Fiore Documentary Film Treatment
In the documentary film “Fiore,” we shall talk to people with whom she worked and whose lives she affected through her courage, creativity and vitality. We have visited Peralta to explore Fiore’s heritage and to discuss the juxtaposition between her private and public lives with friends who knew her well.
We shall capture the infectious energy that Fiore exuded. We are recording stories from her friends and colleagues about her art, her life, her duality and her legacy. We are filming her sculptures with a great attention to detail, well-lit and beautifully captured. In addition, we are using photographs from the National Portrait Gallery in London and from various private collections.
Filming has already taken place in Italy, England and America – three of her homes throughout her life.
Thus far, we have been in contact with:
- Dinah Voisin – Fiore’s executor and manager of Peralta
- Gertrude Stein’s estate, which holds a lot of letters and art from Fiore; based in New York
- Jan Marsh – author of “Art and Androgyny,” the Fiore biography; based in the UK
- Jed Morse - Curator, Nasher Sculpture Center
- Neil Ferber – English artist and musician; sculptor in residence at Peralta; creator of Peralta’s website
- Dena and Louis Andre – gallery owners and friends of Fiore; based in Washington DC
- Bernard Horrocks – copyright officer at The National Portrait Gallery, London
- LeFay Fine Arts – seller of Fiore works of art
- Cedric Nowell - friend of Fiore's and nephew to Joy Quested-Nowell, the Queen Mother's milliner
- Bob Downer, Chief Executive, Blagdon Estate - home to Fiore's "Blagdon Bulls"
- Hanneke van der Werf – curator of Fiore exhibition, and friend
- Manuela Zervudachi – student of Fiore, former assistant and lifelong friend
- Lee Ann Platner, NBC Universal archives; Fiore was on Jack Parr's "Tonight Show" four times
Filming has taken place in Peralta, Pietrasanta, London and Washington DC with the following people, among others:
- Dinah Voisin – Fiore’s executor and manager of Peralta
- Jan Marsh – author of “Art and Androgyny,” the Fiore biography, London
- Louis Andre – gallery owner and friend of Fiore, Washington DC
- Franco Del Chiaro - Foundry manager, Pietrasanta
- Vittorio - builder at Peralta, Peralta
References (abridged list):
- “Art and Androgyny – The Life of Fiore De Henriquez,” Jan Marsh, author
- NBC television; Fiore appeared four times on Jack Paar’s “Tonight Show”
- Kup’s Show, WTTW Chicago
- Letters between Fiore and many of her friends
- www.peraltatuscany.com