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Carlo Simi

Architect / Costume Designer | * 11/07/1924 († 76, 11/26/2000) | Viareggio (Italy)
Carlo Simi (7 November 1924 – 26 November 2000) was an Italian architect, production designer and costume designer, who worked frequently with Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci, giving their Spaghetti Westerns a unique look. Most famous for his costume and set designs for Once Upon a Time in the West Simi also built the town of 'El Paso' in the Almería desert for Leone's second Western, For a Few Dollars More. Built around a massive bank, with vistas of the Tabernas Desert visible between buildings, the set still exists, as a tourist attraction called "Mini Hollywood". Simi played the bank manager in that film: it was his only acting role. He also designed the Sad Hill Cemetery for the last scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Simi died in Rome in 2000. Some of his costumes and set designs were exhibited at the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West in Los Angeles in 2005. In 2018 he posthumously received the 'Leone in Memoriam' award by the Almería Western Film Festival for the 50 ... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Action | Comedies

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Movies with Carlo Simi as Actor(1)

as El Paso Bank Manager (uncredited)1965 For a Few Dollars More

Movies with Carlo Simi as Crew(43)

Art/Production Design1987 They Call Me Renegade
Art/Art Direction1984 Once Upon a Time in America
Art/Production Design1981 Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Art/Production Design1980 Fun Is Beautiful
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1980 Fun Is Beautiful
Art/Production Design1977 California
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1977 California
Art/Production Design1976 Keoma
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1976 Keoma
Art/Production Design1975 A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Art/Production Design1973 Revolver
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1973 Revolver
Art/Production Design1969 Sabata
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1969 Sabata
Art/Production Design1968 All Out
Art/Production Design1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
Art/Production Design1967 Face to Face
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1967 Face to Face
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1967 Day of Anger
Art/Set Decoration1967 The Big Gundown
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1967 The Big Gundown
Art/Production Design1966 Taste of Killing
Art/Production Design1966 Django
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1966 Django
Art/Production Design1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Art/Production Design1966 Ringo and His Golden Pistol
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1966 Ringo and His Golden Pistol
Art/Settings1965 For a Few Dollars More
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1965 For a Few Dollars More
Art/Art Direction1964 Bullets Don't Argue
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1964 Bullets Don't Argue
Art/Production Design1964 Minnesota Clay
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1964 Minnesota Clay
Art/Art Direction1964 A Fistful of Dollars
Art/Set Decoration1964 A Fistful of Dollars
Costume & Make-Up/Costumer1964 A Fistful of Dollars
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1964 Two Gangsters in the Wild West
Art/Production Design1963 The Shortest Day
Art/Set Decoration1961 Duel of the Titans
Art/Production Design1961 Goliath and the Vampires

Full Name: Carlo Simi
Citizenship: Italy
Born: Friday, 11/07 1924 (November) in Viareggio (Italy)
Died: Sunday, 11/26 2000 (November) in Rome (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Other names for Carlo Simi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Giancarlo Simi"
Carlo Simi frequently works together with these people:
Sergio Leone (23x, Crew)
Ennio Morricone (17x, Crew)
Benito Stefanelli (15x, Actor)
Sergio Corbucci (12x, Crew)
Antonio Palombi (9x, Crew)
Carlo Verdone (8x, Crew)
Mario Brega (8x, Actor)
Sergio Sollima (8x, Crew)
Alberto Grimaldi (7x, Crew)
Frank Braña (7x, Actor)
Rafael Ferri (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:617054, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024