The Accademia del Cinema Italiano ( en, Academy of Italian Cinema) is an organization that gives out the

David di Donatello Awards The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

. It was founded in 1955 as a part of the Open Gate Club, originally with the name ''Ente David di Donatello''. The organization became independent in 1963. In 2007 it assumed its current name.

Presidents

*Italo Gemini (1963-1970) *Eitel Monaco (1971-1977) *

Paolo Grassi Paolo Grassi (30 October 1919 – 14 March 1981) was an Italian theatrical impresario. Grassi was born in Milan, Italy. As a young man, he worked in magazines and discovered a passion for the theater. It led him in 1937 to create a Bertoldissimo ...

(1978-1980) *

Gian Luigi Rondi Gian Luigi Rondi (10 December 1921 – 22 September 2016) was an Italian film critic. He was a member of the jury at the 12th and 15th Moscow International Film Festival. He was also a member of the jury at the 11th and 32nd Berlin Internat ...

(1981-2016) *

Giuliano Montaldo Giuliano Montaldo (born 22 February 1930) is an Italian film director. Biography While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director Carlo Lizzani for the role of leading actor in the film ''Achtung! Banditi!'' (1951). ...

(2016-2017) ''(ad interim)'' *Piera Detassis (since 2018)

References

External links

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David di Donatello 1956–2016: 60 Years of Awards
''Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies'' (2016), 4 (2), Intellect, {{David di Donatello Organizations established in 1963 Film-related professional associations 1963 establishments in Italy