David di Donatello for Best Directorial Debut

David di Donatello Award for Directorial Debut
CountryItaly
Presented byAccademia del Cinema Italiano
First award1982 (for directorial debut films released during the 1981/1982 film season)
Currently held byPaola Cortellesi — There's Still Tomorrow (2024)
Websitedaviddidonatello.it

The David di Donatello for Best Directorial Debut (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior esordio alla regia), known as the David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente prior to 2023, is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding feature-film directorial debut of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] The award was first handled out in 1982.[2]

Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia.[3][4]

Winners and nominees

Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.[1]

Luciano De Crescenzo won in 1985 for Così parlò Bellavista.
Enrico Montesano won in 1986 for A me mi piace.
Francesca Archibugi won in 1989 for Mignon Has Come to Stay.
Alessandro D'Alatri won in 1991 for Red American.
Sergio Rubini won in 1991 for The Station.
Massimo Scaglione won in 1992 for Angeli a Sud.
Maurizio Zaccaro won in 1992 for Where the Night Begins.
Mario Martone won in 1993 for Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician.
Simona Izzo won in 1994 for Sentimental Maniacs.
Paolo Virzì won in 1995 for Living It Up.
Mimmo Calopresti won in 1996 for The Second Time.
Roberta Torre won in 1998 for To Die for Tano.
Luciano Ligabue won in 1999 for Radiofreccia.
Daniele Vicari won in 2003 for Maximum Velocity (V-Max).
Saverio Costanzo won in 2005 for Private.
Fausto Brizzi won in 2006 for Notte prima degli esami.
Kim Rossi Stuart won in 2007 for Along the Ridge.

1980s

Year Director Film Ref.
1981/82
(27th)
Luciano Manuzzi Off Season
Alessandro Benvenuti Ad ovest di Paperino
Enzo De Caro Prima che sia troppo presto
1982/83
(28th)
Francesco Laudadio Grog
Roberto Benigni Tu mi turbi
Marco Risi I'm Going to Live by Myself
Cinzia TH Torrini Giocare d'azzardo
1983/84
(29th)
Roberto Russo Flirt
Giacomo Battiato Hearts and Armour
Francesca Marciano and Stefania Casini Lontano da dove
1984/85
(30th)
Luciano De Crescenzo Così parlò Bellavista
Francesca Comencini Pianoforte
Francesco Nuti Casablanca, Casablanca
1985/86
(31st)
Enrico Montesano A me mi piace
Amanzio Todini Big Deal After 20 Years
Valerio Zecca Chi mi aiuta?
1986/87
(32nd)
Giorgio Treves The Malady of Love
Antonietta De Lillo and Giorgio Magliulo Una casa in bilico
Giuseppe Tornatore The Professor
1987/88
(33rd)
Daniele Luchetti It's Happening Tomorrow
Carlo Mazzacurati Italian Night
Stefano Reali Down There in the Jungle
1988/89
(34th)
Francesca Archibugi Mignon Has Come to Stay
Massimo Guglielmi Rebus
Sergio Staino Cavalli si nasce

1990s

Year Director Film Ref.
1989/90
(35th)
Ricky Tognazzi Little Misunderstandings
Gianfranco Cabiddu Disamistade
Giacomo Campiotti Corsa di primavera
Livia Giampalmo Evelina e i suoi figli
Monica Vitti Secret Scandal
1990/91
(36th)
Alessandro D'Alatri Red American
Sergio Rubini The Station
Christian De Sica Faccione
Antonio Monda Dicembre
Michele Placido Pummarò
1991/92
(37th)
Massimo Scaglione Angeli a sud
Maurizio Zaccaro Where the Night Begins
Giulio Base Crack
1992/93
(38th)
Mario Martone Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Carlo Carlei Flight of the Innocent
Pasquale Pozzessere Verso Sud
1993/94
(39th)
Simona Izzo Sentimental Maniacs
Francesco Ranieri Martinotti Abissinia
Leone Pompucci Mille bolle blu
1994/95
(40th)
Paolo Virzì Living It Up
Sandro Baldoni Weird Tales
Alberto Simone Colpo di luna
1995/96
(41st)
Mimmo Calopresti The Second Time
Stefano Incerti Il verificatore
Leonardo Pieraccioni The Graduates
1996/97
(42nd)
Fulvio Ottaviano Growing Artichokes in Mimongo
Franco Bernini The Grey Zone
Ugo Chiti Albergo Roma
Roberto Cimpanelli A Cold, Cold Winter
Anna Di Francesca No Spring Chicken
1997/98
(43rd)
Roberta Torre To Die for Tano
Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and Massimo Venier Three Men and a Leg
Riccardo Milani Auguri professore
1998/99
(44th)
Luciano Ligabue Radiofreccia
Giuseppe M. Gaudino Giro di lune tra terra e mare
Gabriele Muccino Ecco fatto

2000s

Year Director Film Ref.
1999/00
(45th)
Alessandro Piva La capa gira
Andrea and Antonio Frazzi Il cielo cade
Piergiorgio Gay and Roberto San Pietro Three Stories
2000/01
(46th)
Alex Infascelli Almost Blue
Roberto Andò The Prince's Manuscript
Rolando Stefanelli Il prezzo
2001/02
(47th)
Marco Ponti Santa Maradona
Vincenzo Marra Sailing Home
Paolo Sorrentino L'uomo in più
2002/03
(48th)
Daniele Vicari Maximum Velocity (V-Max)
Francesco Falaschi I Am Emma
Michele Mellara and Alessandro Rossi Fortezza Bastiani
Marco Simon Puccioni What Are You Looking For
Spiro Scimone and Francesco Sframeli Two Friends
2003/04
(49th)
Salvatore Mereu Three-Step Dance
Andrea Manni The Fugitive
Francesco Patierno Pater Familias
Piero Sanna La destinazione
Maria Sole Tognazzi Past Perfect
2004/05
(50th)
Saverio Costanzo Private
Paolo Franchi The Spectator
David Grieco Evilenko
Stefano Mordini Smalltown, Italy
Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola Chemical Hunger
2005/06
(51st)
Fausto Brizzi Notte prima degli esami
Vittorio Moroni Tu devi essere il lupo
Francesco Munzi Saimir
Fausto Paravidino Texas
Stefano Pasetto Tartarughe sul dorso
2006/07
(52nd)
Kim Rossi Stuart Along the Ridge
Alessandro Angelini Salty Air
Francesco Amato What the Hell Am I Doing Here?
Giambattista Avellino, and Ficarra e Picone Il 7 e l'8
Davide Marengo Night Bus
2007/08
(53rd)
Andrea Molaioli The Girl by the Lake
Fabrizio Bentivoglio Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!
Giorgio Diritti The Wind Blows Round
Marco Martani Concrete Romance
Silvio Muccino Parlami d'amore
2008/09
(54th)
Gianni Di Gregorio Mid-August Lunch
Marco Amenta The Sicilian Girl
Umberto Carteni Different from Whom?
Tony D'Angelo Una notte
Marco Pontecorvo Pa-ra-da

2010s

Year Director Film Ref.
2009/10
(55th)
Valerio Mieli Ten Winters
Giuseppe Capotondi The Double Hour
Marco Chiarini L'uomo fiammifero
Susanna Nicchiarelli Cosmonaut
Claudio Noce Good Morning Aman
2010/11
(56th)
Rocco Papaleo Basilicata Coast to Coast
Aureliano Amadei 20 Cigarettes
Massimiliano Bruno Escort in Love
Edoardo Leo 18 Years Later
Paola Randi Into Paradiso
2011/12
(57th)
Francesco Bruni Easy!
Guido Lombardi Là-bas: A Criminal Education
Alice Rohrwacher Heavenly Body
Andrea Segre Shun Li and the Poet
Stefano Sollima ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards
2012/13
(58th)
Leonardo Di Costanzo The Interval
Giorgia Farina Amiche da morire
Alessandro Gassmann The Mongrel
Luigi Lo Cascio The Ideal City
Laura Morante Cherry on the Cake
2013/14
(59th)
Pif The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
Valeria Golino Miele
Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Salvo
Matteo Oleotto Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot
Sydney Sibilia I Can Quit Whenever I Want
2014/15
(60th)
Edoardo Falcone God Willing
Laura Bispuri Sworn Virgin
Eleonora Danco N-Capace
Andrea Jublin Banana
Lamberto Sanfelice Chlorine
2015/16
(61st)
Gabriele Mainetti They Call Me Jeeg
Alberto Caviglia Burning Love
Carlo Lavagna Arianna
Piero Messina The Wait
Francesco Miccichè and Fabio Bonifacci Them Who?
Adriano Valerio Banat
2016/17
(62nd)
Marco Danieli Worldly Girl
Lorenzo Corvino WAX: We Are the X
Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro Mine
Marco Segato La pelle dell'orso
Michele Vannucci I Was a Dreamer
2017/18
(63rd)
Donato Carrisi The Girl in the Fog
Cosimo Gomez Ugly Nasty People
Roberto De Paolis Pure Hearts
Andrea De Sica Children of the Night
Andrea Magnani Easy
2018/19
(64th)
Alessio Cremonini On My Skin
Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo Boys Cry
Luca Facchini Fabrizio De André - Principe libero
Valerio Mastandrea Ride
Simone Spada Hotel Gagarin

2020s

Year Director Film Ref.
2020
(65th)
Phaim Bhuyian Bangla
Igort 5 Is the Perfect Number
Leonardo D'Agostini The Champion
Marco D'Amore L'immortale
Carlo Sironi Sole
2021
(66th)
Pietro Castellitto I predatori
Ginevra Elkann If Only
Mauro Mancini Thou Shalt Not Hate
Alice Filippi Out of My League
Luca Medici Tolo Tolo
2022
(67th)
Laura Samani Small Body
Gianluca Jodice The Bad Poet
Maura Delpero Maternal
Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis Re Granchio
Francesco Costabile Una Femmina: The Code of Silence
2023
(68th)
Giulia Steigerwalt September
Carolina Cavalli Amanda
Jasmine Trinca Marcel!
Niccolò Falsetti Margins
Vincenzo Pirrotta Spaccaossa
2024
(68th)
Paola Cortellesi There's Still Tomorrow
Giacomo Abbruzzese Disco Boy
Giuseppe Fiorello Fireworks
Micaela Ramazzotti Felicità
Michele Riondino Palazzina Laf

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Chronology". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
  3. ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ Niola, Gabriele (12 December 2018). "Ecco i nuovi David di Donatello: nuova giuria, nuovo sistema di votazione, nuovi possibili candidati. Fuori lo streaming". Badtaste.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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