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Oscar-nominated toon director Luzzati dies, 85

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    Italian producer-director Emanuele Luzzati, twice nominated for an Oscar for best short cartoon, has died in his Genoa home, officials said Saturday. He was 85.

    The cause of the death was not disclosed.

    Luzzati died after falling ill Friday evening, said Laura Grendanin, a spokeswoman for a museum dedicated to Luzzati in his native city. He had been scheduled to receive an award given by Genoa's city hall on Saturday.

    Born on June 3, 1921, he was nominated for an Oscar in 1966 for La Gazza Ladra, his version of Rossini's "The Thieving Magpie," and in 1974 for the previous year's Pulcinella(a nomination shared with Gulio Gianini). Pulcinella also earned Luzzati and Gianini a Silver Ribbon for Best Director -- Short Film from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists in 1973.

    His work was seen on opera stages as well as animated films. In 1963, he designed the set for Mozart's The Magic Flute. In 1981, he directed a short animated version of the opera, Pulcinella e il pesce magico, that remains among his most famous creations.

    He also directed the animated films L'Italiana in Algeri (1968), Alì Babà (1970) and I Tre Fratelli (1979).

    Luzzati was known for his colorful, dreamlike images, which included figures and landscapes with a children's fairy tale quality. "He spoke the universal language of childhood," the museum's Web site said.

    He designed sets and costumes for stage productions and operas, including some for Milan's La Scala and England's Glyndebourne Festival.

    Luzzati was born into a famed Jewish family; another member, Luigi Luzzati, was Italy's prime minister from 1910 to 1911.

    After Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime passed racial laws in 1938, Luzzati moved to Switzerland. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Lausanne.

    Following the Second World War, he returned to Italy and started professional work as a set designer in Milan. During the 1950s, he specialized as a ceramist, becoming Italy's leading artists in the field by creating bas-reliefs and columns.

    He exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1972. In 1993, an exhibition at the Pompidou Center museum of contemporary art in Paris was dedicated to his set designs.

    His wide-ranging artistic talents led him to create illustrations for children's books and decorations for cruise ships, as well as paintings and sculptures.

    Unmarried, Luzzati had no children. A private funeral was planned for Monday, and the city was dedicating a memorial service to him, Grendanin said.
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