Emanuel Ungaro was born on February 13, 1933 in Aix-En-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a costume designer, known for Gloria (1980), Trompe l'oeil (1975) and La truite (1982). He was married to Laura Bernabei Fanfani. He died on December 21, 2019 in Paris, France.
He learned to sew from his father, an Italian tailor. At age 23, he moved to Paris. Two years later, he was hired as an assistant to Spanish fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga.