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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Sica, VittorioVittorio De Sica | 1957 | A Farewell to Arms | Nominated |
| Gardenia, VincentVincent Gardenia | 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Nominated |
| Gardenia, VincentVincent 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.
Best Cinematography
This list focuses on Italian-born cinematographers.
Best Costume Design
This list focuses on Italian-born costume designers.
Best Director
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Frank Capra | It's a Wonderful Life | Nominated | Capra was an Italian-born American producer. |
| 1965 | Carlo Ponti | Doctor Zhivago | Nominated | |
| 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.
| 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.
Best Music (Original Song)
This list focuses on songs by Italian-born composers and/or lyricists.
| Name | Year | Film and Song | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Warren | 1946 | The Harvey Girls
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" |
Won | Warren was Italian-American. Shared with Johnny Mercer. |
| Henry Mancini | 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's
"Moon River" |
Won | Mancini was American of Italian descent (parents were Italian-born). Shared with Johnny Mercer. |
| Henry Mancini | 1962 | Days of Wine and Roses
"Days of Wine and Roses" |
Won | Shared with Johnny Mercer. |
| Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero | 1963 | Mondo Cane
"More" |
Nominated | Shared with Norman Newell |
| Riz Ortolani | 1970 | Madron
"Till Love Touches Your Life" |
Nominated | Shared with Arthur Hamilton |
| 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 |
| John DeNicola | 1987 | Dirty Dancing "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Won | DeNicola is American of Italian descent. Shared with Franke Previte and Donald Markowitz. |
| Bruce Springsteen | 1993 | Philadelphia "Streets of Philadelphia" | Won | Springsteen is American of Italian, as well as Irish and Dutch, descent. |
| Tony Renis and Alberto Testa | 1998 | Quest for Camelot
"The Prayer" |
Nominated | Shared with Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster |
Best Short Film – Animated
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Year | Name | 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 Short Film – Live Action
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi | Christ among the Primitives | Nominated |
| 1986 | Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo | Exit | Nominated |
| 1996 | Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo | Wordless (Senza parole) | Nominated |
| 2007 | Andrea Jublin | The Substitute (Il supplente) | Nominated |
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.
Best Writing - Story
This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe De Santis | 1950 | Best Screenplay - Story | Bitter Rice (Riso amaro) | Nominated |
| Ettore Margadonna | 1954 | Best Screenplay - Story | Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia) | Nominated |
| Cesare Zavattini | 1956 | Best Screenplay - Story | Umberto D. | Nominated |
Special Awards
This list focuses on Italian-born honorees
| Recipient | Year | Notes | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Loren | 1990 | "one of the genuine treasures of world cinema who, in a career rich with memorable performances, has added permanent luster to our art form." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Federico Fellini | 1992 | "in recognition of his cinematic accomplishments that have thrilled and entertained worldwide audiences." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | 1994 | "in recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Dino De Laurentiis | 2000 | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| Ennio Morricone | 2006 | "in recognition of his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Piero Tosi | 2013 | "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures." | Academy Honorary Award |
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