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.
| 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.
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 a 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.
| 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.
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