Award
David di Donatello Award for Best Director Awarded for Best director of an Italian film Country Italy Presented by Accademia del Cinema Italiano First awarded (for direction in films released during the 1955 /1956 film season) Currently held by Giorgio Diritti — Hidden Away (2020)Website daviddidonatello.it
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]
Gianni Franciolini (right) was the first holder of the award, winning in 1956 for
Roman Tales .
Federico Fellini won the award three times from 1957 to 1974, for
Nights of Cabiria ,
La dolce vita , and
Amarcord .
Michelangelo Antonioni won in 1961 for
La notte .
Ermanno Olmi was nominated five times, winning three times over a span of four decades.
Vittorio De Sica won twice, in 1963 and 1965.
Luchino Visconti won twice, for
Death in Venice in 1971 and
Ludwig in 1974.
Sergio Leone won in 1972 for
Duck, You Sucker! .
Dino Risi won in 1975 for
Scent of a Woman .
Mario Monicelli won four times from 1976 to 1990, every year he was nominated.
Ettore Scola won three times from 1978 to 1987, being nominated six times.
Marco Bellocchio won twice in 1980 and 2010.
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani won twice in 1983 and 2012.
Bernardo Bertolucci won in 1988 for
The Last Emperor .
Giuseppe Tornatore won four times from 1996 to 2013, being nominated six times.
Roberto Benigni won in 1998 for
Life is Beautiful .
Pupi Avati won in 2003 after six nominations.
Nanni Moretti won in 2006 for
The Caiman , after seven nominations.
Matteo Garrone won three times, in 2009, 2016 and 2019, for
Gomorrah ,
Tale of Tales and
Dogman .
1950s [ ]
1960s [ ]
1970s [ ]
1980s [ ]
1990s [ ]
2000s [ ]
2010s [ ]
Multiple wins and nominations [ ]
The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards:
Wins
Director
6
Francesco Rosi
4
Mario Monicelli
Giuseppe Tornatore
3
Federico Fellini
Matteo Garrone
Ermanno Olmi
Ettore Scola
2
Marco Bellocchio
Vittorio De Sica
Pietro Germi
Gillo Pontecorvo
Paolo Sorrentino
Taviani brothers
Ricky Tognazzi
Luchino Visconti
Franco Zeffirelli
Francesco Rosi won the award six times, more than everyone else, from 1965 to 1997.
Ferzan Özpetek is the most nominated director without any wins, being nominated six times from 2003 to 2017.
The following directors have received three or more Best Director nominations (* indicates no wins):
Nominations
Director
7
Gianni Amelio
Marco Bellocchio
Federico Fellini
Nanni Moretti
6
Pupi Avati
Matteo Garrone
Ferzan Özpetek *
Francesco Rosi
Ettore Scola
Giuseppe Tornatore
5
Mario Martone
Ermanno Olmi
Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Virzì
4
Bernardo Bertolucci
Mario Monicelli
Carlo Verdone
3
Paolo Genovese *
Marco Tullio Giordana
Daniele Luchetti
Marco Risi
Gabriele Salvatores *
Silvio Soldini
Taviani brothers
Ricky Tognazzi
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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)
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