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Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

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film award Film award is a cinematic award which can be awarded in several categories. Unlike the film festival, the film award is not accompanied by a public screening of competitive films. Film awards are usually awarded based on the results of a secret vot ...

assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

film critics. Thi is the list of the Nastro d'Argento Awards for the Best New Director, assigned since 1974. Four of the winners of this award have subsequently also received the Nastro d'Argento Award for the Best Director: Maurizio Nichetti, Giuseppe Tornatore,

Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...

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Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino (; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. His 2013 film ''The Great Beauty'' won the Academy Awards, Academy Award, the Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe, and the British Academy of Film and Te ...

1970s

*1974 -

Marco Leto Marco Leto (18 January 1931 – 21 April 2016) was an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Leto started his career in the 1950s as an assistant director in a large number of films. In 1965 he started a colla ...

- '' La villeggiatura'' *1975 - Luigi Di Gianni - '' Il tempo dell'inizio'' *1976 - Ennio Lorenzini - ''

Quanto è bello lu murire acciso ''Quanto è bello lu murire acciso'', also known as ''The Expedition'' and ''How Wonderful to Die Assassinated'', is a 1976 Italian historical drama film directed by Ennio Lorenzini. It depicts the failed expedition organized by Carlo Pisacane ...

'' *1977 - Giorgio Ferrara - '' Un cuore simplice'' *1978 - Sergio Nuti - '' Non contate su di noi'' *1979 -

Salvatore Nocita Salvatore Nocita (born 30 July 1934) is an Italian television and film director, editor and screenwriter. Born in Arcisate, Varese, in 1958 Nocita became an employee of RAI as an editor, and in 1968 he debuted as director of the journalistic p ...

- '' Ligabue''

1980s

*1980 - Maurizio Nichetti - ''

Ratataplan ''Ratataplan'' is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed, written and starring Maurizio Nichetti. The film, despite its low budget, obtained a great commercial success and launched the career of Nichetti.AA.VV., "Ratataplan", ''La rivista del cine ...

'' *1981 - Massimo Troisi - '' Ricomincio da tre'' *1982 -

Alessandro Benvenuti Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes o ...

- '' Ad ovest di Paperino'' *1983 -

Franco Piavoli Franco Piavoli (born 21 June 1933) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Piavoli studied law at the University of Pavia in Lombardy. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he made a number of short films: ''Uccellanda'' (195 ...

- '' Il pianeta azzurro'' *1984 -

Gabriele Lavia Gabriele Lavia (born 10 October 1942) is an Italian actor, film director and theatre director. Biography Lavia was born in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1970 he has had roles in nearly thirty films and television programs. He is known for his appe ...

- '' Il principe di Homburg'' *1985 -

Luciano De Crescenzo Luciano De Crescenzo (; 18 August 1928 – 18 July 2019) was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer. Biography Born in Naples, he grew up with actor Bud Spencer. De Crescenzo graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy un ...

- '' Così parló Bellavista'' *1986 -

Enrico Montesano Enrico Montesano (born 7 June 1945) is an Italian actor and showman. Career Montesano comes from a family involved in theatre, and he made his debut in 1966 in a show named ''Humor nero'', alongside of Vittorio Metz. Later he became a very ...

- '' A me mi piace'' *1987 - Giuseppe Tornatore - '' Il camorrista'' *1988 -

Carlo Mazzacurati Carlo Mazzacurati (2 March 1956 – 22 January 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter born in Padua. He started his cinema career in 1980. His better known films include ''Il Toro'' (1994) and ''La lingua del santo'' (2000). H ...

- '' Notte italiana'' *1989 -

Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started t ...

- '' Mignon è partita''

1990s

*1990 -

Ricky Tognazzi Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; ; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, he won ...

- '' Piccoli equivoci'' *1991 -

Sergio Rubini Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature ...

- ''

La stazione La Stazione may refer to: * ''La stazione'' (1952 film), a documentary by Valerio Zurlini * ''La stazione'', or ''The Station'' (1990 film), an Italian comedy-drama by Sergio Rubini * New Paltz station, New York, a former railroad station oc ...

'' *1992 - Antonio Capuano - '' Vito e gli altri'' *1993 - Mario Martone - '' Morte di un matematico napoletano'' *1994 -

Pappi Corsicato Pappi Corsicato (born 12 June 1960) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' Libera'' (1993) * ''Black Holes'' (1995) * ''The Vesuvians ''The Vesuvians'' ( it, I vesuviani) is a 1997 Italian anthology film direc ...

- ''

Libera Libera may refer to: * Libera (mythology), a Roman goddess of fertility * Libera (choir), a boy vocal group from London * ''Libera'' (film), a 1993 comedy film * "Libera" (song), a song by Italian artist Mia Martini * ''Libera'' (gastropod), a ...

'' *1995 -

- ''

La bella vita ''La bella vita'' is a 1994 Italian comedy drama film. The film premiered at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996. It is the debut film of Paolo Virzì, who won the David d ...

'' *1996 - Sandro Baldoni - '' Strane storie'' *1997 - Roberto Cimpanelli - '' Un inverno freddo freddo'' *1998 -

Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...

- ''

Tano da morire ''Tano da morire'' (internationally released as ''To Die for Tano'') is a 1997 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Roberta Torre. It is loosely inspired by actual life events of Tano Guarrasi, a butcher and a jealous brother of fou ...

'' *1999 -

Luciano Ligabue Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director and writer. Biography Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna in northern ...

- '' Radiofreccia''

2000s

*2000 - Alessandro Piva - '' Lacapagira'' *2001 -

Alex Infascelli Alex Infascelli (born 9 November 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the producer Roberto and the nephew of the producer Carlo, Infascelli started his career as an assistant directo ...

- '' Almost Blue'' *2002 -

- '' L'uomo in più'' *2003 -

Maria Sole Tognazzi Maria Sole Tognazzi (born 2 May 1971) is an Italian film director. Biography She is the daughter of actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and actress Franca Bettoia. She has a brother, actor Gianmarco Tognazzi, Gianmarco, and two Sibling#Half-sibling, ...

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Past Perfect The pluperfect (shortening of plusquamperfect), usually called past perfect in English, is a type of verb form, generally treated as a grammatical tense in certain languages, relating to an action that occurred prior to an aforementioned time i ...

'' *2004 -

Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esotericism, esoteric, philosophy, philosophica ...

- '' Perdutoamor'' *2005 -

Saverio Costanzo Saverio Costanzo (born 28 September 1975) is an Italian film and television director. Biography Early life Costanzo was born in Rome, the son of journalist and TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo and writer Flaminia Morandi, and the brother of wri ...

- ''

Private Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

'' *2006 - Francesco Munzi - '' Saimir'' *2007 -

Kim Rossi Stuart Kim Rossi Stuart (born 31 October 1969) is an Italian actor and director. Early life and career Rossi Stuart was born in Rome. His father, Giacomo, was an actor of Italian and Scottish descent (his mother was Scottish). Kim's mother, Klara M ...

- ''

Anche libero va bene ''Along the Ridge'' ( it, Anche libero va bene) is a 2006 Italian drama film directed by Kim Rossi Stuart (in his directorial debut), from a screenplay he co-wrote with Linda Ferri, Federico Starnone and Francesco Giammusso. The film stars Aless ...

'' *2008 - Andrea Molaioli - '' La ragazza del lago'' *2009 -

Gianni Di Gregorio Gianni Di Gregorio (born 19 February 1949) is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Di Gregorio trained as a stage actor and director in the Drama School of Alessandro Fersen. He started his professional ca ...

- '' Pranzo di ferragosto''

2010s

*2010 ** Valerio Mieli - '' Dieci inverni'' **

Rocco Papaleo Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer. Born in Lauria ( Basilicata), he moved to Rome to study math at university but left soon to attend the theatre school. He made his theatrical debut in 19 ...

- ''

Basilicata coast to coast ''Basilicata Coast to Coast'' is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Rocco Papaleo. A South Korean remake named '' Blue Busking'' was released in 2017. Plot Nicola Palmieri ( Rocco Papaleo) is a high school math teacher with a passion for ...

'' *2011 -

Alice Rohrwacher Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1980) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Her film '' Le pupille'' was nominated for Oscar in 2023 in short film categories. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, in Tuscany, to an ...

- '' Corpo Celeste'' *2012 - Francesco Bruni - '' Scialla! (Stai sereno)'' *2013 -

Valeria Golino Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in '' Rain Man'', ''Big Top Pee-wee'' and the two '' Hot Shots!'' films, particularly the olive-in-the-be ...

- ''

Miele Miele ( ; ) is a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment, headquartered in Gütersloh, Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The company was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann, and has always been a family-o ...

'' *2014 - Pierfrancesco Diliberto - '' The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer'' *2015 - Edoardo Falcone - '' Se Dio vuole'' *2016 - Gabriele Mainetti - ''

They Call Me Jeeg ''They Call Me Jeeg'' ( it, Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot; ) is a 2015 Italian superhero film directed by Gabriele Mainetti and starring Claudio Santamaria in the lead role. The plot concerns a lonely misanthropic crook named Enzo, who gets superhuma ...

'' *2017 - Andrea De Sica - '' Children of the Night'' *2018 -

Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo (born 14 July 1988), collectively referred to as the D'Innocenzo brothers, are Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated in productions of note. Biography Twin brothers Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenz ...

- '' Boys Cry'' *2019 **Leonardo D'Agostini - '' Il campione'' **

Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular pa ...

- ''Ride''

2020s

*2020 -

Marco D'Amore Marco D'Amore (; born 12 June 1981) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for his role as Ciro Di Marzio in the television series '' Gomorrah'' and the film '' The Immortal'' (2019). Biography In 2000, D'Amore was ca ...

- '' L'immortale''

References

External links

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Director Nastro d'Argento Directorial debut film awards

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