Awards & Winners

1978 David di Donatello Award

Check winners and nominations of 1978 David di Donatello Award. Check awards winners of 1978 David di Donatello Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1978 David di Donatello Awards

David di Donatello for Best Film

Pasquale Squitieri

Honored for : The Iron Prefect
David di Donatello for Best Film

Luigi Magni

Honored for : In the Name of the Pope King
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director

Herbert Ross

Honored for : The Goodbye Girl
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director

Ridley Scott

Honored for : The Duellists
David di Donatello for Best Actress

Mariangela Melato

Honored for : Il gatto
David di Donatello for Best Actress

Sophia Loren

Honored for : A Special Day
David di Donatello for Best Director

Ettore Scola

Honored for : A Special Day
David di Donatello for Best Actor

Nino Manfredi

Honored for : In the Name of the Pope King
David di Donatello for Best Music

Armando Trovajoli

Honored for : Wifemistress
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film

Steven Spielberg

Honored for : Close Encounters of the Third Kind
David di Donatello European David Award

Fred Zinnemann

Honored for : Julia
David di Donatello Luchino Visconti Award
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

Richard Dreyfuss

Honored for : The Goodbye Girl
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress

Simone Signoret

Honored for : Madame Rosa
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress

Jane Fonda

Honored for : Julia
David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

Luigi Magni

Honored for : In the Name of the Pope King
David di Donatello Special Award

Bruno Bozzetto

Honored for : Allegro Non Troppo
David di Donatello Special Award

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Honored for : Padre Padrone
David di Donatello Special Award

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Honored for : The Turning Point
(For his performance in the movie and his contributions to the art of dancing.)
David di Donatello Special Award

Neil Simon

(For his depiction of the American society in his scripts.)
David di Donatello Special Award

Mosfilm

Honored for : Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano
David di Donatello for Best Producer

Franco Committeri

Honored for : In the Name of the Pope King