Lina Nerli Taviani (born 16 November 1937) is an Italian costume designer, and wife of film director Paolo Taviani.
Biography
Nerli began working as a costume designer in the 1960s and her first film work was on The Reckless directed by Giuliano Montaldo.
Since then, she has created costumes for over seventy films and television productions, most of which directed by her husband and her brother-in-laws Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
Partial filmography
The Reckless (1965) Requiescant (1967) Il seme dell'uomo (1969) Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969) Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera (1970) Wind from the East (1970) Corbari (1970) L'udienza (1972) St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) The Grand Duel (1972) Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974) Allonsanfàn (1974) A Sold Life (1976) Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1976) Sahara Cross (1977) Padre Padrone (1977) Ecce bombo (1978) La Luna (1979) The Meadow (1979) Men or Not Men (1980) Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) Blow to the Heart (1982) Nostalghia (1983) The House of the Yellow Carpet (1983) Henry IV (1984) Kaos (1984) My Dearest Son (1985) A Tale of Love (1986) Devil in the Flesh (1986) Good Morning, Babylon (1987) The Rogues (1987) Private Access (1988) Cavalli si nasce (1988) I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1989) The Secret (1990) The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990) Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Parenti serpenti (1992) Fiorile (1993) Il toro (1994) Dear Goddamned Friends (1994) The Second Time (1996) The Elective Affinities (1996) Vesna Goes Fast (1996) You Laugh (1998) Holy Tongue (2000) Accidental Detective (2003) Lavorare con lentezza (2004) The Caiman (2006) The Lark Farm (2007) Civico zero (2007) We Have a Pope (2011) Long Live Freedom (2013) Cha cha cha (2013) Wondrous Boccaccio (2015) Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017)
Awards
David di Donatello Awards
1983: Nomination for Best Costume Design for The Night of the Shooting Stars
1992: Best Costume Design for Rossini! Rossini! 1993: Nomination for Best Costume Design for Fiorile 1997: Nomination for Best Costume Design for The Elective Affinities 2006: Nomination for Best Costume Design for The Caiman 2007: Nomination for Best Costume Design for The Lark Farm 2012: Best Costume Design for We Have a Pope 2015: Nomination for Best Costume Design for Wondrous Boccaccio