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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]

John Huston was the first director to win the prize in 1966.
Akira Kurosawa tied Miloš Forman for most wins in the category, with three awards.
Miloš Forman won the award three times

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

  • Akira Kurosawa - Dersu Uzala

1978

  • Herbert Ross - The Goodbye Girl ex aequo
  • Ridley Scott - The Duellists ex aequo

1979

  • Miloš Forman - Hair

1980s[edit]

1980

  • Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

1981

  • Akira Kurosawa - Kagemusha
  • Pál Gábor - Angi Vera
  • Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull

1982

  • Margarethe von Trotta - Die bleierne Zeit
  • István Szabó - Mephisto
  • Warren Beatty - Reds

1983

  • Steven Spielberg - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
  • Blake Edwards - Victor Victoria
  • Costa Gavras - Missing

1984

  • Ingmar Bergman - Fanny och Alexander
  • Woody Allen - Zelig
  • Andrzej Wajda - Danton

1985

  • Miloš Forman - Amadeus
  • Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America
  • Roland Joffé - The Killing Fields

1986

  • Akira Kurosawa - Ran
  • John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
  • Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
  • Emir Kusturica - When Father Was Away on Business

1987

  • James Ivory - A Room with a View
  • Luis Puenzo - The Official Story
  • Alain Cavalier - Thérèse

1988

  • Louis Malle - Au revoir les enfants
  • Stanley Kubrick - Full Metal Jacket
  • John Huston - The Dead

1989

  • Pedro Almodóvar - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
  • Barry Levinson - Rain Man
  • Woody Allen - Another Woman

1990s[edit]

1990

  • Louis Malle - Milou en mai

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ariston Anderson, "'Spotlight,' 'Inside Out' Among Nominees for Italian Oscars," The Hollywood Reporter, 22 March 2016, URL accessed 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello" [Chronology of David di Donatello awards]. daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

  • David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director at IMDb
  • David di Donatello official website