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Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...
'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'', the association of
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
film critics.


History

The union of film journalists was founded in the same year in which the Nastri were born, 1946, by a group of film journalists and essayists, some of whom later became directors ( Steno and
Mario Soldati Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954, he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, s ...
, who was its first president) and authors (
Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...
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Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the commedia all'italiana genre. Biography Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing ...
). The first regulation motivated the establishment of the Silver Ribbon to "promote the continuous artistic, technical and industrial improvement of Italian cinema and pay homage to its relevant acquisitions". It was delivered for the first time in 1946 in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, at the Hotel de Russie. The editions were held mainly between Rome and
Taormina Taormina ( , , also , ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on the Ionian Sea, incl ...
, with the exception of some particular editions (in
Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...
, after the 1966 flood, as a sign of solidarity) and, always in its first years of life, also in
Sorrento Sorrento ( , ; ; ) is a City status in Italy, city and overlooking the Gulf of Naples, Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the southern terminus of a main branch o ...
. In the first editions, the prizes were awarded to the films presented during the year considered by the industry, the one that ends with the end of the season; they were then attributed to the films released in the calendar year, while subsequently they were again assigned to the films released in theaters within the days immediately following the
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
, therefore within the last days of May, when the 'five' finalists are announced to which an event with all the candidates for the awards is dedicated. After a few editions in the headquarters of the French Academy in
Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in the historic ...
, it is held, also in Rome, in the space of the
MAXXI MAXXI (, 'national museum of 21st-century arts') is a national museum of contemporary art and architecture in the Flaminio neighborhood of Rome, Italy. The museum is managed by a foundation created by the Italian Ministry of Culture. The buildi ...
Museum. The prizes are awarded on the basis of 'five' proposed by the national board of the Union to the vote (notarial) of the members of the union, film journalists of the press, television, radio and Internet. The delivery of the Silver Ribbons is combined with the Guglielmo Biraghi prizes awarded since 2001, destined for the best of the young new actors in the cinema of the year.


1940s and 1950s

* 1948: Gaspare Cataldo, Pala & Alberto Vecchietti - ''The Brothers Karamazov'' * 1949:
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...
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Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, o ...
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico, was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Thoug ...
, Oreste Biancoli,
Adolfo Franci Adolfo Franci (27 November 1895, in Florence – 31 January 1954, in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work in '' Shoeshine'' (1946). Selected filmography * '' The Gates ...
& Gerardo Guerrieri – ''
Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' (), also known as ''The Bicycle Thief'', is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which h ...
'' * 1950:
Suso Cecchi D'Amico Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico, was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Thoug ...
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Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, o ...
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Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 – 28 December 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, at the time a hamlet of Final Pia, which became Finale Ligure ( ...
– ''
It's Forever Springtime ''It's Forever Springtime'' (Italian: ''È primavera...'') is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Renato Castellani. Plot Beppe Agosti, Florentine, baker's boy and orphan, is very popular with girls, especially the servants, for his easy way ...
'' * 1951:
Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, o ...
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Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Four Steps in the Clouds''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the ...
– ''
Father's Dilemma ''Father's Dilemma'' () is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It won an award at the Venice Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a ...
'' * 1952: Ettore Maria Margadonna,
Titina De Filippo Titina De Filippo (born Annunziata De Filippo; 27 March 1898 – 26 December 1963) was an Italian actress and playwright.Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 – 28 December 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, at the time a hamlet of Final Pia, which became Finale Ligure ( ...
– ''
Two Cents Worth of Hope ''Two Cents Worth of Hope'' () is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani. It is the third part of Castellani's ''Young Love'' trilogy, following '' Sotto il sole di Roma'' (1948) and '' È primavera...''(1950). It shared the Grand Prix prize ...
'' * 1953: not assigned * 1954:
Vitaliano Brancati Vitaliano Brancati (; 24 July 1907 – 25 September 1954) was an Italian novelist, dramatist, poet and screenwriter. Biography Born in Pachino, Syracuse, Brancati studied in Catania, where he graduated in letters and where he spent most of h ...
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Sergio Amidei Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's Italian neorealism, neorealist movement. Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Ross ...
,
Vincenzo Talarico Vincenzo Talarico (28 April 1909 – 16 August 1972), was an Italian screenwriter and film actor. He wrote for 27 films between 1940 and 1966. He also appeared in 15 films between 1946 and 1964. He was born in Acri, Italy and died in Fiugg ...
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Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school in Rome. He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940 ...
– ''
Easy Years ''Easy Years'' () is a 1953 drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Nino Taranto. Cast * Nino Taranto as Professor Luigi De Francesco *Clelia Matania as Rosina, his wife * Giovanna Ralli as Teresa, his daughter * Gino Buzzanca as Ba ...
'' * 1955: not assigned * 1956:
Pasquale Festa Campanile Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Life and career Born at Melfi, in the prov ...
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Massimo Franciosa Massimo Franciosa (23 July 1924 – 30 March 1998) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 70 films between 1955 and 1991. He also directed nine films between 1963 and 1971. He was nominated for an Oscar for Be ...
& Giuseppe Mancione – '' Gli innamorati'' * 1957:
Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, o ...
– '' The Roof'' * 1958:
Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director and screenwriter. Biography During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini bec ...
, Leo Benvenuti,
Piero De Bernardi Piero De Bernardi (12 April 1926 – 8 January 2010) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1954 and 2010. He was born in Prato, Tuscany. Biography De Bernardi was part of a writing duo that included Leonardo Benve ...
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Alberto Lattuada Mario Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a studen ...
– '' Guendalina'' * 1959:
Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the scripts for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies. The duo st ...
,
Suso Cecchi D'Amico Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico, was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Thoug ...
&
Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
– ''
Big Deal on Madonna Street ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (; released as ''Persons Unknown'' in the UK) is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Italian cinema, the film received an Academy Award nomination fo ...
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1960s

* 1960:
Ennio De Concini Ennio De Concini (9 December 1923, Rome – 17 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director, winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the Best Original Screenplay for '' Divorce Italian Style''.Fox, Margalit (28 November 2008) ...
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Alfredo Giannetti Alfredo Giannetti (1924–1995) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1962 for his work in '' Divorce Italian Style''. Selected filmography * ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) * ''A Man o ...
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Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...
– '' The Facts of Murder'' * 1961:
Pasquale Festa Campanile Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Life and career Born at Melfi, in the prov ...
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico, was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Thoug ...
,
Massimo Franciosa Massimo Franciosa (23 July 1924 – 30 March 1998) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 70 films between 1955 and 1991. He also directed nine films between 1963 and 1971. He was nominated for an Oscar for Be ...
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Enrico Medioli Enrico Medioli (17 March 1925 – 21 April 2017) was an Italian screenwriter. Biography Born in Parma, Medioli was one of the most well known screenwriters in Italy. He co-wrote seven films directed by Luchino Visconti (including '' The Damn ...
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Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...
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Rocco and His Brothers ''Rocco and His Brothers'' () is a 1960 drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, and Claudia Cardinale in one of her early roles. Set in 1 ...
'' * 1962:
Ennio De Concini Ennio De Concini (9 December 1923, Rome – 17 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director, winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the Best Original Screenplay for '' Divorce Italian Style''.Fox, Margalit (28 November 2008) ...
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Alfredo Giannetti Alfredo Giannetti (1924–1995) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1962 for his work in '' Divorce Italian Style''. Selected filmography * ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) * ''A Man o ...
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Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...
– ''
Divorce Italian Style ''Divorce Italian Style'' () is a 1961 Italian black comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel '' Un delitto d'onore'' (English ...
'' * 1963:
Pasquale Festa Campanile Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Life and career Born at Melfi, in the prov ...
,
Massimo Franciosa Massimo Franciosa (23 July 1924 – 30 March 1998) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 70 films between 1955 and 1991. He also directed nine films between 1963 and 1971. He was nominated for an Oscar for Be ...
, Carlo Bernari &
Nanni Loy Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian people, Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solin ...
- '' Le quattro giornate di Napoli'' * 1964:
Ennio Flaiano Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. Best known for his work with Federico Fellini, Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with the Italian director, includi ...
, Tullio Pinelli,
Brunello Rondi Brunello Rondi (26 November 1924 – 7 November 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and film director, best known for his frequent script collaborations with Federico Fellini. His brother, Gian Luigi Rondi, was an Italian film critic. Biography ...
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Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...
– ''
8½ ''8½'' ( ) is a 1963 Italian avant-garde arthouse comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi ( Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer ...
'' * 1965:
Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the scripts for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies. The duo st ...
, Luciano Vincenzoni &
Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...
– '' Seduced and Abandoned'' * 1966:
Ruggero Maccari Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as ''The Easy Life'', ''Brutti sporc ...
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Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...
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Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the commedia all'italiana genre. Biography Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing ...
– ''
I Knew Her Well ''I Knew Her Well'' () is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of ...
'' * 1967:
Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the scripts for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies. The duo st ...
, Luciano Vincenzoni &
Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...
– '' The Birds, the Bees and the Italians'' * 1968:
Ugo Pirro Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. Biography Born Ugo Mattone in Battipaglia, near Salerno, he debuted as screenwriter for director Carlo Lizzani ('' Attention! Bandits!'', 1951, and '' ...
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Elio Petri Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social ...
– '' We Still Kill the Old Way '' * 1969: Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita &
Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero'', ...
– ''
Bandits in Milan ''Bandits in Milan'' (; also known as ''The Violent Four'') is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in Franc ...
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1970s

* 1970: Fabio Carpi & Nelo Risi – '' Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl'' * 1971: ,
Tullio Kezich Tullio Kezich (17 September 1928 in Trieste – 17 August 2009 in Rome) was an Italian people, Italian screenwriter and playwright, best known as the film critic for ''Corriere della Sera'' and for his biography of Italian director Federico F ...
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Alberto Lattuada Mario Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a studen ...
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Piero Chiara Piero Chiara (23 March 1913 – 31 December 1986) was an Italian writer. He was born in Luino, Italy. His father Eugenio was from Resuttano, Sicily, and his mother Virginia Maffei was from Comnago, a Piedmontese village in the municipality of ...
– '' Come Have Coffee with Us'' * 1972: Leo Benvenuti,
Piero De Bernardi Piero De Bernardi (12 April 1926 – 8 January 2010) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1954 and 2010. He was born in Prato, Tuscany. Biography De Bernardi was part of a writing duo that included Leonardo Benve ...
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Nino Manfredi Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian ac ...
– '' Between Miracles'' * 1973:
Alberto Bevilacqua Alberto Bevilacqua (27 June 1934 – 9 September 2013) was an Italian writer and filmmaker. Leonardo Sciascia, an Italian writer and politician, who read Bevilacqua's first collection of stories, ''The Dust on the Grass'' (1955), was impressed ...
– ''
Questa specie d'amore ''Questa specie d'amore'' (aka, ''This Kind of Love'') is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Bevilacqua himself. The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for be ...
'' * 1974:
Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Fede ...
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Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...
– ''
Amarcord ''Amarcord'' () is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancien ...
'' * 1975:
Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the scripts for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies. The duo st ...
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Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...
– ''
We All Loved Each Other So Much ''We All Loved Each Other So Much'' () is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola, who co-wrote the screenplay with screenwriting duo Age & Scarpelli. It stars Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Stefano Satta ...
'' * 1976: Tullio Pinelli, Leo Benvenuti,
Piero De Bernardi Piero De Bernardi (12 April 1926 – 8 January 2010) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1954 and 2010. He was born in Prato, Tuscany. Biography De Bernardi was part of a writing duo that included Leonardo Benve ...
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Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...
– '' Amici miei'' * 1977:
Sergio Amidei Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's Italian neorealism, neorealist movement. Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Ross ...
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Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
– '' An Average Little Man'' * 1978:
Ruggero Maccari Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as ''The Easy Life'', ''Brutti sporc ...
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Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...
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Maurizio Costanzo Maurizio Costanzo (28 August 1938 – 24 February 2023) was an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter, and film director. Biography Costanzo began his career as a journalist, first as a contributing writer to '' Paese Sera'' and the ...
– ''
A Special Day ''A Special Day'' () is a 1977 period drama film directed and co-written by Ettore Scola, produced by Carlo Ponti, and starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Set in Rome in 1938, its narrative follows a housewife (Loren) and her neighbor ...
'' * 1979:
Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing '' Il Posto'' ( ...
– ''
The Tree of Wooden Clogs ''The Tree of Wooden Clogs'' () is a 1978 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi. The film depicts the life of Lombard peasants in a ''cascina'' (farmhouse) during the late 19th century. It shares similarities with the earlier Itali ...
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1980s

* 1980:
Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the scripts for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies. The duo st ...
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Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...
– '' La terrazza'' * 1981:
Ruggero Maccari Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as ''The Easy Life'', ''Brutti sporc ...
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Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...
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Passion of Love ''Passion of Love'' () is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola and was adapted from the 1869 novel '' Fosca'' by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and served as the inspiration for the ...
'' * 1982: Tullio Pinelli, Leo Benvenuti,
Piero De Bernardi Piero De Bernardi (12 April 1926 – 8 January 2010) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1954 and 2010. He was born in Prato, Tuscany. Biography De Bernardi was part of a writing duo that included Leonardo Benve ...
, Bernardino Zapponi &
Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
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Il marchese del Grillo ''Il Marchese del Grillo'' (''The Marquess del Grillo'', internationally released as ''The Marquis of Grillo'') is a 1981 Italian comedic motion picture directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi as the title character. The film depicts ...
'' * 1983: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani,
Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Fede ...
& Giuliani G. De Negri – '' The Night of the Shooting Stars'' * 1984: Elvio Porta &
Nanni Loy Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian people, Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solin ...
– '' Where's Picone?'' * 1985: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani &
Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Fede ...
– '' Kaos'' * 1986: Tullio Pinelli, Leo Benvenuti,
Piero De Bernardi Piero De Bernardi (12 April 1926 – 8 January 2010) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1954 and 2010. He was born in Prato, Tuscany. Biography De Bernardi was part of a writing duo that included Leonardo Benve ...
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico, was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Thoug ...
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Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
- '' Let's Hope It's a Girl'' * 1987:
Ruggero Maccari Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as ''The Easy Life'', ''Brutti sporc ...
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Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...
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Furio Scarpelli Furio Scarpelli (16 December 1919 – 28 April 2010), also called ''Scarpelli'', was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli.Obituary ''New York Times'', 1 M ...
– '' The Family'' * 1988:
Massimo Troisi Massimo Troisi (; 19 February 1953 – 4 June 1994) was an Italian actor, cabaret performer, comedian, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his works in the films '' I'm Starting back from Three'' (1981) and '' Il Postino: The ...
& Anna Pavignano – '' Le vie del Signore sono finite'' * 1989:
Tullio Kezich Tullio Kezich (17 September 1928 in Trieste – 17 August 2009 in Rome) was an Italian people, Italian screenwriter and playwright, best known as the film critic for ''Corriere della Sera'' and for his biography of Italian director Federico F ...
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Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing '' Il Posto'' ( ...
– '' The Legend of the Holy Drinker''


1990s

* 1990:
Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...
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The Story of Boys & Girls ''The Story of Boys & Girls'' () is a 1989 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pupi Avati. The film won the Silver Ribbons for best director and for best script and the David di Donatello for best screenplay. Cast *Felice Andreasi Felice A ...
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico, was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Thoug ...
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Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Fede ...
– '' Dark Illness'' * 1992: Andrea Barbato & Emidio Greco – '' A Simple Story'' * 1993: Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia &
Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1944) is an Italian film director. Early life Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with ...
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The Stolen Children ''The Stolen Children'' () is a 1992 Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot 11-year-old Rosetta a ...
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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 ...
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The Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin is an unseen character in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. According to Linus van Pelt, the Great Pumpkin is a legendary personality who rises from the pumpkin patch on Halloween carrying a large bag of toys ...
'' * 1995: Alessandro D'Alatri – '' No Skin'' * 1996: Leone Pompucci, Filippo Pichi &
Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi (; 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He led Italy national football team, Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup t ...
– '' Camerieri'' * 1997:
Giovanni Veronesi Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi (writer), Sandro Veronesi. He started his career writing scripts for directors such as Francesco N ...
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Leonardo Pieraccioni Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian, screenwriter and cabaret performer. Born in Florence, he made his directorial debut with '' The Graduates'' (1995). In 1996 he directed his breakthrough ...
– '' The Cyclone'' * 1998:
Vincenzo Cerami Vincenzo Cerami (2 November 1940 – 17 July 2013) was an Italian screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwritin ...
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Roberto Benigni Roberto Remigio Benigni ( , ; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing, and starring in the Holocaust comedy drama film ''Life Is Beautifu ...
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Life Is Beautiful ''Life Is Beautiful'' (, ) is a 1997 Italian period comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employs his imagin ...
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Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," ''The Film Encyclopedia'' (New York: HarperRes ...
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The Legend of 1900 ''The Legend of 1900'' (, "The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean") is a 1998 Italian English-language drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, and starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Mélanie Thierry. It was Tornatore's first Englis ...
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2000s

* 2000: & Silvio Soldini – '' Bread and Tulips'' ** &
Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...
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Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci ( ; ; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved inte ...
& Clare Peploe – '' Besieged'' **
Enzo Monteleone Enzo Monteleone (born 13 April 1954 in Padova, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Career Enzo Monteleone made his professional debut as a screenwriter with the screenplay of ''Hotel Colonial'', an Italian-American co-producti ...
& Angelo Orlando – ''
Outlaw An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them. ...
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Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother o ...
& Adele Tulli – '' But Forever in My Mind'' * 2001: Claudio Fava,
Marco Tullio Giordana Marco Tullio Giordana (born 1 October 1950) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Milan, during the 1970s he approached the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of Roberto Faenza's 1977 documentary ''Forza Itali ...
& Monica Zapelli – '' One Hundred Steps'' **
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 ...
– '' Domani'' ** Leonardo Fasoli &
Gianluca Maria Tavarelli Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (born 27 September 1964) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Turin, Tavarelli was self-taught, initially producing several Super 8 film, Super 8 and 16 mm film, 16 mm short films. After d ...
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This Is Not Paradise ''This Is Not Paradise'' () is a 2000 Italian neo-noir film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli and starring Fabrizio Gifuni. It is loosely based on actual events happened in Turin in 1996. It was nominated for two Silver Ribbons, f ...
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Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades, including a at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize ...
& – '' The Son's Room'' ** Ferzan Ozpetek & – '' Le fate ignoranti'' * 2002: Giulia Calenda,
Cristina Comencini Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian fil ...
& Lucilla Schiaffino – '' Il più bel giorno della mia vita'' **
Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...
– '' My Mother's Smile'' **
Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (; born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Early life Emanuele Crialese was born on 26 July 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied fil ...
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Respiro ''Respiro'' is a 2002 Italian- French drama film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese and released in English-language markets in 2003. The film stars Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, and Francesco Casisa. In the Italian language, '' respir ...
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Enzo D'Alò Enzo D'Alò (born 7 September 1953) is an Italian animator and director. Life and career Born in Naples, D'Alò moved to Turin in 1979 and there he started his career as animator working with the group "La Lanterna Magica". In 1983 he debuted ...
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Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino (; ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has of ...
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One Man Up ''One Man Up'' () is a 2001 Italian comedy-drama film. It entered the "Cinema del presente" section at the 58th Venice International Film Festival. It marked the directorial debut of Paolo Sorrentino, who was awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best ...
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Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother o ...
& – '' Ricordati di me'' ** Niccolò Ammaniti &
Francesca Marciano Francesca Marciano (born Rome, 17 July 1955) is an Italian novelist, screenwriter and actress. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for ''Casa Rossa'' in 2003. She won a David di Donatello award for best screenplay with '' Damned ...
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I'm Not Scared ''I'm Not Scared'' (, ''I Am Not Afraid'') is a 2003 Italian crime mystery thriller film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. Francesa Marciano and Niccolò Ammaniti wrote the script, basing it on Ammaniti's successful 2001 Italian novel with t ...
'' ** Massimo D'Anolfi & Roberta Torre – ''Angela'' **
Roberto Faenza Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Career Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the internat ...
– '' The Soul Keeper'' **
Enzo Monteleone Enzo Monteleone (born 13 April 1954 in Padova, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Career Enzo Monteleone made his professional debut as a screenwriter with the screenplay of ''Hotel Colonial'', an Italian-American co-producti ...
– '' El Alamein - The Line of Fire'' ** Ferzan Ozpetek & – ''
Facing Windows ''Facing Windows'' ( Italian: ''La finestra di fronte'') is a 2003 Italian romantic drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Giovanna ( Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her husband Filippo ( Filippo Nigro) have settled into life. They both have jo ...
'' * 2004: Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli – ''
The Best of Youth ''The Best of Youth'' () is a 2003 Italian romantic drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and written by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli. A family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003, it chronicles the life of the middle-class Car ...
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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 explore many themes (including, but not limited to, ph ...
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Manlio Sgalambro Manlio Sgalambro (; 9 December 1924 – 6 March 2014) was an Italian philosopher, writer, and poet born in Lentini.e Early life and education Beginning in 1945, Sgalambro wrote for ''Prisma'', a review directed by Leonardo Grassi. His first ...
'' Perdutoamor'' **
Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...
– '' Buongiorno, notte'' ** – '' Three-Step Dance'' ** Francesco Bruni &
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 spendin ...
– '' Caterina va in città'' * 2005: Sergio Castellitto & Margaret Mazzantini – '' Non ti muovere'' **
Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1944) is an Italian film director. Early life Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with ...
, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli – '' Le chiavi di casa'' **
Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...
– '' La rivincita di Natale'' **
Davide Ferrario Davide Ferrario (born 26 June 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and author. Life and career Born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Ferrario graduated in Anglo-American literature, then he began to work in film distribution, and he c ...
– ''After Midnight'' ** , ,
Marcello Fois Marcello Fois (born 20 January 1960) is an Italians, Italian writer. He was born in Nuoro in Sardinia and studied at the University of Bologna. His first novel ''Ferro Recente'' was published in 1989. A prolific author, he has also written scripts ...
, & – '' Certi bambini'' * 2006: Ugo Chiti &
Giovanni Veronesi Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi (writer), Sandro Veronesi. He started his career writing scripts for directors such as Francesco N ...
– '' Manuale d'amore'' ** Alessandro D'Alatri, Gennaro Nunziante &
Domenico Starnone Domenico Starnone (born 15 February 1943) is an Italian writer, screenwriter, and journalist. His work has been translated into English, German and several other languages. These include ''Prima esecuzione'' (2007, as ''First Execution'', 2009 ...
– ''The Fever'' ** Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Giancarlo De Cataldo &
Michele Placido Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Belloc ...
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Romanzo criminale ''Romanzo criminale'' (; "Criminal Novel") is an Italian-language crime drama film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido. It was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn inspi ...
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Giuseppe Rocca Giuseppe Rocca (27 April 1807 – 27 January 1865) was an Italian violin maker of the 19th century. Rocca's preferred models were the 1742 Alard Guarneri and the 1716 Messiah Strad. His instruments are appreciated today and are considered be ...
, Laura Sabatino & Antonietta De Lillo – '' The Remains of Nothing'' **
Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
& Fabio Scamoni – '' Quo Vadis, Baby?'' * 2007: Ferzan Ozpetek & – '' Saturno contro'' ** Antonio Capuano – '' La guerra di Mario'' **
Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (; born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Early life Emanuele Crialese was born on 26 July 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied fil ...
– '' Nuovomondo'' ** Linda Ferri, Federico Starnone, Francesco Giammusso &
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 Mü ...
– '' Anche libero va bene'' **
Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
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Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," ''The Film Encyclopedia'' (New York: HarperRes ...
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La sconosciuta ''The Unknown Woman'' (, ; also known as ''The Other Woman'') is a 2006 Italian psychological thriller mystery film, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore that depicts a woman alone in a foreign country, haunted by a horrible past. Although it was select ...
'' * 2008: Sandro Petraglia – '' La ragazza del lago'' with
Daniele Luchetti Daniele Luchetti () is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Luchetti was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in ''Bianca (1984 film), Bianca'' (1983) and ''The Mass Is Ended'' (1985). L ...
& Stefano Rulli – ''
Mio fratello è figlio unico ''My Brother Is an Only Child'' () is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is based on an Antonio Pennacchi novel. The title comes from a song by Rino Gaetano from 1976. Plot Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Sc ...
'' ** Francesco Bruni &
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 spendin ...
– '' Tutta la vita davanti'' **
Peter Del Monte Peter Del Monte (29 July 1943 – 31 May 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed fifteen films between 1969 and 2021. His 1982 film ''Invitation au voyage'' won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1982 Ca ...
& Michele Pellegrini – '' Nelle tue mani'' ** , Francesco Piccolo, & Silvio Soldini – '' Days and Clouds'' ** Michele Pellegrini &
Gianni Zanasi Gianni Zanasi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Early life and education Gianni Zanasi was born in Vignola in 1965. After studying philosophy at the University of Bologna, he enrolled in a school of theatrical writing and ...
– '' Don't Think About It'' * 2009:
Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino (; ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has of ...
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Il Divo Il Divo (; ) are a multinational classical crossover vocal group. Formed in the United Kingdom in 2003, it is a male quartet that was created and then promoted by British media magnate Simon Cowell for Syco Music, a record label that he had ...
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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 ...
– '' A Question of the Heart'' ** Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti,
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 ...
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Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker. Early life Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi. Career In 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored b ...
– '' Gomorrah'' **
Fausto Brizzi Fausto Brizzi (born 15 November 1968, in Rome) is an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director. Biography Fausto Brizzi got a Degree in directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in July 1994. After several theatrical ex ...
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Massimiliano Bruno Massimiliano Bruno (born 4 June 1970) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Life and career Born in Rome into a family of Calabrian origins, Bruno formed as an actor in a drama laboratory "Torre Spaccata". He started his ...
& – '' Ex'' ** Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori &
Marco Risi Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer. Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but aban ...
– '' Fortapàsc''


2010s

* 2010: Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo &
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 spendin ...
– '' La prima cosa bella'' ** Ivan Cotroneo, Ferzan Ozpetek – '' Mine vaganti'' **
Alessandro Genovesi Alessandro Genovesi (born 10 January 1973) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Genovesi started his professional career on stage, first as an actor and later as a playwright and a director ...
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Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
– ''Happy Family'' **
Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother o ...
– '' Baciami ancora'' ** Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli &
Daniele Luchetti Daniele Luchetti () is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Luchetti was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in ''Bianca (1984 film), Bianca'' (1983) and ''The Mass Is Ended'' (1985). L ...
– '' La nostra vita'' * 2011: Massimo Gaudioso – ''
Benvenuti al Sud ''Benvenuti al Sud'' () is a 2010 comedy film directed by Luca Miniero and a remake of the 2008 French film ''Welcome to the Sticks''. The film was dedicated to Angelo Vassallo, an Italian mayor murdered for his anti-crime campaign.
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Massimiliano Bruno Massimiliano Bruno (born 4 June 1970) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Life and career Born in Rome into a family of Calabrian origins, Bruno formed as an actor in a drama laboratory "Torre Spaccata". He started his ...
& Edoardo Falcone with the collaboration of
Fausto Brizzi Fausto Brizzi (born 15 November 1968, in Rome) is an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director. Biography Fausto Brizzi got a Degree in directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in July 1994. After several theatrical ex ...
– '' Escort in Love'' ** Antonio Capuano – ''
Dark Love ''Dark Visions'' is a horror fiction compilation, with three short stories by Stephen King, three by Dan Simmons and a novella by George R. R. Martin. It was published by Orion on August 10, 1989. The collection was first published, with the ...
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Daniele Gaglianone Daniele Gaglianone is an Italian director. Biography Born in Ancona, Gaglianone has lived in Turin since the age of six. From 1989 to 2000 he realized a few shorts and documentary films. In 1998 he works as scenarist for the film '' Così ...
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Pietro Pietro is an Italian language, Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...
'' ** Pasquale Scimeca & Nennella Buonaiuto with the collaboration of
Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Fede ...
– '' Malavoglia'' * 2012:
Marco Tullio Giordana Marco Tullio Giordana (born 1 October 1950) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Milan, during the 1970s he approached the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of Roberto Faenza's 1977 documentary ''Forza Itali ...
, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli – '' Romanzo di una strage'' **
Carlo Verdone Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics which he also wrote and directed such as ''Fun Is Beautiful'' and ''Bianco, rosso e Verdone ...
, & Maruska Albertazzi – '' A Flat for Three'' **
Daniele Vicari Daniele Vicari (born 26 February 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Collegiove, Province of Rieti, Vicari graduated from Rome's University La Sapienza in History and Critics of Cinema under Guido A ...
& Laura Paolucci – '' Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood'' **
Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino (; ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has of ...
& – '' This Must Be the Place'' ** Francesco Bruni – '' Scialla! (Stai sereno)'' * 2013:
Roberto Andò Roberto Andò (born 11 January 1959) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and author. Life and career Born in Palermo, Andò debuted as assistant director, working with Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Michael Cimino and F ...
& – '' Viva la libertà'' **
Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...
, Veronica Raimo & Stefano Rulli – '' Bella addormentata'' **
Giuseppe Piccioni Giuseppe Piccioni (born 2 July 1953) is an Italian film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting ...
& Francesca Manieri – ''The Red and the Blue'' **
Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino (; ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has of ...
& – '' La grande bellezza'' **
Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," ''The Film Encyclopedia'' (New York: HarperRes ...
– '' La migliore offerta''


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Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by List of Italian film directors, Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and ...


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Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists official site
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Screenplay A screenplay, or script, is a written work produced for a film, television show (also known as a '' teleplay''), or video game by screenwriters (cf. ''stage play''). Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of w ...
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