell’ ACQUA", directed by Renato De Maria, Production Designer
September 2010 TV RAI Series in 6 Ep. (Magnolia Fiction)
May - July 2009 "CERTIFIED COPY” , directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Production Designer with Giancarlo Basili
(MK2 e BiBi Film Tv Srl)
January - May 2009 "LA NOSTRA VITA" directed by Daniele Luchetti, first assistant to production designer
(Cattleya srl)
September- December 2008 "L’ UOMO CHE VERRA’" directed by Giorgio Diritti, first assistant to production designer
(Arancia Film)
March - August 2008 "UNA QUESTIONE DI CUORE" directed by Francesca Archibugi, first assistant to production designer
(Cattleya srl)
August - November 2007 "PALERMO SHOOTING" directed by Wim Wenders, Art director
(Achab Film e Wim Wender Images)
October 2006 - July 2007 "SANGUE PAZZO" directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, first assistant to Production Designer
(Bi.Bi Film Tv srl)
February - July 2006 "LASCIA PERDERE JOHNNY" directed by Fabrizio Bentivoglio, first assistant to Production Designer
(Fandango)
January - December 2005 "IL CAIMANO" directed by Nanni Moretti,first assistant to Production Designer
(Sacher Film)
Sept. 2005 "TWINS" short movie directed by Filippo D’Antoni, Production designer
(A.s.p)
July - December 2004 "QUANDO SEI NATO NON PUOI PIU’ NASCONDERTI ” directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, first assist. to Production Designer
(Cattleya srl)
February - May 2004 "L’AMORE RITROVATO" directed by Carlo Mazzacurati, ssistant to Set Dresser
(Bianca Film)
October - November 2003 "ARIE" directed by Gianluca Vallero, short movie , Production designer
March - July 2003 "LE CHIAVI DI CASA" directed by Gianni Amelio,assistant to Production Designer
(Achab Film e Rai Cinema)
November 2002 NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (King’s College, London) Intensive course in Scriptwriting, Directing
February 2003 Cinematography and Editing.Production of three shortmovies b/w shot with Arriflex 16S, Director
July - August 2002 “DILLO CON PAROLE MIE ” directed by Daniele Luchetti, assistant to Production Designer
(StudioCanal Urania)
February - April 2001 “LUCE DEI MIEI OCCHI“ directed by Giuseppe Piccioni, assistant to Production Designer
(Bianca film)
January - February 1999 “TITUS ANDRONICUS” directed by Julie Taymor ,volounteer assistant in art department
(StudioCanal Urania )
May - August 1998 "A TEA WITH MUSSOLINI" directed by Franco Zeffirelli, assistant to Set Dresser
(Cattleya-Cineritmo)
WORK EXPERIENCES and WORKSHOPS in ARCHITECTURE:
August- September 2001 International Workshop in Cordoba (Argentina) Hipotesis de Paisaje: redevelopment of the urban pattern of the main marketplace in Cordoba.
March 2001 International Workshop with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown : “Continuity and discontinuity, urban voids”.
The drawings of the project received special mention in the contest and publication “Renovatio Urbis”.
May 2000 International Workshop in San Quirico d’Orcia (Siena) for the restoration and redevelopment of the Parco dei Mulini of Bagno Vignoni followed by exhibition.
November 1999 Participation in the International Exhibition at the School of Architecture of the Danish Royal Accademy Copenhagen with the project : University Department Center of Natural Sciences ( Valco San Paolo, Rome)
including museum, exhibition spaces. This project was later exhibited at the First Biennale Giovani in Rome .
April 1999 Exhibition, at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, of the project of a residential building for immigrantes in the historical center of Rome.
LANGUAGES:
Italian mother tongue, fluent in written and spoken English, basic knowledge of French.