Luciana Arrighi

Luciana Arrighi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1940, over the course of their long friendship they claimed "cousinhood". She went to the United Kingdom, where she worked for the BBC; she was spotted by Ken Russell, who used her talents in some of his early films such as Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966) and Women in Love (1969). In 1993, Arrighi received the Silver Ribbon for Best Production Design Award and the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film Howards End directed by James Ivory. She was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film The Remains of the Day (1993), also by James Ivory, and Anna and the King (1999) by Andy Tennant. She won the British BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction for the television film The Gathering Storm (2002), directed by Richard Loncraine. ==Personal life==

In 1970, Arrighi married Captain Rupert Milo Talbot Chetwynd (1934–2021), of the Grenadier Guards and 21st SAS Regiment, later an adventurer and founder of a medical mission to Afghanistan. He was a descendant of the 6th Viscount Chetwynd. They had a son, Aaron, and daughter, Alalia, the artist Monster Chetwynd. Arrighi splits her time between London and France. Her French-born sister Niké Arrighi (1944–2025) was a visual artist and actress. ==Filmography==

Production design Scenographer: • Monitor (1965), director David Jones, 1 episode • Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966), TV, director Ken Russell • Omnibus (1967), 1 episode • Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), director John Schlesinger • The Night the Prowler (1978), director Jim Sharman • My Brilliant Career (1979), director Gillian Armstrong • The Return of the Soldier (1982), director Alan Bridges • Privates on Parade (1983), director Michael Blakemore • ''The Ploughman's Lunch'' (1983), director Richard Eyre • Mrs. Soffel (1984), director Gillian Armstrong • Madame Sousatzka (1988), director John Schlesinger • The Rainbow (1989), director Ken Russell • Bye Bye Columbus (1991), TV, director Peter Barnes • Close My Eyes (1991), director Stephen Poliakoff • Howards End (1992), director James Ivory • The Innocent (1993), director John Schlesinger • The Remains of the Day (1993), director James Ivory • Only You (1994), director Norman Jewison • Sense of Sensibility (1995), director Ang Lee • Surviving Picasso (1996), director James Ivory • Victory (1996), director Mark Peploe • Oscar and Lucinda (1997), director Gillian Armstrong • ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1999), director Michael Hoffman • Jakob the Liar (1999), director Peter Kassovitz • Anna and the King (1999), director Andy Tennant • The Gathering Storm (2002), TV, director Richard Loncraine • The Importance of Being Ernest (2002), director Oliver Parker • Possession (2002), director Neil LaBute • My House in Umbria (2003), TV, director Richard Loncraine • Being Julia (2004), director István Szabó • Fade to Black (2006), director Oliver Parker • Into the Storm (2009), TV, director Thaddeus O'Sullivan • From Time to Time (2009), director Julian Fellowes • Singularity (2013), director Roland Joffé • Angelica (2015), director Mitchell Lichtenstein Costume design • Starstruck (2010 film) (1982) • Privates on Parade (1983) • ''The Ploughman's Lunch'' (1983) • Un ballo in maschera (1989), TV Set and production design • Women in Love (1969), director Ken Russell ==Awards and nominations==