List of Italian Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Italian Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Italian filmmakers, actors, actress and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

The winners reported here are 41, adding to them the 14 Best Foreign Language Film victories, that are reported in another list, the total sum is 55. This means that Italy is the non English speaking country with most Academy Awards won.

Best Actor – Leading

This list focuses on Italian-born actors.

Best Actor
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1962	Marcello Mastroianni	Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana)	Nominated
1976	Giancarlo Giannini	Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)	Nominated
1977	Marcello Mastroianni	A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)	Nominated
1987	Marcello Mastroianni	Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie)	Nominated	Most nominated Italian actor
1995	Massimo Troisi	The Postman (Il postino)	Nominated
1998	Roberto Benigni	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Won	First Italian actor to win Best Actor

Best Actor – Supporting

This list focuses on Italian-born actors.

Actor	Year	Film	Result
Vittorio De Sica	1957	A Farewell to Arms	Nominated
Vincent Gardenia	1973	Bang the Drum Slowly	Nominated
Vincent Gardenia	1987	Moonstruck	Nominated

Best Actress – Leading

This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.

Best Actress
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1955	Anna Magnani	The Rose Tattoo	Won	First Italian actress to win for Best Actress.
1957	Anna Magnani	Wild Is the Wind	Nominated
1961	Sophia Loren	Two Women	Won	(Italian title: La ciociara) Second Italian actress to be nominated. First Italian actress to win for Best Actress in an Italian-language film.
1964	Sophia Loren	Marriage Italian-Style	Nominated	(Italian title: Matrimonio all'italiana)

Best Actress – Supporting

This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.

Best Supporting Actress
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1955	Marisa Pavan	The Rose Tattoo	Nominated
1974	Valentina Cortese	Day for Night	Nominated	(original title: La nuit américaine)

Best Art Direction

This list focuses on Italian-born art directors.

Actor	Year	Award	Film	Result
Veniero Colasanti	1961	Best Art Direction – Color	El Cid	Nominated
Piero Gherardi	1961	Best Art Direction – Black-and-White	The Sweet Life (La dolce vita)	Nominated
Piero Gherardi	1963	Best Art Direction – Black-and-White	8½	Nominated
Piero Gherardi	1966	Best Art Direction – Color	Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti)	Nominated
Lorenzo Mongiardino Carmelo Patrono Gianni Quaranta	1973	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna)	Nominated
Gianni Quaranta Franco Zeffirelli	1987	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	La Traviata	Nominated
Elio Altramura Gianni Quaranta shared with Brian Ackland-Snow Brian Savegar	1987	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	A Room with a View	Won
Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri and Ferdinando Scarfiotti	1987	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	The Last Emperor	Won
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1989	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1990	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Hamlet	Nominated
Dante Ferretti	1993	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	The Age of Innocence	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1994	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1998	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Kundun	Nominated
Bruno Cesari Nominated with Roy Walker	1999	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2002	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Gangs of New York	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2004	Best Art Direction	The Aviator	Won
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2007	Best Art Direction	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Won
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2011	Best Art Direction	Hugo	Won

Best Cinematography

This list focuses on Italian-born cinematographers.

Actor	Year	Award	Film	Result
Pasqualino De Santis	1968	Best Cinematography	Romeo and Juliet	Won
Vittorio Storaro	1979	Best Cinematography	Apocalypse Now	Won
Giuseppe Rotunno	1979	Best Cinematography	All That Jazz	Nominated
Vittorio Storaro	1981	Best Cinematography	Reds	Won
Vittorio Storaro	1987	Best Cinematography	The Last Emperor	Won
Vittorio Storaro	1990	Best Cinematography	Dick Tracy	Nominated
Dante Spinotti	1997	Best Cinematography	L.A. Confidential	Nominated
Dante Spinotti	1999	Best Cinematography	The Insider	Nominated
Mauro Fiore	2009	Best Cinematography	Avatar	Won

Best Costume Design

This list focuses on Italian-born costume designers.

Actor	Year	Award	Film	Result
Vittorio Nino Novarese	1949	Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	Prince of Foxes	Nominated
Maria De Matteis	1956	Best Costume Design – Color	War and Peace	Nominated
Piero Gherardi	1961	Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	The Sweet Life (La dolce vita)	Won
Piero Gherardi	1963	Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	8½	Won
Vittorio Nino Novarese		Best Costume Design – Color	Cleopatra	Won
Piero Tosi		Best Costume Design – Color	The Leopard (Il gattopardo)	Nominated
Vittorio Nino Novarese	1965	Best Costume Design – Color	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Nominated
Vittorio Nino Novarese		Best Costume Design – Color	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Nominated
Piero Gherardi	1966	Best Costume Design – Color	Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti)	Nominated
Danilo Donati		Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	Il Vangelo secondo Matteo	Nominated
Danilo Donati		Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	La Mandragola	Nominated
Danilo Donati	1967	Best Costume Design	The Taming of the Shrew	Nominated
Danilo Donati	1968	Best Costume Design	Romeo and Juliet	Won
Vittorio Nino Novarese	1970	Best Costume Design	Cromwell	Won
Piero Tosi	1971	Best Costume Design	Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)	Nominated
Piero Tosi	1973	Best Costume Design	Ludwig	Nominated
Milena Canonero shared with Ulla-Britt Söderlund	1975	Best Costume Design	Barry Lyndon	Won
Danilo Donati	1976	Best Costume Design	Il Casanova di Federico Fellini	Won
Ambra Danon Piero Tosi	1979	Best Costume Design	La cage aux folles	Nominated
Milena Canonero	1981	Best Costume Design	Chariots of Fire	Won
Piero Tosi	1982	Best Costume Design	La traviata	Nominated
Milena Canonero	1985	Best Costume Design	Out of Africa	Nominated
Enrico Sabbatini	1986	Best Costume Design	The Mission	Nominated
Anna Anni Maurizio Millenotti		Best Costume Design	Otello	Nominated
Milena Canonero	1988	Best Costume Design	Tucker: The Man and His Dream	Nominated
Gabriella Pescucci	1989	Best Costume Design	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated
Milena Canonero	1990	Best Costume Design	Dick Tracy	Nominated
Maurizio Millenotti		Best Costume Design	Hamlet	Nominated
Franca Squarciapino		Best Costume Design	Cyrano de Bergerac	Won
Gabriella Pescucci	1993	Best Costume Design	The Age of Innocence	Won
Dante Ferretti	1998	Best Costume Design	Kundun	Nominated
Milena Canonero	1999	Best Costume Design	Titus	Nominated
Milena Canonero	2001	Best Costume Design	The Affair of the Necklace	Nominated
Gabriella Pescucci	2005	Best Costume Design	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Nominated
Milena Canonero	2006	Best Costume Design	Marie Antoinette	Won
Antonella Cannarozzi	2010	Best Costume Design	I Am Love	Nominated
Milena Canonero	2014	Best Costume Design	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Won

Best Director

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.

Actor	Year	Award	Film	Result
Frank Capra (Capra was an Italian-born American director)	1933	Best Director	Lady for a Day	Nominated
Frank Capra	1934	Best Director	It Happened One Night	Won
Frank Capra	1936	Best Director	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Won
Frank Capra	1938	Best Director	You Can't Take It with You	Won
Frank Capra	1939	Best Director	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Nominated
Frank Capra	1946	Best Director	It's a Wonderful Life	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1961	Best Director	The Sweet Life (La dolce vita)	Nominated
Pietro Germi	1962	Best Director	Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana)	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1963	Best Director	8½	Nominated
Michelangelo Antonioni	1966	Best Director	Blowup	Nominated
Gillo Pontecorvo	1968	Best Director	The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)	Nominated
Franco Zeffirelli	1968	Best Director	Romeo and Juliet	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1970	Best Director	Fellini Satyricon	Nominated
Bernardo Bertolucci	1973	Best Director	Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1975	Best Director	I Remember (Amarcord)	Nominated
Lina Wertmüller	1976	Best Director	Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)	Nominated
Bernardo Bertolucci	1987	Best Director	The Last Emperor	Won
Roberto Benigni	1998	Best Director	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Nominated

Best Documentary Film

This list focuses on Italian-born producers/directors.

Year	Winner	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
2004	Luigi Falorni	The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel)	Nominated	Nominated with Byambasuren Davaa

Best Editing

This list focuses on Italian-born editors.

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1937	Basil Wrangell	The Good Earth	Nominated	Wrangell was an Italian born-American film editor
1987	Gabriella Cristiani	The Last Emperor	Won
1991	Pietro Scalia	JFK	Won
1997	Pietro Scalia	Good Will Hunting	Nominated
1998	Simona Paggi	Life Is Beautiful	Nominated	(original title: La vita è bella)
2000	Pietro Scalia	Gladiator	Nominated
2001	Pietro Scalia	Black Hawk Down	Won

Best Film

This list focuses on Italian-born producers.

Year	Winner	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1995	Gaetano Daniele Mario C. Gori Vittorio C. Gori	The Postman (Il postino)	Nominated
1997	Uberto Pasolini	The Full Monty	Nominated
1998	Gianluigi Braschi Elda Ferri	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Nominated
2002	Alberto Grimaldi	Gangs of New York	Nominated	Nominated with Harvey Weinstein

Best Foreign Language Film

In this category Italian films obtained 32 nominations and won 14 times.

Main article: List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Year	Film	Result
1956	La strada	Won
1957	Nights of Cabiria	Won
1958	Big Deal on Madonna Street	Nominated
1959	The Great War	Nominated
1960	Kapò	Nominated
1962	The Four Days of Naples	Nominated
1963	8½	Won
1964	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	Won
1965	Marriage Italian-Style	Nominated
1966	The Battle of Algiers	Nominated
1968	The Girl with the Pistol	Nominated
1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Won
1971	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Won
1974	Amarcord	Won
1975	Scent of a Woman	Nominated
1976	Seven Beauties	Nominated
1977	A Special Day	Nominated
1978	Viva Italia!	Nominated
1979	To Forget Venice	Nominated
1981	Three Brothers	Nominated
1983	Le Bal	Nominated
1987	The Family	Nominated
1989	Cinema Paradiso	Won
1990	Open Doors	Nominated
1991	Mediterraneo	Won
1995	The Star Maker	Nominated
1998	Life Is Beautiful	Won
2005	Don't Tell	Nominated
2013	The Great Beauty	Won

Best Makeup

Academy Award for Best Makeup
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1989	Manlio Rocchetti	Driving Miss Daisy	Won	Shared with Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney. The only Italian winner to win this award.
2001	Aldo Signoretti and Maurizio Silvi	Moulin Rouge!	Nominated
2006	Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano	Apocalypto	Nominated
2009	Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano	Il Divo	Nominated

Best Music (Original Score)

This list focuses on scores by Italian-born composers.

Name	Year	Award	Film	Result
Gian Carlo Menotti	1952	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	The Medium	Nominated
Nino Rota	1974	Best Original Dramatic Score	The Godfather: Part II	Won
Giorgio Moroder	1978	Best Original Score	Midnight Express	Won
Ennio Morricone	1978	Best Original Score	Days of Heaven	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	1986	Best Original Score	The Mission	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	1987	Best Original Score	The Untouchables	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	1991	Best Original Score	Bugsy	Nominated
Nicola Piovani	1998	Best Original Score – Dramatic	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Won
Ennio Morricone	2000	Best Original Score	Malèna	Nominated
Dario Marianelli	2005	Best Original Score	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
Dario Marianelli	2007	Best Original Score	Atonement	Won
Dario Marianelli	2012	Best Original Score	Anna Karenina	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	2015	Best Original Score	The Hateful Eight	Won

Best Music (Original Song)

This list focuses on songs by Italian-born composers and/or lyricists.

Name	Year	Film and Song	Result	Notes
Giorgio Moroder	1983	Flashdance "Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Won	Shared with Irene Cara and Keith Forsey
Giorgio Moroder	1986	Top Gun "Take My Breath Away"	Won	Shared with Tom Whitlock

Best Short Film – Animated

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.

Year	Winner	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1965	Emanuele Luzzati	La Gazza Ladra	Nominated
1973	Emanuele Luzzati	Pulcinella	Nominated
1990	Bruno Bozzetto	Cavalette	Nominated
2011	Enrico Casarosa	La Luna	Nominated

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.

Actor	Year	Award	Film	Result
Bernardo Bertolucci	1971	Best Screenplay – Adapted	The Conformist (Il conformista)	Nominated
Vittorio Bonicelli and Ugo Pirro		Best Screenplay – Adapted	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini)	Nominated
Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi	1975	Best Screenplay – Adapted	Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna)	Nominated
Federico Fellini and Bernardino Zappon	1976	Best Screenplay – Adapted	Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)	Nominated
Bernardo Bertolucci	1987	Best Screenplay – Adapted	The Last Emperor	Won
Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi	1995	Best Screenplay – Adapted	The Postman (Il postino)	Nominated

Best Writing – Original Screenplay

This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.

Actor	Year	Award	Film	Result
Sergio Amidei Federico Fellini	1946	Best Screenplay	Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta)	Nominated
Sergio Amidei Federico Fellini Roberto Rossellini	1949	Best Screenplay	Paisà	Nominated
Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli	1956	Best Screenplay – Original	The Road (La strada)	Nominated
Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli	1957	Best Screenplay – Original	I Vitelloni	Nominated
Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi	1961	Best Screenplay – Original	The Sweet Life (La dolce vita)	Nominated
Ennio De Concini Alfredo Giannetti Pietro Germi	1962	Best Screenplay – Original	Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana)	Won
Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi	1963	Best Screenplay – Original	8½	Nominated
Michelangelo Antonioni Tonino Guerra (shared with Edward Bond)	1966	Best Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen	Blowup	Nominated
Gillo Pontecorvo Franco Solinas	1968	Best Screenplay – Original	The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)	Nominated
Nicola Badalucco Enrico Medioli Luchino Visconti	1969	Best Screenplay – Original	The Damned (La caduta degli dei)	Nominated
Elio Petri Ugo Pirro	1971	Best Screenplay – Original	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Nominated
Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra	1975	Best Screenplay – Original	I Remember (Amarcord)	Nominated
Roberto Benigni Vincenzo Cerami	1998	Best Screenplay – Original	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Nominated