Eugenio Zanetti, Argentine Oscar Winner and Stage Designer, Dies at 79
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Eugenio Zanetti was a stage designer, plastic artist, art director and film director.His vitality and talent led him to work between Argentina and the United States.A personal memory recovers his conversations, his generosity and his gaze on art.
The Cordoban artist, winner of the Oscar for the Art Direction of Restoration, died suddenly as he prepared a new set of Hoffmann Tales for the Teatro Colón
The news was confirmed by his inner circle
Buenos Aires, 19 Sep (Prensa Latina) At 79 the Argentine artist Eugenio Zanetti died; he was born in Córdoba, arrived in Hollywood and won an Oscar Award for the art direction of “Restauration”, the technical, aesthetic and conservation process applied to films. The post Eugenio Zanetti died, an Argentine artist who won an Oscar first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
Eugenio Zanetti, Oscar-Winning Production Designer of "Restoration," Dies at 79
A trip to Europe in the mid-1960s brought a young Eugenio Zanetti into the orbit of Pier Paolo Pasolini, landing him a role in the director’s film adaptation of Medea and setting in motion a career that would eventually carry him to an Academy Award. Zanetti died on September 18, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. […]
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