# David di Donatello for Best New Director

The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente) 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. The award was first handled out in 1982.
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia.

## Winners and nominees

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

### 1980s

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

### 1990s

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

### 2000s

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

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