David di Donatello for Best Director
David di Donatello Award for Best Director | |
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Awarded for | Best director of an Italian film |
Country | Italy |
Presented by | Accademia del Cinema Italiano |
First awarded | 1956 (for direction in films released during the 1955/1956 film season) |
Currently held by | Giorgio Diritti — Hidden Away (2020) |
Website | daviddidonatello |
The David di Donatello Award for Best Director (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior regista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding direction of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] The award was first given in 1956, and became competitive in 1981.[2]
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.[3][4]
Francesco Rosi is the record holder with six awards in the category, received from 1965 to 1997, followed by Mario Monicelli and Giuseppe Tornatore with four.
Winners and nominees
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.[1]
1950s
Year | Director | Film | Ref. |
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1955/56 (1st) | |||
Gianni Franciolini | Roman Tales | ||
1956/57 (2nd) | |||
Federico Fellini | Nights of Cabiria | ||
1958/59 (4th) | |||
Alberto Lattuada | Tempest |
1960s
Year | Director | Film | Ref. |
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1959/60 (5th) | |||
Federico Fellini | La dolce vita | ||
1960/61 (6th) | |||
Michelangelo Antonioni | La notte | ||
1961/62 (7th) | |||
Ermanno Olmi | Il posto | ||
1962/63 (8th) | |||
Vittorio De Sica | The Condemned of Altona | ||
1963/64 (9th) | |||
Pietro Germi | Seduced and Abandoned | ||
1964/65 (10th) | |||
Vittorio De Sica | Marriage Italian-Style | ||
Francesco Rosi | The Moment of Truth | ||
1965/66 (11th) | |||
Alessandro Blasetti | Me, Me, Me... and the Others | ||
Pietro Germi | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | ||
1966/67 (12th) | |||
Luigi Comencini | Misunderstood | ||
1967/68 (13th) | |||
Carlo Lizzani | Bandits in Milan | ||
1968/69 (14th) | |||
Franco Zeffirelli | Romeo and Juliet |
1970s
Year | Director | Film | Ref. |
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1969/70 (15th) | |||
Gillo Pontecorvo | Burn! | ||
1970/71 (16th) | |||
Luchino Visconti | Death in Venice | ||
1971/72 (17th) | |||
Sergio Leone | Duck, You Sucker! | ||
Franco Zeffirelli | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | ||
1972/73 (18th) | |||
Luchino Visconti | Ludwig | ||
1973/74 (19th) | |||
Federico Fellini | Amarcord | ||
1974/75 (20th) | |||
Dino Risi | Scent of a Woman | ||
1975/76 (21st) | |||
Mario Monicelli | My Friends | ||
Francesco Rosi | Illustrious Corpses | ||
1976/77 (22nd) | |||
Mario Monicelli | An Average Little Man | ||
Valerio Zurlini | The Desert of the Tartars | ||
1977/78 (23rd) | |||
Ettore Scola | A Special Day | ||
1978/79 (24th) | |||
Francesco Rosi | Christ Stopped at Eboli |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Director | Film | Ref. |
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2020 (66th) | |||
Giorgio Diritti | Hidden Away | ||
Gianni Amelio | Hammamet | ||
Emma Dante | The Macaluso Sisters | ||
Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo | Bad Tales | ||
Susanna Nicchiarelli | Miss Marx | ||
2021 (67th) | |||
Paolo Sorrentino | The Hand of God | ||
Leonardo Di Costanzo | The Inner Cage | ||
Giuseppe Tornatore | Ennio | ||
Gabriele Mainetti | Freaks Out | ||
Mario Martone | The King of Laughter | ||
2022 (68th) | |||
Marco Bellocchio | Exterior Night | ||
Gianni Amelio | Lord of the Ants | ||
Roberto Andò | Strangeness | ||
Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch | The Eight Mountains | ||
Mario Martone | Nostalgia |
Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards:
| The following directors have received three or more Best Director nominations (* indicates no wins):
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Chronology". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Niola, Gabriele (12 December 2018). "Ecco i nuovi David di Donatello: nuova giuria, nuovo sistema di votazione, nuovi possibili candidati. Fuori lo streaming". Badtaste.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
External links
- David di Donatello for Best Director at IMDb
- Daviddidonatello.it (official website)
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- Gianni Franciolini (1956)
- Federico Fellini (1957)
- Alberto Lattuada (1959)
- Federico Fellini (1960)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (1961)
- Ermanno Olmi (1962)
- Vittorio De Sica (1963)
- Pietro Germi (1964)
- Vittorio De Sica / Francesco Rosi (1965)
- Alessandro Blasetti / Pietro Germi (1966)
- Luigi Comencini (1967)
- Carlo Lizzani (1968)
- Franco Zeffirelli (1969)
- Gillo Pontecorvo (1970)
- Luchino Visconti (1971)
- Sergio Leone / Franco Zeffirelli (1972)
- Luchino Visconti (1973)
- Federico Fellini (1974)
- Dino Risi (1975)
- Mario Monicelli / Francesco Rosi (1976)
- Mario Monicelli / Valerio Zurlini (1977)
- Ettore Scola (1978)
- Francesco Rosi (1979)
- Marco Bellocchio / Gillo Pontecorvo (1980)
- Francesco Rosi (1981)
- Marco Ferreri (1982)
- Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
- Ettore Scola (1984)
- Francesco Rosi (1985)
- Mario Monicelli (1986)
- Ettore Scola (1987)
- Bernardo Bertolucci (1988)
- Ermanno Olmi (1989)
- Mario Monicelli (1990)
- Marco Risi / Ricky Tognazzi (1991)
- Gianni Amelio (1992)
- Roberto Faenza / Ricky Tognazzi (1993)
- Carlo Verdone (1994)
- Mario Martone (1995)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (1996)
- Francesco Rosi (1997)
- Roberto Benigni (1998)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (1999)
- Silvio Soldini (2000)
- Gabriele Muccino (2001)
- Ermanno Olmi (2002)
- Pupi Avati (2003)
- Marco Tullio Giordana (2004)
- Paolo Sorrentino (2005)
- Nanni Moretti (2006)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (2007)
- Andrea Molaioli (2008)
- Matteo Garrone (2009)
- Marco Bellocchio (2010)
- Daniele Luchetti (2011)
- Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (2012)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (2013)
- Paolo Sorrentino (2014)
- Francesco Munzi (2015)
- Matteo Garrone (2016)
- Paolo Virzì (2017)
- Jonas Carpignano (2018)
- Matteo Garrone (2019)
- Marco Bellocchio (2020)
- Giorgio Diritti (2021)
- Paolo Sorrentino (2022)
- Marco Bellocchio (2023)
- Matteo Garrone (2024)