David di Donatello for Best DirectorCheck all the winners of David di Donatello for Best Director. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
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Paolo Sorrentino | The Great Beauty |
| 2013 |
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Giuseppe Tornatore | The Best Offer |
| 2012 |
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Vittorio Taviani | Caesar Must Die |
|
Paolo Taviani | Caesar Must Die | |
| 2011 |
|
Daniele Luchetti | Our Life |
| 2010 |
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Marco Bellocchio | Vincere |
| 2009 |
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Matteo Garrone | Gomorrah |
| 2008 |
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Andrea Molaioli | The Girl by the Lake |
| 2007 |
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Giuseppe Tornatore | The Unknown Woman |
| 2006 |
|
Nanni Moretti | The Caiman |
| 2005 |
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Paolo Sorrentino | The Consequences of Love |
| 2004 |
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Marco Tullio Giordana | Best of Youth |
| 2003 |
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Pupi Avati | Incantato |
| 2002 |
|
Ermanno Olmi | The Profession of Arms |
| 2001 |
|
Gabriele Muccino | The Last Kiss |
| 2000 |
|
Silvio Soldini | Bread and Tulips |
| 1999 |
|
Giuseppe Tornatore | The Legend of 1900 |
| 1998 |
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Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful |
| 1997 |
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Francesco Rosi | The Truce |
| 1996 |
|
Giuseppe Tornatore | The Star Maker |
| 1995 |
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Mario Martone | Nasty Love |
| 1994 |
|
Carlo Verdone | Let's Not Keep in Touch |
| 1993 |
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Roberto Faenza | Look to the Sky (Tied with Ricky Tognazzi for The Escort) |
| 1993 |
|
Ricky Tognazzi | The Escort (Tied with Roberto Faenza for Look to the Sky) |
| 1992 |
|
Gianni Amelio | The Stolen Children |
| 1991 |
|
Marco Risi | Ragazzi fuori |
| 1991 |
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Ricky Tognazzi | Ultrà |
| 1990 |
|
Mario Monicelli | Dark Illness |
| 1989 |
|
Ermanno Olmi | The Legend of the Holy Drinker |
| 1988 |
|
Bernardo Bertolucci | The Last Emperor |
| 1987 |
|
Ettore Scola | The Family |
| 1986 |
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Mario Monicelli | Let\u2019s Hope It\u2019s a Girl |
| 1985 |
|
Francesco Rosi | Carmen |
| 1984 |
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Ettore Scola | Le Bal |
| 1983 |
|
Paolo Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars |
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Vittorio Taviani | The Night of the Shooting Stars | |
| 1982 |
|
Marco Ferreri | Tales of Ordinary Madness |
| 1981 |
|
Francesco Rosi | Three Brothers |
| 1980 |
|
Gillo Pontecorvo | Ogro |
| 1980 |
|
Marco Bellocchio | A Leap in the Dark |
| 1979 |
|
Francesco Rosi | Christ Stopped at Eboli |
| 1978 |
|
Ettore Scola | A Special Day |
| 1977 |
|
Valerio Zurlini | The Desert of the Tartars |
| 1977 |
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Mario Monicelli | An Average Little Man |
| 1976 |
|
Mario Monicelli | My Friends |
| 1976 |
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Francesco Rosi | Illustrious Corpses |
| 1975 |
|
Dino Risi | Scent of a Woman |
| 1974 |
|
Federico Fellini | Amarcord |
| 1973 |
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Luchino Visconti | Ludwig |
| 1972 |
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Franco Zeffirelli | Brother Sun, Sister Moon |
| 1972 |
|
Sergio Leone | Duck, You Sucker! |
| 1971 |
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Luchino Visconti | Death in Venice |
| 1970 |
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Gillo Pontecorvo | Burn! |
| 1969 |
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Franco Zeffirelli | Romeo and Juliet |
| 1968 |
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Carlo Lizzani | Bandits in Milan |
| 1967 |
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Luigi Comencini | Misunderstood |
| 1966 |
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Alessandro Blasetti | Me, Me, Me... and the Others |
| 1966 |
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Pietro Germi | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians |
| 1965 |
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Francesco Rosi | The Moment of Truth |
| 1965 |
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Vittorio De Sica | Marriage Italian Style |
| 1964 |
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Pietro Germi | Seduced and Abandoned |
| 1963 |
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Vittorio De Sica | The Condemned of Altona |
| 1962 |
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Ermanno Olmi | Il Posto |
| 1961 |
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Michelangelo Antonioni | La Notte |
| 1960 |
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Federico Fellini | La Dolce Vita |
| 1959 |
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Alberto Lattuada | Tempest |
| 1957 |
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Federico Fellini | Nights of Cabiria |
| 1956 |
|
Gianni Franciolini | Roman Tales |
