# David di Donatello for Best Producer

The David di Donatello Award for Best Producer (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior produttore) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding production efforts by producers or production companies who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.
The award was first given in 1956 and became competitive in 1981.

## Winners and nominees

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

### 1950s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 1955/56 (1st) |
| 1955/56 (1st) | Goffredo Lombardo | Scandal in Sorrento |
| 1955/56 (1st) | Angelo Rizzoli | The Grand Maneuver |
| 1955/56 (1st) | Nicolò Theodoli | Roman Tales |
| 1956/57 (2nd) | | |
| 1956/57 (2nd) | Dino De Laurentiis | Nights of Cabiria |
| 1956/57 (2nd) | Renato Gualino | L'impero del sole |
| 1957/58 (3rd) | | |
| 1957/58 (3rd) | Leonardo Bonzi | La muraglia cinese |
| 1957/58 (3rd) | Milko Skofic | Anna of Brooklyn |
| 1958/59 (4th) | | |
| 1958/59 (4th) | Dino De Laurentiis | Tempest |
| 1958/59 (4th) | Titanus | The Naked Maja |

### 1960s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 1959/60 (5th) |
| 1959/60 (5th) | Dino De Laurentiis | The Great War |
| 1959/60 (5th) | Zebra Film | General Della Rovere |
| 1960/61 (6th) | | |
| 1960/61 (6th) | Dino De Laurentiis | Everybody Go Home |
| 1960/61 (6th) | Goffredo Lombardo | Rocco and His Brothers |
| 1961/62 (7th) | | |
| 1961/62 (7th) | Dino De Laurentiis | A Difficult Life |
| 1961/62 (7th) | Angelo Rizzoli | Mondo Cane |
| 1962/63 (8th) | | |
| 1962/63 (8th) | Gaumont Film Company, Trianon Films, and Ultra Film | Le glaive et la balance |
| 1962/63 (8th) | Goffredo Lombardo | The Leopard |
| 1963/64 (9th) | | |
| 1963/64 (9th) | Franco Cristaldi | Seduced and Abandoned |
| 1963/64 (9th) | Carlo Ponti | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow |
| 1964/65 (10th) | | |
| 1964/65 (10th) | Carlo Ponti | Marriage Italian-Style |
| 1965/66 (11th) | | |
| 1965/66 (11th) | Dino De Laurentiis | The Bible: In the Beginning... |
| 1965/66 (11th) | Robert Haggiag and Pietro Germi | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians |
| 1965/66 (11th) | Rizzoli Film | Africa Addio |
| 1966/67 (12th) | | |
| 1966/67 (12th) | Mario Cecchi Gori | The Tiger and the Pussycat |
| 1966/67 (12th) | FAI - Films Artistici Internazionali | The Taming of the Shrew |
| 1967/68 (13th) | | |
| 1967/68 (13th) | Luigi Carpentieri and Ermanno Donati | The Day of the Owl |
| 1967/68 (13th) | Dino De Laurentiis | Bandits in Milan |
| 1968/69 (14th) | | |
| 1968/69 (14th) | Bino Cicogna | Once Upon a Time in the West |
| 1968/69 (14th) | Gianni Hecht Lucari | The Girl with the Pistol |

### 1970s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 1969/70 (15th) |
| 1970/71 (16th) | | |
| 1971/72 (17th) | | |
| 1972/73 (18th) | | |
| 1973/74 (19th) | | |
| 1974/75 (20th) | | |
| 1975/76 (21st) | | |
| 1976/77 (22nd) | | |
| 1977/78 (23rd) | | |
| 1977/78 (23rd) | Franco Committeri | In the Name of the Pope King |
| 1978/79 (24th) | | |

### 1980s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 1979/80 (25th) |
| 1979/80 (25th) | Mario Cecchi Gori | Velvet Hands |
| 1979/80 (25th) | Joseph Losey | Don Giovanni |
| 1980/81 (26th) | | |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Franco Committeri | Passion of Love |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Fulvio Lucisano and Mauro Berardi | I'm Starting from Three |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Gianni Minervini and Antonio Avati | Help Me Dream |
| 1981/82 (27th) | | |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Antonio Avati and Gianni Minervini | Off Season |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Silvio Clementelli and Anna Maria Clementelli | Piso pisello |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Giovanni De Feo, Gaumont Film Company, and Opera Film Produzione | Il Marchese del Grillo |
| 1982/83 (28th) | | |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Giuliani G. De Negri | The Night of the Shooting Stars |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Carlo Cucchi and Silvia D'Amico Bendicò | State buoni se potete |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Renzo Rossellini | That Night in Varennes |
| 1983/84 (29th) | | |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Gianni Minervini | Where's Picone? |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Franco Cristaldi | And the Ship Sails On |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina and Giorgio Silvagni | Le Bal |
| 1984/85 (30th) | | |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Giuliani G. De Negri | Kaos |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Fulvio Lucisano | A Proper Scandal |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Gaumont Film Company | Carmen |
| 1985/86 (31st) | | |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Giovanni Di Clemente | Let's Hope It's a Girl |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Alberto Grimaldi | Ginger and Fred |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Achille Manzotti | The Mass Is Ended |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | | |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Franco Cristaldi and Bernd Eichinger | The Name of the Rose |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Antonio Avati | Christmas Present |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Franco Committeri | The Family |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | | |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Franco Giovalé, Joyce Herlihy, and Jeremy Thomas | The Last Emperor |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Angelo Barbagallo and Nanni Moretti | Italian Night |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Carlo Cucchi and Silvia D'Amico Bendicò | Dark Eyes |
| 1988/89 (34th) | | |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Filiberto Bandini | Dear Gorbachev |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Claudio Bonivento | Forever Mery |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Franco Cristaldi | Cinema Paradiso |

### 1990s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 1989/90 (35th) |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gianni Minervini | On Tour |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Angelo Barbagallo and Nanni Moretti | Red Wood Pigeon |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Mario Cecchi Gori and Vittorio Cecchi Gori | The Voice of the Moon |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Giovanni Di Clemente | Scugnizzi |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Mario Orfini | The Bachelor |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Angelo Rizzoli Jr. | Open Doors |
| 1990/91 (36th) | | |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Claudio Bonivento | Boys on the Outside |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Claudio Bonivento | Ultrà |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gianni Minervini | Mediterraneo |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Nanni Moretti and Angelo Barbagallo | The Yes Man |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Domenico Procacci | The Station |
| 1991/92 (37th) | | |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Angelo Rizzoli | The Stolen Children |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Claudio Bonivento | The Inner Circle |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Giovanni Di Clemente | Parenti serpenti |
| 1992/93 (38th) | | |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Claudio Bonivento | The Escort |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Guido De Laurentiis, Fulvio Lucisano and Leo Pescarolo | The Great Pumpkin |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Elda Ferri | Jonah Who Lived in the Whale |
| 1993/94 (39th) | | |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Aurelio De Laurentiis | For Love, Only for Love |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Angelo Barbagallo and Nanni Moretti | Caro diario |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Giovanni Di Clemente | Giovanni Falcone |
| 1994/95 (40th) | | |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Pietro Valsecchi | Un eroe borghese |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Angelo Curti, Andrea Occhipinti and Kermit Smith | Nasty Love |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Elda Ferri | Sostiene Pereira |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Marco Poccioni and Marco Valsania | No Skin |
| 1995/96 (41st) | | |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Pietro Innocenzi and Roberto Di Girolamo | Palermo - Milan One Way |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Angelo Barbagallo and Nanni Moretti | The Second Time |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Amedeo Pagani | Ulysses' Gaze |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | | |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Leo Pescarolo and Guido De Laurentiis | The Truce |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Rita Cecchi Gori and Maurizio Totti | Nirvana |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Giovanni Di Clemente | The Game Bag |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Laurentina Guidotti and Francesco Ranieri Martinotti | Growing Artichokes in Mimongo |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Pietro Valsecchi | An Eyewitness Account |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | | |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi | Life is Beautiful |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Donatella Palermo and Loes Kamsteeg | To Die for Tano |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Marco Risi and Maurizio Tedesco | Kaputt Mundi |
| 1998/99 (44th) | | |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Lionello Cerri | Fuori dal mondo |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Franco Committeri | The Dinner |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Domenico Procacci | Radiofreccia |

### 2000s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 1999/00 (45th) |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Amedeo Pagani | Olympic Garage |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Canone inverso |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Domenico Procacci | But Forever in My Mind |
| 2000/01 (46th) | | |
| 2000/01 (46th) | Domenico Procacci | The Last Kiss |
| 2000/01 (46th) | Angelo Barbagallo and Nanni Moretti | The Son's Room |
| 2000/01 (46th) | Fabrizio Mosca | One Hundred Steps |
| 2001/02 (47th) | | |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Luigi Musini, Roberto Cicuta and Ermanno Olmi | The Profession of Arms |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Roberto Buttafarro, Mikado and Rai Cinema | Santa Maradona |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Lionello Cerri, Luigi Musini, Rai Cinema, and Vega Film | Burning in the Wind |
| 2002/03 (48th) | | |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Domenico Procacci | Respiro |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Elda Ferri | The Soul Keeper |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Domenico Procacci | The Embalmer |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Domenico Procacci | Remember Me, My Love |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Gianni Romoli and Tilde Corsi | Facing Windows |
| 2003/04 (49th) | | |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Angelo Barbagallo | The Best of Youth |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Aurelio De Laurentiis | What Will Happen to Us |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto | Singing Behind Screens |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Domenico Procacci | First Love |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, and Medusa Film | Don't Move |
| 2004/05 (50th) | | |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Rosario Rinaldo | A Children's Story |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Aurelio De Laurentiis | Manual of Love |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Davide Ferrario | After Midnight |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Elda Ferri | Alla luce del sole |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Domenico Procacci, and Nicola Giuliano | The Consequences of Love |
| 2005/06 (51st) | | |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti, and Sacher Film | The Caiman |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Aurelio De Laurentiis | My Best Enemy |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Fulvio Lucisano, Federica Lucisano, and Gianandrea Pecorelli | Notte prima degli esami |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Domenico Procacci, Nicola Giuliano, and Francesca Cima | Mario's War |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, and Marco Chimenz | Romanzo Criminale |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | | |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Donatella Botti and Rai Cinema | Salty Air |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Cattleya | My Brother Is an Only Child |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Medusa Film | The Unknown Woman |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Fabrizio Mosca | Nuovomondo |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Luigi Musini, Roberto Cicutto, and Rai Cinema | One Hundred Nails |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | | |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Nicola Giuliano and Francesca Cima | The Girl by the Lake |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Simone Bachini, Mario Chemello, and Giorgio Diritti | The Wind Blows Round |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Lionello Cerri | Days and Clouds |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Andrea Occhipinti and Gianluca Arcopinto | Sonetàula |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Domenico Procacci | Quiet Chaos |
| 2008/09 (54th) | | |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Domenico Procacci | Gomorrah |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Augusto Allegra, Isabella Cocuzza, Giuliana Gamba, and Arturo Paglia | Cover Boy |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Matteo Garrone | Pranzo di ferragosto |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Andrea Occhipinti, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, and Maurizio Coppolecchia | Il Divo |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Angelo Rizzoli | We Can Do That |

### 2010s

| Year | Producer(s) | Film |
| 2009/10 (55th) |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Simone Bachini, Giorgio Diritti, and Rai Cinema | The Man Who Will Come |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Angelo Barbagallo, Rai Cinema, and Gianluca Curti | Fort Apache Napoli |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Mario Gianani | Vincere |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Medusa Film | Baarìa |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Domenico Procacci | Loose Cannons |
| 2010/11 (56th) | | |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli, and Claudio Bonivento | 20 Cigarettes |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Angelo Barbagallo | The Salt of Life |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Isabella Cocuzza, Arturo Paglia, Mark Lombardo, and Elisabetta Olmi | Basilicata Coast to Coast |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Carlo Degli Esposti, Conchita Airoldi and Giorgio Magliulo | Noi credevamo |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Susanne Marian, Philippe Bober, Gabriella Manfrè, Elda Guidinetti, and Andres Pfaeffli | The Solitude of Prime Numbers |
| 2011/12 (57th) | | |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Grazia Volpi | Caesar Must Die |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Francesco Bonsembiante | Shun Li and the Poet |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Nicola Giuliano, Andrea Occhipinti, Francesca Cima, and Medusa Film | This Must Be the Place |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | We Have a Pope |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, and Marco Chimenz | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy |
| 2012/13 (58th) | | |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Domenico Procacci | Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Antonio Barbagallo | Long Live Freedom |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Isabella Cocuzza and Arturo Paglia | The Best Offer |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Fabrizio Mosca | Alì ha gli occhi azzurri |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini and Marco Chimenz | Siberian Education |
| 2013/14 (59th) | | |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Nicola Giuliano and Francesca Cima | The Great Beauty |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Massimo Cristalli and Fabrizio Mosca | Salvo |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, and Marco Cohen | Human Capital |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli | The Mafia Kills Only in Summer |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Domenico Procacci and Matteo Rovere | I Can Quit Whenever I Want |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Riccardo Scamarcio and Viola Prestieri | Miele |
| 2014/15 (60th) | | |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Cinemaundici and Babe Films | Black Souls |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Carlo Cresto-Dina | The Wonders |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, and Carlotta Calori | The Invisible Boy |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Nanni Moretti and Domenico Procacci | Mia Madre |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Palomar and Rai Cinema | Leopardi |
| 2015/16 (61st) | | |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Gabriele Mainetti | They Call Me Jeeg |
| 2015/16 (61st) | 21uno Film, Stemal Entertainment, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema, and Les Films d'Ici | Fire at Sea |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Archimede and Rai Cinema | Tale of Tales |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Paolo Bogna, Simone Isola and Valerio Mastandrea | Don't Be Bad |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima and Carlotta Calori | Youth |
| 2016 (62nd) | | |
| 2016 (62nd) | Attilio De Razza and Pierpaolo Verga | Indivisible |
| 2016 (62nd) | Andrea Barbagallo | The Confessions |
| 2016 (62nd) | Marco Belardi | Like Crazy |
| 2016 (62nd) | Cristiano Bortone, Bart Van Langendonck, Peter Bouckaert, Gong Ming Cai, and Natacha Devillers | Coffee |
| 2016 (62nd) | Domenico Procacci | Italian Race |
| 2016 (62nd) | Rita Rognoni and IBC Movie | Fiore |
| 2017 (63rd) | | |
| 2017 (63rd) | Luciano Stella and Maria Carolina Terzi | Cinderella the Cat |
| 2017 (63rd) | Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop and Valérie Bournonville | Nico, 1988 |
| 2017 (63rd) | Carlo Macchitella and Manetti Bros. | Love and Bullets |
| 2017 (63rd) | Domenico Procacci and Matteo Rovere | Smetto quando voglio - Masterclass |
| 2017 (63rd) | Domenico Procacci and Matteo Rovere | Smetto quando voglio - Ad honorem |
| 2017 (63rd) | Stayblack Productions, Jon Copolon, Paolo Carpignano, and Rai Cinema | A Ciambra |
| 2018 (64th) | | |
| 2018 (64th) | Cinemaundici and Lucky Red | On My Skin |
| 2018 (64th) | Archimede, Rai Cinema, and Le Pacte | Dogman |
| 2018 (64th) | Carlo Cresto-Dina and Rai Cinema | Happy as Lazzaro |
| 2018 (64th) | Howard Rosenman, Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, and James Ivory | Call Me By Your Name |
| 2018 (64th) | Agostino Saccà, Maria Grazia Saccà, Giuseppe Saccà, and Rai Cinema | Boys Cry |
| 2019 (65th) | | |
| 2019 (65th) | Groenlandia, Gapbusters, Rai Cinema, Roman Citizen | The First King: Birth of an Empire |
| 2019 (65th) | Domenico Procacci, Anna Maria Morelli (TIMvision) | Bangla |
| 2019 (65th) | IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema | The Traitor |
| 2019 (65th) | Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Rai Cinema | Martin Eden |
| 2019 (65th) | Archimede, Rai Cinema, Le Pacte | Pinocchio |