Awards & Winners

Nicola Piovani

Date of Birth 26-May-1946
Place of Birth Rome
(Italy, Lazio, Province of Rome)
Nationality Italy
Also know as Nicolas Piovani, Nicola Piovanni
Profession Film Score Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Composer, Musician
Nicola Piovani is a light-classical musician, theater and film score composer, and winner of the 1998 Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar for the score of the Roberto Benigni film La Vita è bella, better known to English-speaking audiences as Life Is Beautiful. After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred and La voce della luna. Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini. In 2000 his Academy Award-winning score for La Vita è bella was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In 2005 he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival.

Awards by Nicola Piovani

Check all the awards nominated and won by Nicola Piovani.

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Cesar Award for Best Original Score Welcome

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Cesar Award for Best Original Score The Light

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music Pinocchio

2001


David di Donatello for Best Music
Honored for : The Son's Room

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music The Son's Room

1998


Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : Life Is Beautiful

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music Life Is Beautiful
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Life Is Beautiful

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music My Generation

1994


David di Donatello for Best Music
Honored for : Caro diario

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music Caro diario
David di Donatello for Best Music For Love, Only for Love

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music The Voice of the Moon

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Original Song The King of Naples
For the song \"'O re\".
David di Donatello for Best Music The King of Naples

1986


David di Donatello for Best Music
Honored for : Ginger and Fred

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music Ginger and Fred

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Music Secrets Secrets
David di Donatello for Best Music Kaos