David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
The David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior regista straniero) is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy’s answer to the Oscars".[1] It was awarded by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of non-Italian film directors during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was given from 1966 until 1990.[2]
Winners and nominees
[edit]Winners are indicated in bold.
1960s
[edit]1966
1967
1968
1969
1970s
[edit]1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
- Herbert Ross - The Goodbye Girl ex aequo
- Ridley Scott - The Duellists ex aequo
1979
1980s
[edit]1980
1981
1982
1983
- Steven Spielberg - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
- Blake Edwards - Victor Victoria
- Costa Gavras - Missing
1984
1985
1986
- Akira Kurosawa - Ran
- John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
- Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
- Emir Kusturica - When Father Was Away on Business
1987
1988
1989
- Pedro Almodóvar - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
- Barry Levinson - Rain Man
- Woody Allen - Another Woman
1990s
[edit]1990
References
[edit]- ^ Ariston Anderson, "'Spotlight,' 'Inside Out' Among Nominees for Italian Oscars," The Hollywood Reporter, 22 March 2016, URL accessed 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello" [Chronology of David di Donatello awards]. daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
